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Banana Bread

September 7th, 2009

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This is a really yummy banana bread. I think it would be good with chocolate chips or nuts (if you like them, we don’t).

I like it warm with a small amount of butter spread on top.

Source: Simply Recipes

Ingredients:

3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed

1/3 cup melted butter (1/3 c =5 1/3 T)

1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup) (I used 3/4 C)

1 egg, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

Pinch of salt

1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl.

Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla.

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

Add the flour last, mix.

Pour mixture into a buttered 4×8 inch loaf pan.

Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.

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Tags: banana, bread, quick, ripe |

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S’mores Granola Bars

August 31st, 2009

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Most people go on vacation to get away from cooking etc. Not me. I packed damn near my entire kitchen and took it to the beach house. Different flours, sugars, yeast, vanilla, the Kitchen Aid mixer and much, much more.

I had this recipe bookmarked for a while and since I had all ingredients on hand I threw them in the car too so that Autumn and I could make them here.

They are really yummy and everyone liked them. They’re like s’mores meets granola bar meets rice krispie treat. Next time I will be sure to use a bigger bowl (I couldn’t bring everything) so that the syrup coats all of the oats and krispies. I had a pile that didn’t stick to the rest after I cut them and I figure that’s why.

Source: Recipe Girl (adapted from the King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion)

Ingredients:

4 cups rolled oats (regular- not quick cooking oats)
4 cups Rice Krispies cereal
¾ cup granulated sugar
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
¼ cup water
½ cup corn syrup
1 tsp salt
3 cups miniature marshmallows, divided
1½ cups chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425°F. Lightly grease a half-sheet (18×13-inch) pan, or two 9×13-inch pans.

Place the oats on the prepared pan(s). Bake for 3 minutes- stir oats- bake for 3 more minutes. The oats won’t brown, but they should begin to smell toasty. Don’t overbake, or the oats will begin to burn. Remove the pan from the oven; transfer the oats to a bowl and add the Krispies. (Keep the oven on).

In a large saucepan, combine sugar, butter, water, corn syrup, and salt. Bring the mixture to a boil and boil for 5 minutes, or until the temperature reaches 250°F. on a candy thermometer. Remove the mixture from the heat and pour it over the oats and cereal, tossing to combine. Add 1½ cups of the marshmallows, and stir again until well combined.

Place the mixture on the prepared pan (the one you used for the oats), patting it flat. Sprinkle with the remaining 1½ cups of marshmallows and chocolate chips. If you grease the bottom of another half-sheet pan, you can use it to press down on the mixture to make it flat and even.

Return the pan of bars to the oven for 3 minutes, or until the marshmallows have puffed and are slightly browned. Be careful… the marshmallows will burn if you leave them in too long. Remove the bars from the oven and cool for about 10 minutes on a rack. Cut into squares while still warm- it’s easiest to do this using a baker’s bench knife or a knife with a wide blade.

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Tags: granola bars, oats, rice krispies, s'mores |

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