Carving the Infamous Spiral Spoon

I'm carving a map of the United States where each state is made out of wood from a uniquely important and interesting tree native to that state!

For episode 16 it's a tree that's just as great as it sounds: the butternut!

Stick around while I make the state of Wisconsin out of a beautiful piece of butternut wood, carve a wild spiral mixing spoon, and also make maybe my favorite recipe to date: brown butter butternut butternut bread.

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Brown Butter Butternut Butternut Cake Recipe:

Roast 1 butternut squash in 400 degree oven until fork-tender and puree in food processor (or use one 15 oz can pumpkin puree)
Combine puree with any or all of these spices:
-1 tsp salt
-1.5 tsp cinnamon
-1/4 tsp nutmeg
-1/4 tsp cardamom
-1/4 tsp ginger
-1/8 tsp cloves
-1/8 tsp allspice
-1/8 to 1/4 tsp fresh ground black pepper

Add 1 cup packed brown sugar, 1 cup granulated sugar, 1/2 cup brown butter, 1/4 cup oil, 4 oz cream cheese cut into pieces

Mix until combined and let rest for 5 minutes, then whisk vigorously until no cream cheese chunks remain

Whisk together 4 large eggs and 1/4 cup of (buttermilk / milk / heavy cream / or water)

Add to mixture and mix until encorporated

Combine 2 cups all purpose flour, 1.5 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda

Fold flour mixture into batter until no dry streaks of flour remain

Gently fold 1 cup of toasted chopped nuts of your choice

Pour into two 8 inch greased loaf pans lined with parchment paper

Topping:
5 packed tablespoons brown sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, 1 tablespoon softened unsalted butter, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/8 tsp salt

Mix with fingers until resembling wet sand and sprinkle on top of batter in pans

Bake in a 350 degree oven for 45 to 50 min until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean with a few crumbs attached.

Let cool in the pan on wire rack for 20 min, then remove and let cool for another 1+ hours.

0:00 state making
2:07 nut cracking
2:50 carving a spiral spoon out of butternut wood
4:55 brown butter butternut butternut bread recipe
8:16 sanding & oiling the state
8:47 cake tasting!
9:33 putting the state on the map

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