Saturday, August 25, 2012

My Banana Blueberry Walnut Recipe From My Mother

Banana bread

2 1/2 C flour
1 C sugar
3 1/2  tsp baking powder 
1 tsp salt

3 Tbsp salad oil.  
3/4 C milk
1 egg
1 C mashed banana 
1 C oatmeal or nuts
(optional: add cup of blueberries)

350 degrees
Grease and dust flour on pans
55-65 for loaf /15-20 for mini muffins

Topping: 1/3 cup Brown sugar,  2 tbsp flour,  1/8 tsp  cinnamon, mix in one tbsp of butter.

1.  Mix all dry ingredients (first 4)
2. Mix in all wet.  Moosh bananas up a little first. 
3. If you make the topping, pat it down into the bread mixture so it won't just crumble off as the bread rises.
4. Mini muffins cook in 15-20 mins, loafs 45-60 mins.  

To be honest I doubled the recipe and haphazardly threw in about 1.5 C banana, at least a cup of blueberries, and a cup of walnuts...recipe is very forgiving, original didn't even call for the blueberries but you'd never tell.

If out of milk, slightly watered yogurt works too.  I've done that and no 
one noticed.  I learned that from a professional baker.