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We love banana loaves in this house. I am not overly fond of eating bananas themselves, but bake them into a loaf or pie or cookie and I am all over them. The Toddster could eat a raw banana every day. I actually have to hide bananas so that I can bake with them . . .
This is my all time favourite banana bread. Okay . . . I know . . . I say that about every banana bread I bake. I guess I just love banana breads and this one shines!
Stogged with beautiful jewel-like dried cranberries, and crunchy toasted English walnuts, it is pleasing on many levels!
It's moreishly moist . . . with sticky little sweet bits and crunchy nutty nobbles scattered throughout. It's lovely eaten plain and out of hand . . .
Or gently warmed and spread with cold butter . . .
It's gorgeous toasted and spread with butter . . . the stale bread makes great French Toast, or bread pudding . . . I hardly ever have any that goes stale however, it's that good.
It's also my next door neighbors' favourite banana bread that I bake for them. I usually send half of it over to them every time I bake it. They love it and I love to give. It's win/win really! Put it this way, they've never turned the gifting of it down . . . never.
*Marie's Best Banana Bread*
A moist banana loaf chock full of sweet cranberries and crunchy walnuts.
4 ounces butter, at room temp (1/2 cup)
175g of caster sugar (3/4 cup)
2 large free range eggs, beaten
1 tsp milk
300g of plain flour (2 1/4 cups)
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp mixed spice (see my recipe in the side bar on the right side
of the page)
3 ripe bananas, peeled and mashed
85g dried cranberries (generous 1/2 cup)
60g toasted walnuts, chopped (scant 1/2 cup)
Preheat the oven to 160*C/325*F/ gas mark 3. Butter 2 small loaf tins, or 1 large loaf tin and line with baking parchment.
Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until pale and creamy. Beat in the eggs and the milk, mixing all together well.
Whisk together the flour, salt, soda and spice. Stir this mixture into the creamed mixture. Stir in the bananas, cranberries and walnuts. Divide the mixture between the two small tins or spread into the large tin. Bake in the middle of the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes for small loaves, or 1 to 1/1/2 hours for the large tin, until well risen and a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tins for 10 minutes, then lift out onto a wire rack to cool completely. This cake will keep for up to 1 week when stored in an airtight tin.
Makes 1 9X5 loaf
A moist banana loaf chock full of sweet cranberries and crunchy walnuts.
4 ounces butter, at room temp (1/2 cup)
175g of caster sugar (3/4 cup)
2 large free range eggs, beaten
1 tsp milk
300g of plain flour (2 1/4 cups)
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp mixed spice (see my recipe in the side bar on the right side
of the page)
3 ripe bananas, peeled and mashed
85g dried cranberries (generous 1/2 cup)
60g toasted walnuts, chopped (scant 1/2 cup)
Preheat the oven to 160*C/325*F/ gas mark 3. Butter 2 small loaf tins, or 1 large loaf tin and line with baking parchment.
Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until pale and creamy. Beat in the eggs and the milk, mixing all together well.
Whisk together the flour, salt, soda and spice. Stir this mixture into the creamed mixture. Stir in the bananas, cranberries and walnuts. Divide the mixture between the two small tins or spread into the large tin. Bake in the middle of the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes for small loaves, or 1 to 1/1/2 hours for the large tin, until well risen and a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the tins for 10 minutes, then lift out onto a wire rack to cool completely. This cake will keep for up to 1 week when stored in an airtight tin.
I always try to buy enough bananas so that the Toddster can get his fill of them, and I will have some leftover blackened ones to bake with. I confess I am not overly fond of eating fresh bananas, but bake them into a muffin, cookie or a bread and I am all over them!
The exception for the eating fresh rule is eating them on top of my rice crispies. And I always need a sprinkle of brown sugar on top. Not sure why that is . . . its probably something that goes back to my childhood. Rice crispies, banana and brown sugar just makes me feel all yum yum. I love them.
Is there such a thing as too many banana bread recipes??? I think not!
And this is one of my absolute favourites. It smells all heavenly when it is baking . . .
Its moreishly moist from the amount of banana and then the buttermilk . . .
Its stogged full of lovely toasted pecans. I always like to toast my nuts before using them. It just makes them taste . . . well . . . nuttier, for some reason.
This is beautiful on its own . . . with no embellishment, just the bread . . . sweet, moist and banana-ee.
Its lovely cut into thin slices and spread with softened butter too . . . and it is gorgeous toasted under a grill until its edges start to caramelize, flipped over and caramelized on the other side . . . and then, yes . . . . spread with butter or honey butter . . . wowsa. I am such a glutton!
*Buttermilk Banana Bread*
Makes 1 large loafor 3 small to medium bananas or 2 large)
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
125g butter, melted (1/2 cup)Preheat the oven to 200*C/400*F. gas mark 6. Butter a 9 by 5 inch loaf tin and dust it lightly with flour, shaking out any excess.
Combine the mashed banana with the eggs, both sugars ad vanilla in a bowl. Beat in the buttermilk and butter. Sift the flour, soda, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl. Add the banana mixture and beat until well blended. Stir in the chopped nuts. Spoon into the prepared baking tin, smoothing the top.
Place the tin into the preheated oven and immediately REDUCE the oven temperature to 180*C/350*F/ gas mark 4. Bake for one hour and fifteen minutes, or until the top is risen and nicely browned, the loaf is beginning to pull away from the sides of the tin, and a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Let cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to unmold. Carefully turn over and cool completely before cutting into slices to serve. As with any teabread like this, letting it stand overnight improves the flavour and helps it to cut neater.
Note - this is really lovely toasted and buttered. Just saying . . .
A slice of this with a hot cuppa is a real treat on a cold winter's day. Perfect for chasing away the winter blues . . . Bon Appetit!
This is a recipe which I have had printed out and in my "To Bake Someday" folder, for about two years now. It is a recipe I found on a little blog called Chef In Training, and I remember it looking really, really tasty. I often spy things on the net which catch my eye, and I think I would like to try baking sometime. I print them out and stick them in a file . . . and sometimes . . . I actually DO get around to baking them!
I had bought a HUGE jar of Nutella a few months back. What was I
thinking??? There is no way I could ever hope to use it all up, unless
I use it for extra things like baking. It tastes really good spread
onto malt biscuits . . . but that would be an awful lot of Malt Biscuits
. . . it's a 750g jar! (That's over a pound in weight!)
So the other day I dug through my recipes and pulled out this banana
bread recipe to try out. It worked out well because I also had a bunch
of brown bananas that I had bought before Christmas that just didn't get
eaten . . . there is nothing better to do with brown bananas than to bake a banana bread!
My bread didn't come out of the oven near as tasty looking as Chef In
Trainings did . . . it actually looked rather ugly and I did have to add
about 15 minutes time to the baking . . . but wow, cut it open and it
more than makes up for it's ugly surface.
That's kind of like people don't you think??? Some of the prettiest ones are the ones who aren't much to look at on the outsides . . . but dig a bit deeper and you've found a gem! Anyways, it was rather, RATHER tasty sliced and eaten plain . . . but then again, we quite, QUITE like it sliced and spread with softened butter because . . . that's just how we roll around here.
*Nutella Banana Bread*
Makes one medium loaf
Makes one medium loaf
Your favorite bread swirled with your favorite spread. What's not to like about this one?
280g plain flour (2 cups)
3/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2 tsp salt
4 TBS unsalted butter, softened
190g caster sugar (1 cup)
2 large free range eggs
287g of mashed bananas (1 1/4 cups)
1 tsp vanilla paste
80ml of whole milk (1/3 cup)
145g of nutella (heaped 3/4 cup)
Preheat the oven to 180*C/350*F/ gas mark 5. Butter an 8 by 4 inch loaf tin and line with baking paper. Butter the paper. Set aside
Whisk the flour, soda and salt together in a beaker. Set aside.
Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until thoroughly amalgamated. Beat in the bananas, milk and vanilla. Stir in the flour mixture just to moisten.
Soften the nutella in the microwave for about 20 seconds. Stir in 1/3 of the batter until well blended.
Alternate the banana and nutella batters in the prepared baking tin. Swirl together with a chopstick or knife. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes until well risen and done. It may seem a bit underdone in the centre, but that's how it should be. Allow to cool at least 15 minutes in the pan before tipping out onto a wire rack to finish cooling completely.
In for a penny, in for pound I guess. Yum! This is very good. Bon Appetit and a very Happy New Year!
In my quest to cook things diabetic friendly, I cooked this Banana Coconut Bread the other day and was very pleased with how it turned out! High in fibre and low in both fat and sugar. Yay! That makes me happy. Although you still wouldn't want to binge on something like this of course. All baked goods should be occasional treats (which I am now saving for weekends) and not daily thing.
We are huge muffin lovers in this house. I usually try to bake a batch every weekend so that we have them to enjoy for a few days. Some weeks I small batch, not wanting to waste any. This weekend finding ourselves in possession of quite a few over-ripe bananas I decided to bake a full batch of Banana muffins, knowing that I can simply free what we will not eat within a couple of days to enjoy somewhere down the road.
Normally this wouldn't happen. But Todd went for a walk the other day and bought some bananas at a shop, not realising of course that I had bananas on my grocery order for delivery. Not a problem really as I always use them up.
Sometimes I will bake Banana Bread and I have some really great recipes for a variety of Banana Breads on here. My absolute favourite one is this Sour Cream Banana Loaf. This is the one I always bake for the Mr when I cooked at Brenchley Manor.
I had to make sure that there was always one of those in the larder. He loved it toasted in the toaster oven and spread with cold butter for breakfast. I do love Banana Bread, but in all truth I don't always want to wait the hour or so that it takes to bake.
If you are looking for instant gratification, Banana Muffins are the way to go. They mix together rather quickly and bake lickety split..
You can usually be enjoying one of them within a half an hour, start to finish, and this is my favourite recipe for them.
It is my favourite recipe for a number of reasons. One with the ease at which I can throw them together and two because they always bake up moist and delicious, never dry and always beautifully flavoured.
If you are a purist, you can of course leave out the chocolate chips and walnuts, but we love them just as they are! You can of course use pecans if you would rather. We like the walnuts.
I always toast my nuts before using them when baking. It doesn't take much effort. Just a few minutes on a baking tray in a hot oven does the trick. Toasting your nuts just helps them to taste nuttier!
It enhances the nuttiness as it were . . . and chocolate chips. Chocolate and banana are a beautiful conbination. Think chocolate dipped frozen bananas here. The two flavours are quite symbiotic.
I was thinking as well, if you love peanut butter and banana sandwiches, you might like to use peanut butter chips in these instead of chocolate? What say you eh?
In any case I think these are pretty perfect just as they are. Soft, buttery, lightly spiced and moist.
Quick to make, quick to bake, incredibly moreish when it comes to enjoying them. I could easily eat two of these in one sitting, but I restrain myself.
If you are looking for the perfect Banana Muffin, you can't go too far wrong by using this recipe. I think quite possibly, its the absolute best.
Banana Muffins
Yield: 12 muffins
These are the perfect banana muffins. Moist, lightly spiced and filled with toasted nuts and chocolate chips (or not if that's what you prefer.)
Ingredients:
- 210 grams plain flour (1 1/2 cups)
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 3 large over-ripe bananas (about 1 1/2 cups)
- 86g melted butter (6 TBS)
- 145g soft light brown sugar (2/3 cup)
- 1 large free range egg, lightly beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 TBS whole milk
- 60g chopped toasted walnut meats (1/2 cup)
- 90g semi sweet chocolate chips (1/2 cup)
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 220*C/425*F/ gas mark 7. Line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper liners.
- Whisk together the flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Stir in the chocolate chips and nuts.
- Using an electric whisk beat the bananas in a bowl until mashed thoroughly. Whisk in the sugar, egg, vanilla, melted butter and milk, combining well together. Add the dry ingredients all at once and stir together just to combine. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tin just to below the top of the paper liner.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 5 minutes then immediately lower the oven temperature to 180*C/350*F/ gas mark 4 without opening the oven door. Bake for a further 15 minutes until well risen, golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the centre of a muffin comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for five minutes, prior to carefully lifting out to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store any leftovers in an airtight container for up to two days. These will also freeze well, properly wrapped, for up to three months. Thaw overnight prior to eating.
So what is it that makes a muffin the perfect muffin for you? What flavours do you enjoy? Next to Banana I love Bran. I need to find a way to combine the two don't you think?
There is something about this time of year that makes me want to indulge in all things apple and pumpkin . . . and spice. Its only natural I guess since this is the time that those things are coming into their own and are available in abundance. One thing I like to make is applesauce, and once I have made my applesauce, then I like to make an Applesauce Nut Bread or an Applesauce Cake.
I basically make two kinds of applesauce. One with sugar and one without sugar. The one I make with sugar is to eat as is, and the one without is to use in baked goods, where there will be sugar added to the batter. Both freeze very well. I freeze it in one cup amounts which is perfect for either use.
Today I decided to try out a new Applesauce bread/cake recipe. I have a cookery book entitled, Recipes Worth Sharing, recipes and stories from America's most-loved Community Cookbooks.
This particular recipe is attributed to The Bells are Ringing: A Call To Table by the Mission San Juan Capistrano Women's Guild. It looked good. I did make a few changes from the original, which I will detail, and of course have also converted it to British measurements for the British kitchen.
The original recipe called only for the use of cinnamon and nutmeg. I added some cloves. Cloves go very well with the flavour of apple and my husband loves cloves. He is always banging on about his mom's apple pie and how she used cloves, so the cloves were a love note to him.
There was also a rather abundant amount of cinnamon sugar nut sprinkle in the original recipe which was to be sprinkled on top. I thought it was a bit much for just on top so I divided it in three and sprinkled it between two layers and only added the final third for on top, which . . .
As you can see was more than ample!
I also toasted my pecans. I toast all of my nuts prior to baking with them. It just makes them taste nuttier and I love the smell of them toasting. About 6 to 8 minutes in a moderate oven on a baking sheet does the trick.
The end result was a very delicious loaf. There is no need for a drizzle or frosting on top as the brown sugar adds the perfect amount of sweetness for that purpose.
The loaf itself is not overly sweet, which I liked. As a Diabetic, I am not supposed to eat a lot of sugar, so this isn't exactly on my list of things I can eat, but if I was tempted it is not the worst thing I could eat either.
Its not quite as moist as some applesauce breads I have made in the past, but I think that a slice of this warmed and spread with butter would be excellent with a nice hot cup of tea, herbal or otherwise.
When I was working at the Manor the Mr used to like me to toast the quick breads and butter them when I was serving them to him. It actually really is quite nice to do that with a quick bread, and I strongly suspect that this bread will be lovely toasted as well.
I am also thinking it might make a great bread and butter pudding when it gets to being a bit stale. If you have never tried that with a quick bread, then you don't know what you have been missing out on!
Bread and Butter Pudding made with sliced quick bread is magnificently delicious . . . I have done it with my cinnamon loaf, banana bread and gingerbread in the past and all versions were drool-worthy!
You don't want to do it with really crumbly quick breads, but sturdier ones like this one are perfect for that purpose!
Yield: 8 - 10
Applesauce Nut Bread
prep time: 15 minscook time: 1 hourtotal time: 1 hours and 15 mins
Tasty tasty. Moist and delicious. Tis the season.
ingredients:
For the Pecan Topping:
100g soft light brown sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
30g chopped toasted pecans
For the loaf:
245g smooth unsweetened applesauce (1 cup)
190g sugar (1 cup)
120ml vegetable oil (1/2 cup)
2 large free range eggs
280g plain flour (2 cups)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 baking powder
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/3 tsp grated nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp salt
30g toasted pecans (1/4 cup)instructions:
Preheat the oven to 180*C/350*F/ gas mark 4. Butter a large loaf
tin, or two smaller ones and then line with baking paper. Set aside.
tin, or two smaller ones and then line with baking paper. Set aside.
Mix the topping ingredients together in a bowl and set aside.
Whisk
together the applesauce, sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs. Sift together
the flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt.
Stir in the pecans. Add all at once to the wet ingredients. Mix well
together. Spread 1/3 of it into the prepared loaf tin (s) sprinkle with
1/3 of the topping. Spread another 1/3 of the batter on top. Top with
another 1/3 of the topping. Spread on the final 1/3 of batter. Using a
round bladed knife swirl the topping through and then sprinkle the
remaining topping on top of the loaf.
together the applesauce, sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs. Sift together
the flour, soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt.
Stir in the pecans. Add all at once to the wet ingredients. Mix well
together. Spread 1/3 of it into the prepared loaf tin (s) sprinkle with
1/3 of the topping. Spread another 1/3 of the batter on top. Top with
another 1/3 of the topping. Spread on the final 1/3 of batter. Using a
round bladed knife swirl the topping through and then sprinkle the
remaining topping on top of the loaf.
Bake for
30 minutes. Cover loosely with foil to help prevent over-browning. Bake
for 15 to 30 minutes longer (depending on pan(s) used). When the bread
is done a toothpick inserted in the centre will come out clean. Cool
in the pan for several minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool
completely.
30 minutes. Cover loosely with foil to help prevent over-browning. Bake
for 15 to 30 minutes longer (depending on pan(s) used). When the bread
is done a toothpick inserted in the centre will come out clean. Cool
in the pan for several minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool
completely.
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The added bonus of this lovely bread is the wonderful smell it leaves in your house while it is baking . . . cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves . . . smells like Home Sweet Home to me! Bon Appetit!
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