#55 Banana bread (with walnuts and blueberries) from h3

The ingredients:

2 sticks (8 oz) soft butter
1.5 cups firmly packed brown sugar
4 large eggs
3 really ripe bananas
2.5 cups flour
0.5 teaspoon salt
1.5 teaspoons baking powder
6 oz chopped walnuts
4 oz blueberries

>>56 Name: h3

<h3+//guvoW> 2005-08-07 23:56:34 UTC

325 view(s) Begin by heating the oven to 350F.

In a mixer, beat the butter and brown sugar. If the butter isn't soft (I actually remembered to leave it out this time), you can microwave it - no big deal. The recipe calls for light brown sugar, I used dark - whatever.

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>>57 Name: h3

<h3+//guvoW> 2005-08-07 23:56:34 UTC

313 view(s) While that is beating on medium for about 3-5 minutes, I chopped the walnuts in a food processor.

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>>58 Name: h3

<h3+//guvoW> 2005-08-07 23:56:34 UTC

314 view(s) Add the eggs to the butter/sugar two at time, mixing completely between. All told, I probably let this stuff mix for about 10 minutes.

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>>59 Name: h3

<h3+//guvoW> 2005-08-07 23:56:35 UTC

312 view(s) Mash the bananas while the last of the eggs are mixing in. The riper the better because it gets sweeter.

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>>60 Name: h3

<h3+//guvoW> 2005-08-07 23:56:35 UTC

318 view(s) After mixing the bananas in, it starts to look like vomit.

Then, add the dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking powder, and nuts). Mix some more on slow.

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>>61 Name: h3

<h3+//guvoW> 2005-08-07 23:56:35 UTC

304 view(s) Throw in the blueberries and stir by hand so as not to crush them.

Why are blueberries so expensive? The recipe doesn't actually call for blueberries but I like to add them.

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>>62 Name: h3

<h3+//guvoW> 2005-08-07 23:56:35 UTC

293 view(s) The recipe calls for pouring the batter into a loaf pan, but I can never get it to fit in one pan. Maybe I have non-standard pans or something.

Anyway, it comes out just fine in a regular baking pan.

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>>63 Name: h3

<h3+//guvoW> 2005-08-07 23:56:36 UTC

310 view(s) Bake for 45-50 minutes (toothpick should come out clean), and let rest for about 30 minutes to cool and settle before turning it out.

Yum! It's really good if you toast slices and top with vanilla ice cream.

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>>109 Name: me

<9EzFcHrROX> 2007-03-22 08:26:13 UTC

a small test =)

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>>131 Name: Hydden

<SBn01NuGaY> 2008-07-29 07:51:41 UTC

I'm just testing if you don't mind.

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