Recently (last night) I made a banana bread which I call "Bananak". I would rate that recipe an 8 out of 10 because I liked it! especially with hot cocoa (or coffee)
you can check my blog,
http://chefskitz.blogspot.com , for pics on how I was making my bananak or simply
click here to go straight to the recipe. I barely started the
blog yesterday so there's only two posts; a greeting one and the recipe for the bananak.
Bananak-
Nutritional info:
It's Skitzo tasty certified
The whole bread has approximately 3789 calories
Cut it into 15 pieces and each piece has approximately 250 calories. Thats 150 less calories than the banana muffin I ate the other day about the same size.
Ingredients:
4 large ripe bananas or 6 small.
2 cups of all purpose flour (I used Golds all purpose flour, but any brand will do)
1 tsp of baking soda
1/2 tsp of baking powder
1/2 cup of soften butter (its usually a whole bar)
1 1/2 cups of sugar
1/2 tsp of salt
2 eggs
1 tsp of vanilla extract
4 tablespoons of sour cream (the secret ingredient that makes them moist!)
OPTIONAL
1/2 cup of pecan/walnuts or you can add as many as you want
Instructions:
1.) Preheat over to 350 degrees.
2.) Sift the flour, baking soda, and baking powder in a large bowl (bowl A).
3.) Then in a different/mixing bowl (bowl B) cream the butter, sugar, and salt with a batter on low. It'll look all bumpy when it's ready.
4.) Then you add the eggs, sour cream, and vanilla extract to bowl B and mix them again with the batter.
5.) Then you add the dry ingredients that are in bowl A to bowl B and mix them together really well.
6.) Then you mash the bananas in a different bowl (I used the same one where the dry ingredients were, bowl A)
then after they look kinda watery you add them to bowl B and you mix them together with the batter really well.
7.) If you're going to add some kind of nuts then this is the perfect time to do so.
8.) Let it sit for 5 minutes (you can be putting up all the ingredients back to their places, washing the measuring cups, etc..,).
9.) Coat your bundt/tray with cooking spray or grease it with butter and add your mixture.
10.) Place it in a preheated, 350 oven for about an hour (mine was ready in about 40 minutes so check it frequently with a toothpick. If the toothpick comes out clean, its done!)
11.) Take it out of the oven after about an hour and cut it into 15 pieces and let it sit for a while so it cools off. I think it has a better taste when it's warm/cold than hot. Personal opinion I guess.
OPTIONAL
Serve with hot cocoa/chocolate, coffee, or simply milk.
Then the final product should look like this -
remember, if you're a person that makes things better when they see pictures then you can
click here to go to my blog where the bananak recipe is and there's pictures in there.
Enjoy!
