{"id":1513,"date":"2010-09-19T11:39:22","date_gmt":"2010-09-19T19:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2010-09-19T11:40:33","modified_gmt":"2010-09-19T19:40:33","slug":"foos-banana-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodiddy.com\/?p=1513","title":{"rendered":"Foo’s Banana Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent this weekend laying low due to several days of migraines. It’s been months and months since I’ve had one. No fun at all. Thankfully I have medication that works, it just leave me in a zombie like state.<\/p>\n

I spent yesterday looking through cookbooks while Dan worked on his car in the garage. I contemplated doing many things. I settled on reading and baking. I kept staring at the 5 organic bananas that had turned from a lovely shade of yellow to speckled brown\/almost black. I have been buying small organic bananas to throw into smoothies for after my longer treadmill sessions. Anything over 6 miles gets a smoothie. I’ve been sticking around 5 miles for most of the week and actually took 2 days off due to the headaches. I didn’t want the bananas to go to waste, so I decided to make banana bread<\/strong>. I had a recipe from Dan’s Dad, one from his Grandmother and a scribbled one that I’d had in my recipe box for years. I combined ingredients from all three to create my own pretty easy recipe.<\/p>\n

The Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2 Cups All Purpose Flour
\n1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
\n1\/4 Teaspoon Salt
\n1\/2 Cup Butter
\n3\/4 Cup Brown Sugar
\n2 Eggs – beaten
\n2 Cups Mashed Ripe Bananas – This used all 5 small bananas
\n1\/3 Cup Apple Sauce – I used sweetened because it’s all we had – not pictured, was a last minute decision
\n1\/4 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
\n1\/8 Teaspoon Cinnamon
\n3 Grinder Twists of Fresh Nutmeg – probably close to 1\/8 Teaspoon<\/p>\n

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.<\/p>\n

In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt.<\/p>\n

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In a seperate bowl, mix the brown sugar and butter together until creamy. I microwaved my butter a little and then used a fork to hand mix.<\/p>\n

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Once mixed, stir in eggs, mashed bananas and applesauce.<\/p>\n

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The bananas looked pretty good for being so dark and ugly on the outside. I used a fork to mash them.<\/p>\n

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Make sure you get everything blended (by hand). Then add the vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg and stir again.<\/p>\n

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It’s important to not overwork the batter. Just make sure everything is moist and that there are no clumps of flour.<\/p>\n

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Pour batter into loaf pan. I sprayed my pan – didn’t have any shortening to grease it. All 3 recipes called for greasing the pan. Bake in oven for 65-70 minutes. Mine took the full 75 minutes. I tested it 3 times with a toothpick. Once the toothpick came out clean, I removed the pan and placed it on a wire rack for about 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

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Then I flipped the loaf pan over and it fell right out.<\/p>\n

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That never happens…<\/p>\n

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The house smelled amazing. I buttered up a piece and OMG, it was incredible. It had the perfect crusty outside and the inside was super moist. I was worried that I’d be able to taste the applesauce, but it was straight banana goodness.<\/p>\n

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A perfect lazy Saturday snack. Dan came into the kitchen after putting his new engine back into the car and was covered in car grease and grime.<\/p>\n

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I asked him to pose for a photo as a joke, but then he actually grabbed a piece with his filthy hands… hah! hah!<\/p>\n

Sidenote: Dan and I got the subscription service working on the blog. The link to subscribe is in the right navigation bar at the bottom.<\/p>\n

Off to enjoy my Sunday, hope you are all having a nice one.
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I spent this weekend laying low due to several days of migraines. It’s been months and months since I’ve had one. No fun at all. Thankfully I have medication that works, it just leave me in a zombie like state. I spent yesterday looking through cookbooks while Dan worked on his car in the garage. … <\/p>\n

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