Mosaic Monday! Going Bananas!

It's Monday! and I'm going bananas. Bananas for Mosaics! and bananas for banana bread! Check out Mary's Little Red House blog for more Mosaic Monday! Only she's on a break this week so she's doing a Tutorial Friday instead :) Check out her blog if you want to learn how to make a cool mosaic from your pictures.




My two favorite banana bread recipes.

The old favorite...
Banana Nut Bread
originally posted at the CF by Caliloo
Printable Recipe

3 ripe bananas, well mashed
2 eggs well beaten
2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (or more!)

This is pure simple banana bread, heavy, moist and dark.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a loaf pan. Mix the bananas and eggs together in a large bowl. Stir in the flour, sugar, salt and soda. Add the walnuts and stir to blend. Put the batter in the pan and bake for an hour. Remove from the pan and cool on a rack.

I added a couple splashes of Myer’s Rum (Dark rum) or Coconut rum!

and the new favorite...
Banana Bread
Source: Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters
Printable Recipe

1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 1/3 cups mashed bananas (about 3 medium bananas)
1 1/2 cups finely chopped walnuts

Set the oven rack in the middle position. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line a 9 X 5 X 3-inch loaf pan with a strip of parchment and coat the pan and the liner with cooking spray. (I used butter!)

Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg.

Cream butter and both sugars in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add egg and bananas and combine. Add sifted dry ingredients. Fold in nuts.

Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake 50 to 55 minutes, or until loaf comes out clean. Cool on rack. Store covered with paper towel and wax paper at room temperature.

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