Recipe of the Week #3

A Stay at Home Mom who Blogs must share recipes, yes? Who am I to buck the stereotype!?! Society dictates and I obey.

Why yes, this IS a photo from an earlier post. Do not judge me.

Banana Bread for Dummies

Banana Bread- the ultimate comfort food. Dessert for breakfast. Add chocolate frosting and it becomes simply dessert. (Or maybe it is still breakfast? Such a rock star you are.) It's also deceptively easy to make. Bring some to friends and watch them oooh and aah over your baking prowess. I'll never tell that even a monkey could make this recipe.




Secret Family Recipe for SPJ's Banana Bread
1 Loaf Pan- I don't know how big. You know, just the normal size.
2-4 Bananas
1/3 cup of Butter (with a little extra butter to grease the pan)
1 Egg
1 tsp Vanilla
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 cup Sugar
1 1/2 cups Flour

Go shopping and see bananas. Decide your family will now eat a banana for breakfast every day. They are full of potassium! They are so healthy! You need them! Yum. Bananas.
A week later notice that your family has not been eating Bananas for breakfast every day. They have been drinking coffee (adults) or eating cereal bars (child) like they always do. You now have browning, soft bananas.
Preheat oven to 350.
In a glass bowl melt 1/3 cup of Butter in microwave until melted
Add however many Bananas you have that are brown and soft- usually 2-4 (peel them first)
Mash melted Butter and Bananas.
Push mash to one side of bowl
On other side of bowl add Egg and scramble it
Stir Egg and Banana Butter mush together.
Add Sugar.
Add Baking Soda
Add Vanilla
Mash and mix until it looks good

Add Flour 1/2 cup at at time and stir in between.
Grease Pan with extra butter (or oil or cooking spray or whatever you use)
Add batter to Pan.
Bake for 50-60 minutes (stick a knife in at 50 minutes, if it doesn't come out clean, put back in for 5 minute intervals until knife comes out clean.)
Let cool for 30 minutes.
Try not to eat entire Banana Bread Loaf in one sitting.

Can substitute Pumpkin for Banana! Especially after carving pumpkins and you have all that pumpkin intestines left over so you freeze it because you just know you are going to make all kind of pumpkin goodies and then 1-2 weeks later realize you will never make pumpkin goodies.

Enjoy!