Do you sing in the morning? How about enjoying a nice cup of coffee and a mini banana bread loaf?
Daylight come and me wanna go back to bed
NO, we don't want to go back to bed because it's Monday morning and we've already made the banana nut bread! Now all we have to do is wait for the coffee to brew and pop the banana bread in the microwave for 15 seconds and a quick breakfast is ready. Grab a piece of fruit and head on out to work. You're covered.
This past Saturday, I cooked various breakfast foods in anticipation of my upcoming work week. I did this because I did not want a repeat of my last Friday! Let's just say I got caught munching on bad choices (our branch has a deep freeze with a variety of ice cream choices for our customers and employees....very bad strawberry!) So I cooked bran muffins and banana nut bread so I can grab and go for that early morning work week. I've discovered Hubby and Boy love the bran muffins and nut bread so much that I had to hide some of them so I'd have breakfasts available for the next 2 weeks! I'm just hoping they don't realize I hid part of the stash. That ice cream freezer does call out my name.
For my WW grainiacs, I compared my banana nut bread recipe to Hungry Girl's recipe and they both equal 6 points plus. I haven't tried hers yet so I can't compare the taste, but I'll tell you....I LOVE my recipe.
3/4 cup butter 1- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1- 1/2 cups sugar 3/4 tsp. salt
For my WW grainiacs, I compared my banana nut bread recipe to Hungry Girl's recipe and they both equal 6 points plus. I haven't tried hers yet so I can't compare the taste, but I'll tell you....I LOVE my recipe.
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| I tweaked the original recipe and it is still fantastic! |
Strawberry's Banana Nut Bread Recipe
1- 1/2 cups sugar 3/4 tsp. salt
3 eggs, separated 1/2 cup sour cream
5 large bananas mashed (about 1-1/2 c) 1/2 cup milk
3 cups flour (I divided this into white and whole wheat)
3/4 cups finely chopped pecans (could omit the nuts for less points plus, but then it wouldn't be banana nut bread!
Grease and flour mini loaf pans or whatever loaf or muffin tins you use. (I use the bakers spray with flour). Cream butter and sugar together (I tweaked here and used 3/4 c. Splenda and 3/4 c. sugar- I'm thinking you could use all Splenda like Hungry Girl although it doesn't seem to change the points plus value). Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add bananas, mixing well. Measure 1/2 cup milk and add sour cream to fill the cup. Sift together (I didn't sift!!) the flour, soda, and salt. Add the flour and milk alternately to the banana mixture (Strawberry added the white flour first and the soda and salt and 1/2 milk mixture and stirred well and then added the whole wheat flour and the rest of the milk mixture). Add nuts and mix well. Beat egg whites until they stand in stiff peaks (I used a hand mixer- I'm all for easy baking!). Fold carefully into banana batter. I truly believe this and the sour cream makes this the best banana nut bread EVER!!!!
Divide evenly between 2 mini loaf pans (my pan has 9 mini loaves)--whatever you use fill it to within 1/2" to 3/4" of the top. Bake at 300* for 45-50 minutes. Cool on rack before storing.
And looky here.... hmmmm it smells so good. drool....drool...gulp
5 large bananas mashed (about 1-1/2 c) 1/2 cup milk
3 cups flour (I divided this into white and whole wheat)
3/4 cups finely chopped pecans (could omit the nuts for less points plus, but then it wouldn't be banana nut bread!
Grease and flour mini loaf pans or whatever loaf or muffin tins you use. (I use the bakers spray with flour). Cream butter and sugar together (I tweaked here and used 3/4 c. Splenda and 3/4 c. sugar- I'm thinking you could use all Splenda like Hungry Girl although it doesn't seem to change the points plus value). Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add bananas, mixing well. Measure 1/2 cup milk and add sour cream to fill the cup. Sift together (I didn't sift!!) the flour, soda, and salt. Add the flour and milk alternately to the banana mixture (Strawberry added the white flour first and the soda and salt and 1/2 milk mixture and stirred well and then added the whole wheat flour and the rest of the milk mixture). Add nuts and mix well. Beat egg whites until they stand in stiff peaks (I used a hand mixer- I'm all for easy baking!). Fold carefully into banana batter. I truly believe this and the sour cream makes this the best banana nut bread EVER!!!!
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| stiff egg whites! |
And looky here.... hmmmm it smells so good. drool....drool...gulp
Hubby favors adding another ingredient.
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| Either way....Enjoy! |
I make half without cherries ( for Boy) and half with cherries. I want to make both men happy. Heck, I'll eat it with or without cherries. I love me some banana nut bread! Speaking of bananas or nuts, I received some great comments about grilled chicken salad, etc. I'll post those in the near future! Thank you for the suggestions and ideas. Keep them coming.
I feel in control...with breakfast at least! I can always fall back on my fruit yogurt parfaits or omelets if I have the time in the morning. Breakfast is for champions; don't get caught without it!!!
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