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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on October 05, 2013, 01:17:33 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/115732224
Oh my.
The first decent campfire in the cooking and baking forum all week.
bif (15,632 posts) Fri Oct 4, 2013, 12:05 PM
Banana bread
http://cookingwiththemark.blogspot.com
Ingredients
4 ripe bananas, smashed
1/3 c melter butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 t vanilla
1 t baking soda
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 c all-purpose flour
Directions
Heat oven to 350°. In a large mixing bowl, mix butter into the mashed bananas with a wooden spoon. Then mix in sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle baking soda and salt over the mixture and fold in. Add flour last and mix well. Pour into a buttered 4"x8" loaf pan and bake for 1 hour. Cool on a cookie rack, remove from pan and serve. I know it's guilding the lily, but I like serving it warm, buttered. Variation include adding crushed walnuts, chocolate chips, or pieces of dried fruit.
Uh, no.
No "variations" needed; banana bread is supposed to be banana bread, not combination-of-unrelated-ingredients-bread.
rdharma (4,114 posts) Fri Oct 4, 2013, 12:38 PM
1. I'm glad you put walnuts in the "variation" category.
I hate walnuts in banana bread.
bif (15,632 posts) Fri Oct 4, 2013, 12:46 PM
2. My one daughter does too
Maybe that's why she like it so much!
rdharma (4,114 posts) Fri Oct 4, 2013, 01:27 PM
3. The recipe is great.
Your banana bread recipe is great. But walnuts ruin the soft texture and add nothing to the taste. IMHO.
Thumbs up on the chocolate chip idea.
:gay2: :gay2: :gay2: on the chocolate chip idea.
bif (15,632 posts) Fri Oct 4, 2013, 02:56 PM
4. It turns out so moist! Another variation is adding lemon zest.
According to my wife. I actually like it plain, like the recipe.
Plain is best; no need to add junk to what's already good.
canoeist52 (1,655 posts) Fri Oct 4, 2013, 03:39 PM
5. I add cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and a touch of clove
and it becomes a fall festive treat that makes the house smell great.
Arkansas Granny (15,368 posts) Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:34 AM
6. Before you mash those bananas, I would suggest roasting them on a baking sheet at 350F
for about 15 - 20 minutes, or until they turn black. It really intensifies the flavor.
bif (15,632 posts) Sat Oct 5, 2013, 10:34 AM
7. When they're frozen, they're pretty much mush
So I don't know about roasting them.
Arkansas Granny (15,368 posts) Sat Oct 5, 2013, 01:44 PM
8. I'm sure you're right. I would only roast fresh bananas in the skin.
It really does bring out the flavor. I plan on doing it from now on when I make banana bread or muffins.
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Knowing the cooking and baking DUmmies, their banana bread "variations" may include:
Potatoes
Tofu
Smoked salmon
Gummi bears
Bleu cheese
Wasabi peas
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I wonder if hanging out in the cooking and baking forum of Skin's island would do the LocoNuts primitive any good?
Firstly, cooking would be a sufficient enough distraction to keep his mind off of the clown car full of psychiatrists that are knocking down his parents' door to see him.
Secondly, it would keep his hands busy, which in turn would give that poor rubber vagina he carries around like a security blanket a rest.
He might make an okay cook. I just wouldn't eat any pies I know he's been around.
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Knowing the cooking and baking DUmmies, their banana bread "variations" may include:
Potatoes
Tofu
Smoked salmon
Gummi bears
Bleu cheese
Wasabi peas
2 quarts burnt motor oil
Some rusty coarse threaded nuts
One cup of finely chopped metal shavings
A POUND OF POT....and 2 little blue pills
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No mushrooms?? :banghead: :rant:
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No mushrooms?? :banghead: :rant:
Must not be any cow patties in his area to pick them off of.
My X-wife's brother used to drive 150 miles to see her.....but spent most of his time wondering over daddy's cow pasture.
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Knowing the cooking and baking DUmmies, their banana bread "variations" may include:
Potatoes
Tofu
Smoked salmon
Gummi bears
Bleu cheese
Wasabi peas
All in the same mix, even!
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I don't like banana bread but I do like zucchini bread.
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All in the same mix, even!
And bananas are "optional". It is sufficient that the DUmmies want it to be banana bread.