Weekend Baking
I Have decided to try something new. I like to cook. I probably don’t do it as much as I should, especially when we get into tech weeks for shows (which I am about to start). However, I try to do some kind of cooking or baking on the weekends so it seems like a good time to post up some of my favorite recipes.
I also like to try new things so I have set up an interactive recipe book. If you try and like my recipes, or if you just have a recipe to share, you can. Just follow this link to the recipe submission page. Once you submit a recipe it will have to be approved, and then it will show up in the recipe file. You can find the recipe file and submission page under the archives in the main menu bar.
Hopefully you will enjoy my recipes and I will enjoy yours!
Here is my project for this weekend, I happened to have some ripe bananas in the kitchen, so it seemed like it would be appropriate to make:
- Prep Time:
15 min - Cook Time:
55 min - Ready Time:
1 hour, 10 min
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 bananas very ripe
- 1/4 cup plain yogurt
- 2 large eggs
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
1) Adjust oven rack to lower middle position and preheat oven to 350˚F. Grease the bottom and sides of a loaf pan and dust with flour. 2) Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl and set aside. 3) Mash bananas and mix with yogurt, eggs, butter and vanilla. 4) Fold banana mixture into dry ingredients with a rubber spatula. Add the chocolate chips. Mix until just combined then scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pan. 5) Bake until the loaf is golden brown, and a toothpick inserted in the middle of the loaf comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes in the pan. Serve at room temp.
Tags: baking, banana, banana bread, chocolate chips
February 28th, 2010 at 5:37 PM
I'm surprised you're not baking hamontashen this weekend.