Nov
2ndThe Last Hurrah of Sad Bananas
Several months ago, APK had some sad bananas, and instead of throwing them away, I decided to pull out his copy of The Joy of Cooking and make some banana bread. I was on a baking spree! The Joy of Cooking recipe was woefully lacking any sort of spices or flavorings or anything, so I indiscriminately added spices and have made several banana breads since, trying to duplicate my original banana magic. And now I have!
Do you have sad bananas? Two or three? Here’s a great way to give them a last hurrah.
- Preheat oven to 350 °
- 3/4 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 4/3 cups of all-purpose flour
- 5 1/3 tablespoons of unsalted butter
- 2/3 cups of sugar, but I used Splenda
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- About 3 medium-sized sad bananas, mashed.
If you’ve got larger bananas (and don’t ask me what constitutes a “large banana” because you can probably guess), just use 2.
Mix together Bowl One and Bowl Two. Once it’s blended, it should be sort of the consistency of brown sugar.
Pour Bowl Three (eggs) into the mixture of Bowls One and Two.
Pour Bowl Four (bananas) into the big mixture.
I added about 3 teaspoons of Bourbon Vanilla Extract here, along with about 3 shakes of powdered ginger, powdered nutmeg, and about 5 shakes of powdered cinnamon.
Pour into a greased casserole dish and bake for 50-60 minutes.
Voilà!
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