Cinnamon Protein Bread!

I have zero cooking skills. Zero. Thankfully, Ryan does most of the stove-top cooking and fiery grilling in this household (for everyone's safety). I like to think I'm good at food "prepping" a.k.a the cutting, chopping, salad-making part -- although I have, several times, sliced small parts of my phalanges off -- but that's not nearly the harm I would cause if left near a grill or stovetop.

However, I very much enjoy baking. That's not to say I'm any good at it, but my standard for "good" is:

1. Not burning down the house or any part of it
2. Not having the finished product be burnt to a crisp
3. Having the outcome be something that the dogs would eat (unlike the meatloaf my Mom made in 1993...sorry Mom!)

In all seriousness, I'm quite fond of certain baked goods and although a little lackluster in the meatloaf department, my mother is quite the baker and what little skills I have I inherited from her. That said, Jamie Eason's Cinnamon Protein Bread was the perfect experiment for me to try. And let me say, the outcome was phenomenal. (Not because I am particularly clever in the baking department but because her recipe is delicious and hard to screw up :-) )

The Swirly Batter 

 I followed her recipe pretty much to a "T". I used 1/4 c. Stevia instead of 1/2 c. of Ideal because the Ideal at the health food store is pretty pricey and the Stevia I can pick up from SuperTarget is less expensive.

Finished! (Fork marks to test if it were done in the middle...must.get.toothpicks)

The house smelled delicious and cinnamon-y afterwards. This bread, to me, is just the right consistency. It's a bit crumbly, but I'm experimenting currently with trying to make it "stick" a little better.

The best thing however, in my opinion, is that this bread is sweet yet isn't full of just sugar and unbleached flour. The recipe uses oat flour instead of white flour and baby food applesauce and egg whites instead of oil and eggs. Most of all, I get to use my favourite protein power from ON: Vanilla Ice Cream Gold Standard.

I plan on trying more of Jamie's recipes in the future, but for now I have found my new favourite sweet and satisfying snack!