Last year when I started learning to bake I was making a lot of pies. When I wanted to try something different I thought I would try
banana bread -- partly because it was a size pan that I had, a nice 5x9in glass pan, and partly because I happened to have some bananas laying around at the time. It was really easy to make, and I've probably made it 4 or 5 times since then...
Today I cooked a big breakfast for the first time in my new apartment, and I wanted to keep it going after I ate. So I went right into the banana bread, took some good pictures, and experimented by adding
blueberries.
Start by smashing about 4 bananas in a big bowl. I decided to add some blueberries as well. One of the things I try to do is add more fruit and reduce the amount of sugar I use.
Then all you do is add the following ingredients one after the other, put it in a buttered pan and bake for an hour at 350:
- 3-4 bananas
- blueberries or other fruit (optional)
- 1/3 C. melted butter
- 3/4 C. sugar -- I reduced this to only 1/2 a cup, which is healthier (plus I used the blueberries)
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 t. vanilla
- 1 t. baking soda
- salt
- 1 1/2 C. flour
That's it! I used a 5x9 inch glass baking pan and baked for an hour. It turned out splendidly, and the added fruit is a total bonus. I do encourage drinking while cooking/baking. Today I enjoyed some Magic Hat HIPA.
I like sorting my music in iTunes into various playlists for different moods, events, subgenres, etc, and one category I have is cooking lists. So today I went with a classic, "Cooking List 01," which features Chuck Berry, Eminem, Cake, Ella Fitzgerald, and mc chris, among others.
Last year when I started learning to bake I was making a lot of pies. When I wanted to try something different I thought I would try banana bread -- partly because it was a size pan that I had, a nice 5x9in glass pan, and partly because I happened to have some bananas laying around at the time. It was really easy to make, and I've probably made it 4 or 5 times since then...
