Banana Bonanza

Okay well this post is LONG overdue. But as I think I told you earlier, when I was supposed to tell you about this the "B" key and the "N" key went out on my computer keyboard. Making it hard to tell you about bananas...

So after LOTS of mashing we made the following recipes...


BANANA BREAD

I used this recipe to make 2 big loaves and 8 mini loaves of banana bread. One recipe makes either one loaf or 4 mini loaves.






2 tsp butter
2 C flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 C oil
1 C sugar
2 eggs beated
4 ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3 Tbs milk

Mix together the flour, soda, baking powder, and salt. In a separate, larger bowl, combine sugar and oil. Beat in the eggs, bananas, vanilla and milk. Add the flour mixture and blend until just combined. Pour into greased loaf pan and bake at 350 until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean...maybe 1 hr, 15 min ish... If you make the mini loaves, they only need about 45 min to bake. Very good frozen!

And what in the world would I do with 8 mini loaves in the freezer...can we say Christmas gifts for Sunday School, Awana and Choir teachers. Joshua was thrilled to know what he was making would be a gift for his teachers! FUN! (the big loaves we are/have eaten)

We also made:

BANANA PANCAKES

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1 c all-purpose flour
1 Tbs white sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1 c milk
2 Tbs vegetable oil
2 ripe bananas, mashed


Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.

In a separate bowl, mix together egg, milk, vegetable oil and bananas.

Stir both the banana mixture and the flour mixture, batter will be a little lumpy.

Heat a lightly oiled griddle over medium high heat. Pour the batter onto the griddle using about 1/4 cup per pancake. Cook until pancakes are golden brown on both sides (like mine, hahaha ;))

The boys loved this recipe. I loved it b/c I could give them something good for them, and they never even asked for syrup. YAY! That is a nice low mess breakfast...which is always the goal in my house :)


Finally we made

BANANA-PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

1 1/2 C all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 ripe banana, mashed
1/3 c firmly backed light brown sugar
1/4 c creamy or chunky peanut butter (we used creamy)
1/4 c margarine
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract

Combine flour and baking soda in a small bowl. In a med mixing bowl beat together banana, brown sugar, margarine spread and peanut butter until light and fluffy (using an electric mixer on med speed). Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture until dough forms. Shape into 1 inch balls, place them 2 inches apart on baking sheets. Use a fork and make the cute little criss-cross pattern. Bake at 375 for about 10 min.



Again the boys LOVED these. And I didn't feel too bad about letting them enjoy, since they weren't overly sweet.