Chef Akane's Recipe Counter — Recipe 4: Pumpkin Bread, Page 8
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Akane crouches in front of the small oven, holding a mug of tea, watching the loaf rise through the glass door. Caption: "STEP 6. At 40 minutes, take a look." Wearing checked oven mitts, Akane lays a loose sheet of foil over the loaf in the oven. Caption: "Small ovens run hot near the top. If it is already dark brown, lay a loose sheet of foil over it." A close-up of the domed golden loaf in its paper lining, a crack along the top and toasted pumpkin seeds. Caption: "A crack down the middle is normal. That is where the steam escapes."
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Akane crouches with a mug of tea, watching the loaf bake through the oven's glass door, then lays a loose sheet of foil over it with oven mitts; a close-up shows the golden loaf with a crack down the middle and pumpkin seeds.
About this chapter
Pumpkin is trending on Google again this autumn, and pumpkin bread is the most searched pumpkin recipe in more of the country than any other. On a slow autumn morning Akane bakes one moist, warmly spiced loaf in her small countertop oven: one bowl for the dry, one for the wet, a gentle fold, a crown of pumpkin seeds and a careful doneness check. Captions walk the reader through every amount, temperature and timing so it can be baked at home, ending with Akane at her little table with a warm slice and a cup of tea, running some very serious quality control.