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Life with a teenager….bunny that is…

 

I don’t have kids and yet somehow I got stuck with a teenager.
You see, Little Fuzzy Bunny was suppose to be “fixed” a couple months ago. It gets done right around the time their hormones kick in, at the six month mark. But because LFB was in a waiting pattern about her eye we have not done the surgery yet. See it’s not recommended to put two pound bunnies under anesthesia that often, so we waited to see if she has to have the eye removed (which as of yesterday she does not…she gets to keep the eye!).
What that means is that I have been stuck with a teenage bunny in all her hormonal glory. Now, it’s not nearly as bad as if she were a human teenager. She can’t scream at me that she hates me, though I do get that message when she claws my arm to a bloody pulp that she is unhappy with me at that moment. She doesn’t make me walk 10 paces behind her when we would go to the mall together (I had several friends who made their mother’s do this). She doesn’t beg me for a cell phone and texted her friends 24/7 running up my phone bill to a cost level that makes my blood boil. She doesn’t beg for money (just food). I don’t have to worry about her drinking or getting knocked up. So all of that is good. But she is without a doubt moody. One minute letting me pet her lovingly the next minute biting me. Or digging into me like I am a flower bed.
I am glad it will be resolved soon as I was not cut out for moody pets. There is only one person who gets to be moody in my house and that’s me. 😉
Speaking of moods. I really wasn’t in a bread baking mood (even though technically this is a cake), especially yeast. I just didn’t have 4 hours to wait around and punch down dough. But I have been a bad TWDer as of late and I knew I needed to get off my butt and make this weeks pick. Yolanda of The All-Purpose Girl chose for us to make Kugelhopf.
I had problems right from the start. Number one I had no pan for the bread (there is a special one) and I had no milk. So I went with what pan I had and I used apple cider instead of milk. So that meant I was going to be changing the flavor of the bread. I added lots of nutmeg and some cinnamon as well. I skipped the raisins as I was out of those as well and added chopped walnuts instead. This bread/cake takes many hours to make, 2 for the first rise, another 2 after that, then in the fridge overnight and another 2-3 hours after that. I am not quite sure it is worth it to be honest. I mean, it produces a good product, but it’s a lot of time. I do however plan on making bread pudding with it, I think the bread/cake would be excellent for that.

Instead of the 1/3 cup just-warm-to-the-touch whole milk I used apple cider, and yes you warm it.
I added 2 tsp freshly ground nutmeg.
I added 1 tsp ground cinnamon.
I omitted the raisins and added ¾ cup walnuts.

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Comments

  4. You are so resourceful, I wish I had brains like you! And I wish you the best with your teenager, I know those years can be ruogh, I know, because I left them behind only 4 years ago, and look back with some dreaded memories 🙂

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  6. I’ve really got to get some mini baking vessels of some sort (other than the usual muffin pan)! The cinnamon and nutmeg sound great for this, as does the cider.

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  9. From one hormonal bunny mom to another… I feel ya! Just be thankful your hormonal teenage bunny isn’t 15 lbs! Yeah I still have the scars to prove she was crazy… moody. But you can’t help but love them anyways. Is that how human teenage girl parents feel? HAHA. Your mini kugelhopfs are adorable. Now I am wondering what apple cider sub tastes like. Unfortunately I wasn’t a fan enough to try it again. Too bland, kinda dry, no frosting? That just aint my kind of cake. Oh well… can’t like them all right? PS. GL on LFB’s surgery.
    Clara @ iheartfood4thought

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  14. I hope that LFB achieves some equilibrium soon! I love your kugelhopf minis. Nice substitutions — I would think that the apple cider would add a great flavor to this.

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  18. I’m glad to hear that LFB can keep her eye! Your post made me laugh ;-P…

    My kitties aren’t teenagers anymore, but they sure act like a bunch of crazy teens at times!!!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  19. Looks beautiful! I love all your creative changes – I bet the apple cider was delicious in there. Can’t wait to see the bread pudding! And I cracked up about LFB being a teenager – so glad she gets to keep her eye! 🙂

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  20. I think the rise can be slowed in the fridge if you feel like making over the span of a few days instead 🙂 Well, it looks beautiful– love the overhead dusting shot.
    It could be worse– LFB could be a dog!

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  25. i did not know that bunnies scratch–although i guess it makes sense, but i never thought about it. love the fall flavors you used! i thought, too, that my kuglehopf would be perfect for bread pudding.

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  27. I don’t have a Kugelhopf pan, either, Pea. But I do plan to buy one. I don’t know where I’ll store it, but that’s fine. 🙂
    I like your version very much, they turned out so petite and delicate!

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  28. I love these pans and the speckled background but the 2nd photo on black is my favorite, very artistic. No it didn’t get baked on Monday, I went to bed. The only part I didn’t like was the rise time. This only my 2nd TWD so I wasn’t sure how much if any tweaking we could do so I followed the recipe as is and oooh the sugary crust. I love bunnies, I haven’t had one since I was a kid on a farm.

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  30. Aww, our guinea pig hit the same point–what a brat! True though, at least with these little furry guys we have the size advantage and they can’t exactly talk back :-). I think you did an awesome job with the little pans you had–they look so delicious, and I’ll bet they will make an awesome bread pudding!

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  31. i am glad lfb is keeping her eye…at least now you won’t have to call her lcb (little cyclops bunny).

    the first photo is super adorable and i can’t wait to hear about the bread pudding it will become.

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  35. We were going to breed our dog until his teenage tendencies kicked in. It was straight to the vet to get him fixed, and I haven’t regretted it!! I love the mini size of your bread.

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  42. Despite the “problems” you had, it turned out beautifully! I tell you, your pictures are always perfect! I admire you Peabody! Simply, admire! 🙂

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  43. i’m glad that LFB gets to keep her eye 🙂

    i love how you made this recipe in those molds! don’t you have a bundt pan? i would think that you would, you seem to have everything 😉

    great idea to turn it into french toast. my hubby didn’t care for this stuff at all…

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