The One Thing I Bake
I’m not a “foodie”. I don’t spend hours slaving over a hot stove. I don’t spend whole weekends compiling a month of different crock-pot meals in freezer bags, although I think it a wonderful idea and efficiency at its finest. I made my children’s birthday cakes from a box until they decided ‘cookie cakes’ are the way forward and Publix makes a perfectly good one.
There is, however, one thing I do bake. It is my ‘go-to’ for a home-made gift, cake-walk contribution or whenever the bananas in the fruit bowl get too yellow. It is a wonderful recipe that I found over 10 years ago in a recipe book created for a dog rescue fundraiser and I share it here.
Banana Bread
Cream well:
1/3 cup butter and 2/3 cup sugar.
Add:
- 2 eggs
- 2 fully ripe bananas
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Beat until fluffy. Add 1 3/4 cups of flour. Mix at medium speed for 2 minutes.
Stir in 1 1/2 cups walnuts or pecans (nuts are optional).*
Bake in oiled loaf pans for 50-60 minutes or until done at 350 degrees F.
Makes 1 large loaf.
* I also like to use cranberries, especially for a Christmas gift.
