Banana Bread
I tend to throw in a splash of molasses and a dallop of apple sauce, as well, but haven't quite codified those quantities.
Top with vanilla and caramel gelato, or similar.
Yield: 1 loaf
- .5c butter
- .5c brown sugar
- .5c sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1c (about 3) ripe bananas, mashed
- 1T milk
- 1t cinnamon
- .5t nutmeg
- 1t baking powder
- 1t baking soda
- 1t salt
- 2c flour
- Cream butter with sugars, beat in eggs.
- Mix mashed bananas with milk, cinnamon, and nutmeg, before adding to butter mixture.
- Sift flour with baking powder, baking soda, and salt, before gently mixing into batter.
- Pour into buttered 9"x5"x3" loaf pan.
- Bake at 325F for 60-70m, until center tests clean.
- Cool 15m before removing from pan.