Banana Nut Bread

I decided to eat healthier, so I bought a bag of pancake mix with almond flour in it. I made one batch of pancake, and my husband and I feel we don’t like it that much. The pancake tastes ok, but not as fluffy as the regular flour one. I think I like the regular ones better.

I didn’t know what to do with the pancake mix, then I saw this banana nut bread recipe at the back of the bag. Of course I tried it, and we both fall in love with it. The bread tastes great!

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cup pancake mix, 1/4 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 4 tbsp butter, 2 banana, 1/2 chopped walnut, 1/2 tsp salt.

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. Melt butter, lightly beat butter, mash banana, break walnut into smaller pieces.

          

3. Combine beaten egg, melted butter, mashed banana, sugar, and salt, beat together.

The original recipe calls for 1/2 cup sugar, but both of us think it’s too sweet for us, so I cut the sugar to 1/4 cup.

4. Add pancake mix and walnut into the mixture, mix smothly then pour into a greased baking pan, bake for about an hour, or until the tester comes out clean.

Since I used the smaller baking pan, I baked about 50 minutes.

The original recipe said that it needs a 8×4 loaf pan, I used two mini loaf pan, so the bread would be smaller, and easier to store.

Banana Muffin

Banana Muffin

Happy New Year, everybody! I decided to start 2015 with something sweet. Wish everybody a sweet and successful new year.

I like this recipe. The muffin itself is nothing special, but the topping makes it perfect.

Banana MuffinBanana MuffinIngredients:

Muffin: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt, 3 ripe bananas, 3/4 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1/3 cup butter.

Topping: 2 tbsp butter, 4 tbsp flour, 4 tbsp brown sugar, 1 tsp ground cinnamon.

Banana MuffinBanana MuffinMethods:

1. Peel and mash bananas.

2. Melt butter.

3. Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

Banana Muffin4. Mix melted butter, mashed banana, egg and sugar, then mix with flour mixture.

5. Line muffin pan with muffin cup, then scoop muffin batter into muffin pan.

6. Preheat over to 375ºF.

Banana MuffinBanana Muffin7. Mix topping ingredients with a fork, then sprinkle on top of muffins.

8. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick come out clean.

Banana Muffin