Dead Bananas? Sunday afternoon activity; bake Banana bread.

Dead Bananas? Sunday afternoon activity; bake Banana bread.

Joe cooks.

Now this is not some hip-mutation of Joe “rocks”. He really does like to cook. He dreams up recipes. None of which could ever work ~ yet. But he loves to be at one with the kitchen.

So yesterday, I spied these.

I think they're dead.

But I knew they weren’t dead. They were just very ripe and pure sugar.

So we went to work.

1 3/4 cups flour

2/3 cups sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 to 3 mashed ripe bananas

Mashed bananas, not potatoes.

1/3  cup shortening, butter or margarine

2 tablespoons milk

2 eggs

1/4 cups chopped nuts

In bowl combine 1 cup of flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add mashed banana, shortening (butter or margarine) and milk. Beat with mixer on low till blended, then on high for 2 minutes. Add eggs and remaining flour; beat till blended.

Pour batter into a greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 55 to 60 minutes or until the center of bread passes the old toothpick test. Cool for 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan and let cool completely.

Now we never let the bread cool completely. For pity’s sake, why do that? 

Joe and I sliced that warm bread and slathered buttered on it. So after some flour and sugar and an hour in the oven, those black bananas turned into this…

Boo-ti-full!

Now that’s a Romans 12:2 transformation.

What is your favorite bread and recipe? Happy Sunday and Happy Baking.