Vanilla, Honey & Cardamom Sweet Bread

So for the last two weeks I’ve been very sick.

Like, I-think-I-may-have-had-pneumonia-sick.  So the story here is that I’ve been a vegetarian for about a year and a half, yet it amazes me how often I get lectured on the correlation between being sick and my lack of meat protein intake.

Seriously?  Leave me alone.

It also amazes me how often it’s assumed that I love anything related to yoga, spinach, and nail polish.  Okay, guilty there.  But I also love whiskey and the smell of bacon.

Apparently spring is here?

But um hi it’s March and winter still seems to be here.  Where the heck are the 50+ degree days?  I figure I might as well do my best to embrace the possibility of warmer weather for the time being.

Cue:  This vanilla, honey & cardamom sweet bread with Greek yogurt.  Drool.

I usually find the most delicious foods to be homemade.  It just so happens that they also usually contain ginormous heaven heckballs of chocolate.

That’s not the case here.  But stay with me.

First you need to make sure you have flour.  There’s not much complicated about that.  Next, you pick your favorite brand of Greek yogurt.  Combine the two with a little honey and cardamom and bake it for 40 minutes or so.

If your instinct is to have this bread for breakfast…  We are best friends.

If anybody knows where spring is really hiding, please let me know.  Sweet Jesus.

Vanilla, Honey & Cardamom Sweet Bread

adapted from Strawberry Banana Greek Yogurt Bread

(yields 1 loaf, 10 slices)

Ingredients:

For the Bread:

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup all-purpose flour

3 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 scant teaspoon cardamom

4 tablespoons butter, melted

1 egg

1 cup vanilla Greek yogurt

4 tablespoons honey

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

For the Glaze:

1/2-3/4 cup powdered sugar

1-2 teaspoons honey

splash of vanilla almond milk

Preparation:

To make the Bread:

Preheat the oven to 350 F and coat a loaf pan with non-stick spray.  In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and cardamom together.  In another bowl, cream together melted  butter and vanilla-flavored Greek yogurt.

Whisk in egg.  Stir in honey, then the vanilla extract.  Add the wet ingredients into the dry and mix until combined.

Pour batter into loaf pan and bake for 35-45 minutes, testing near the end with a toothpick, until it comes out clean.

Serve immediately and enjoy!