Random Recipes that Lynn has sent me
Posted: 25 Feb 2004, 19:28
Here's a recipe for banana bread:
Yield 2 loaves
Time 1 hour
Tools 2 loaf pans OR 1 baking dish
small bowl
spoon
2 large bowls
whisk
sifter
wooden spoon
Ingredients 1-2 T butter or oil
¼ c sesame seeds
1 c strong black coffee
2 c ripe bananas, puréed
1½ c butter, softenened
1¾ c brown sugar
4 eggs
2½ t vanilla extract
½ t almond extract
1 t orange zest
4 c flour
1 t salt
½ t baking soda
1 T baking powder
½ t nutmeg
2 t cinnamon
¾ c chopped walnuts or pecans, optional
Directions Preheat oven to 350º. Grease the pan(s) then sprinkle with sesame seeds and shake around until they stick.
Stir the coffee into the puréed bananas and set aside.
Beat butter and sugar together, then beat in eggs, one at a time. When fluffy, add vanilla, almond extract, and orange zest.
Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
Gradually combine dry ingredients with the butter/eggs and banana/coffee mixture - don't overmix. Stir in optional nuts.
Spread batter into pan(s) and bake for 35-50 minutes, until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
Cool for one hour before slicing.
Yield 2 loaves
Time 1 hour
Tools 2 loaf pans OR 1 baking dish
small bowl
spoon
2 large bowls
whisk
sifter
wooden spoon
Ingredients 1-2 T butter or oil
¼ c sesame seeds
1 c strong black coffee
2 c ripe bananas, puréed
1½ c butter, softenened
1¾ c brown sugar
4 eggs
2½ t vanilla extract
½ t almond extract
1 t orange zest
4 c flour
1 t salt
½ t baking soda
1 T baking powder
½ t nutmeg
2 t cinnamon
¾ c chopped walnuts or pecans, optional
Directions Preheat oven to 350º. Grease the pan(s) then sprinkle with sesame seeds and shake around until they stick.
Stir the coffee into the puréed bananas and set aside.
Beat butter and sugar together, then beat in eggs, one at a time. When fluffy, add vanilla, almond extract, and orange zest.
Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
Gradually combine dry ingredients with the butter/eggs and banana/coffee mixture - don't overmix. Stir in optional nuts.
Spread batter into pan(s) and bake for 35-50 minutes, until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
Cool for one hour before slicing.