Dandelions don’t really bother me. My neighbor, on the other hand, works diligently to rid her yard of dandelions by mowing almost every day. It doesn’t help.
Last year, I pinned a recipe for dandelion bread and so when my yard took on that yellow glow, I decided to give it a try. I knew you could eat dandelion greens but this bread uses the blossoms. I did a little internet search and not only are the dandelion blossoms edible, they are good for you too!
Here’s what you need for this bread:
2 2/3 cups milk
2 eggs
3/4 cup honey ( I didn’t have honey so I used this substitute)
1/2 cup cooking oil
2 cups dandelion petals
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
4 cups flour
Harvest dandelion petals. Cut off the stem and the green parts (it’s ok if a little gets into the batter) and save only the petals. Thoroughly wash your dandelion petals.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Grease 2 bread pans and set aside.
Combine dry ingredients, including dandelion petals.
In separate bowl mix all other ingredients well. Then add to dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.
Pour in bread pans and bake for 25 minutes or until knife inserted in center of bread comes out clean.
This bread was really good. It had the consistency of a banana bread but tasted like corn bread with honey.
I’ll definitely be making it again before the dandelions are gone and will be sharing it with my neighbor.
Oh, my goodness. I love dandelions. And now I can eat them? I’ll have to try this!
I have about a million dandelions in my yard, guess I better get picking before my son mows!! My Italian step-dad eats the greens, but I’ve never tried the blossoms!
Wow, who knew!?
This is great. I love them too. I don’t get why people work so hard to rid their yard of them.
Great idea.
This is amazing! We use to gather the dandelion flowers – fry them up with egg & flour coating and they taste much like mushrooms. But adding the flower part to bread is a new one on me. I love this! Thanks so much for sharing at Weekend Potluck. Please come again soon.
I love it! So glad to have seen this at Melt in Your Mouth Mondays. Hope you will come and share at What’d You Do This Weekend: http://www.tumbleweedcontessa.com/blog/whatd-you-do-this-weekend-15/ I’m gonna pin this for after I have plucked those dandelions from the garden.
I had no idea you could eat Dandelion flowers! With 5 acres, I bet I can find plenty to make this bread with!
Love this, but would never have thought to try it until now. Visiting from Dragonfly Designs linky party.
Karen @ annumography
Love this. I am pinning it.
Thanks for sharing. And have a great day!
Ellya
http://www.curiositaellya.blogspot.com/
Love this idea! Have to try. I have a post in the works using dandelions in the near future myself. I would love to have you visit.
Lois
cabinofbows.blogspot.com
This sounds so neat – I cannot wait to try this!! You’ve been featured this week at Sew Can Do. Stop by & grab a Featured On button. Thanks for sharing this great idea & linking to the Craftastic Monday party at Sew Can Do!
I’m kinda amazed by this! It looks delicious, and I love cornbread, so I am very tempted to give this a try! My kids will think I’m nuts 🙂
Made this yesterday and it is DELICIOUS! Can taste the salt a little too much for my liking when it’s in its bread form but toast it and the flavours really come out. Delicate, sweet taste AMAZING toasted with a little butter or peanut butter for a sweeter treat ^_^ Great idea, thank you!
I’ve had this recipe for 2 years and finally made it yesterday. Sorry to say I am very disappointed. I’m guessing it is the amount of honey (I may try again with 1/4C), but this was liquid inside at 30 minutes. After another 30 minutes, the bread was done but of course the outside is not very pretty.
My sister-in-law made this the other day and gave me some to try. It was delicious and had a consistency of a banana bread. You must have done something wrong. Try it again. You won’t be disappointed.
I love the dandelions in my yard as well. People worry about their grass, but I think it’s beautiful and natural
I am thinking Dandelion Flower pancakes might be the thing to try
I bet that would be amazing. Let us know how that goes.
How in earth do you clean those tiny little bitty petals?