#2: Banana Bread by Taylor

This was my attempt to impress my family with baked goods before I left for the holidays. It's a very simple recipe, and it's the best things you can do with mushy old bananas. I usually never get a chance to make this, since Ashley eats all the bananas before they have a chance to turn brown. Here's how to make it:

3 medium sized mushy bananas
1/3 cup melted butter
1 egg, beaten
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
Dash of salt
2 cups flour
(optional) cloves
(optional) nutmeg
(optional) walnuts


Mash up the bananas and add the butter and the egg. Then add the sugars, cinnamon, baking soda, and any optional spices. Add the flour in one half cup at a time. But the batter in a greased bread pan and cook at 350 for 1 hour.

Ashley says:

Taylor's banana bread is always excellent. And in my defense, I would banana myself to death if I could (What a way to gooo!!) The loaf prior to this one was great for a midafternoon pick me up, even though it was a little on the heavy side. It's a hearty bread with a wonderful flavor. The batch I tasted was without nuts, but I'm sure the added crunch was excellent. Maybe next time, we could try a dairy-free approach to shake things up.

Since neither of us actually tasted this batch of the bread, we called in for a special guest review from Taylor's mom.

She found the bread to be "scrumptious" and said it was great as a filling snack.

Way to go, Taylor!!!