Nutella on Pumpkin Break

First, an apology for our prolonged absence-- we have been called away from our computers into the dark recesses of the archives at our institution. However, we are back! To make it up to our faithful readers, we are doing an early week post on a delicious new discovery: Trader Joe's Pumpkin Bread mix. The aroma of baking this delicacy in the apartment brought us to feverish pitches (ay papi!) of ecstasy. And, the actual taste left us recuperating for hours in our swivel chairs.

Under $3, the mix simply requires two eggs, 1 cup of water, and 1/2 cup of oil. We added in chocolate chips for good measure but made up for it by reducing the quantity of oil to 1/4 cup without any negative results (we also tried a batch using applesauce instead of oil with favorable results; replace using a 1:1 ratio). The only difficulty we encountered was the hour that we spent waiting for it to bake while the wonderful aromas tortured our patience, in the like of the suffering of poor Demiens at the hands of the French (mon dieu!).