Scrumdiddlyumptious Saturday- Banana Bread

Once Upon a Time...

    In our house, bananas rarely get eaten. Why? Well, I am very picky with my bananas- there has to be green still on the peel- and the rest of my family doesn't eat them quickly so it's perfectly logical when the bananas get very VERY ripe. Last week while my brother and I were at camp, my mom had a get-together for her friends and they all had ice cream. She bought a TON of bananas for banana splits and (guess what!?) no one had any. So we had the TONNNN of bananas sitting on our counter ripening away!! They became so brown and spotted that they were no longer edible... or were they?! You can always make banana bread with these bananas!! And that's exactly what we did...

RECIPE FOR BANANA BREAD:

Makes 1 loaf

*No need for a mixer!*

3 or 4 VERY ripe bananas (black is great), mashed
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
A pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups flour
About 1/3 cup dark chocolate pieces

1. Preheat the oven to 350

2. Mash bananas with a potato masher in a big bowl.

3. With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas.

4. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla.

5. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over mixture and mix in.

6. Add flour last and mix well.

7. Pour into a buttered loaf pan.





8. Add chocolate AFTER you pour the batter in the pans. Sprinkle on top of the batter and push into batter until covered- this keeps them from settling on the bottom of the pan!

9. Bake for 1 hour or until brown on top.

10. Cool slightly before slicing.

11. Enjoy!!

 

 

 

 

And They All Lived Happily Ever After...