Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
I love all of your cooking! I’m sure those adaptations are wonderful! Will have to try them out.
Thanks for sharing.
Techie,
Anyone who knows me, knows that I love my coffee. Pour me a cup when you serve yours! 😊
Oh my gosh, a cream cheese glaze on top of banana bread would be fantastic!
I did try chocolate chips in mine once but I like walnuts or pecans the best.
Same with brownies. I love nuts in them. I don’t make them often but I do have a really moist and chewy brownie recipe.
I don’t like using box mixes for anything. It takes the fun out of cooking. I rather cook from scratch.
I make homemade cakes but not very often, maybe once or twice a year. It’s too much for just my husband and myself. I have to share them when I get the urge to bake a cake.
That’s how the recipe is written, I cup of sugar but I have reduced it to 3/4 of a cup and it’s fine. It makes 12 servings and it’s 257 calories per serving.
I have not tried any sugar substitutes. I don’t use them and don’t know which ones are best to use.
How much sugar do you put in your banana bread?
I use BreadDad’s recipe. breaddad.com
Banana bread with oil (No butter banana bread)
He has lots of bread recipes!
It’s true. Banana bread is more like dessert than bread. I think all quick bread recipes are more like cake. One day I want to try zucchini bread.
HNWM, Using butter, and 1/2 c. sugar.
The family that bakes together, stays together. Lol.
I am always having my dH check the expiration dates for me.
He says: "This is not expired yet, it expires May 17th."
No argument from me this time. Lol.
He puts it back in the fridge.
You're right! It's not expired yet!
He stands up, and I said: "What does it say on that calendar on the fridge?".
He is still on Maytime, but it is now June. I don't blame him, but now I am no longer angry.
It is the second time he has confused the May dates. He was sitting at the reception desk, making appointments into July and August. Then, an appointment in May (this year). He told the receptionist that he cannot make an appointment in May because his calendar does not go into next year/May.
Just a little blip on his radar, I think. It takes both of us to get the dates right.
Cwillie, We had just discussed how to make banana bread into a cake, and what the difference would be. I would have preferred a cake, I think.
Anyway, it's in the oven now (an electric turkey roaster oven). An hour, it's going to take too long!
I swirled the cream cheese into the batter, but cannot follow a recipe to save my life! Swirled it onto the top. My head is spinning from all the variations possible with this banana bread. But if it is possible to mess this up, I can and will do that.
Waiting.
I always check expiration dates on everything too.
Some people don’t think it makes a difference but it does.
Do you have a good recipe for it? Have you made it before or just now trying it?
I order zucchini bread at the coffee shop but they don’t always have it. I want to make it at home occasionally for a change from banana bread.
No one is going to rave about my Cream Cheese Banana Bread, but I give it a 6 out of 10. It was a bit rich, very moist. But it was done after 65 minutes.
Next, if I try it again, (next year), will have a cream cheese icing drizzle on the side, instead of baked inside. Because it was too hard to get done with all that extra rich moisture. I added some applesauce and cinnamon, just a bit.
It was an adventure just finding the loaf pan, but dH found it!
Apologies for transposing your name below, NHWM!
Thanks for the ideas, the recipes, and the helps!
Yummy!
Just what you wanted and needed!
You are next Cwillie! Have you ever tried a rain dance?
Love her! Having flashbacks of my younger days. I played her albums a bazillion times.
Would have loved to have seen her live. Crappy weather here. Severe thunderstorm warnings just came on television for our area.
It sounds fabulous! The icing sounds delicious. I always make mine plain but it would be a treat to have a cream cheese glaze drizzled on top!
Need - love Carole King. She is so talented. One of the oldest son's fave performers.
llama - he must have been working hard so a tummy full of good banana bread just sent him off to sleep!
I bet your son’s friend was thrilled to take home the remainder of the cake.
It was always a huge treat for me when I visited my parents and grandparents and I got to take home one of my favorite treats!
My grandfather made the best candy, pralines and peanut brittle.
Grandma made divinity candy but it wasn’t my favorite. I did like her fudge but she hardly ever made it. She made homemade ice cream to die for! We ate that immediately! As children mom only allowed us to have dessert on Sunday. Same thing with sodas. It was a treat, not an everyday thing.
Mom made a delicious chocolate cake called ‘Heavenly Hash’ cake. If my brothers got to mom’s house before me I didn’t get any.
Everyone was crazy about that cake! She got the recipe from our local newspaper. Sometimes she bought the cookbooks that were sold at churches as fundraisers. They have all of the tried and true recipes from the women at the church. So good! Home cooking at its finest!
Mom did allow us to have one or two small cookies after school with milk. We weren’t allowed to eat as many as we wanted because she said that it would spoil our appetite before dinner.
Oh, but she broke that rule with her grandchildren. Hahaha. My girls got lots of cookies! I suppose that is part of the joy of being a grandparent.
I know your son in law looked forward to taking banana bread home with him. It is easy to make and delicious.
He must have been crazy about it to eat six pieces!
NHWM - Your banana bread recipe is very similar to my muffin recipe and I use 1/2 cup sugar for that.
https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/zucchini-bread/
https://www.food.com/recipe/cinnamon-buttercream-frosting-77534?ic1=suggestedAsset%7Ccinnamon%20buttercream
I am going to make zucchini bread soon. I think I will try the icing. I have only had it plain but I think it would be good iced.
Maybe I will try to reduce the sugar in my banana bread recipe, because the ripe bananas are sweet so, it probably will still be sweet enough.
I am not a sugar addict. I don’t put any sugar in my coffee or tea.
I started putting maple syrup in my oatmeal instead of sugar. I like it better. I only use one teaspoon of maple syrup. Sometimes I add peanut or almond butter as well for protein.