NOT banana bread:

ok i lied. it is banana bread. sort of. ok not sort of. it is, just in muffin tins.

i love bananas. i love bread. i LOVE banana bread. you can make this recipe in just about anything. before i got my bread pan i used a 9x13 pyrex dish. then i used my bread pan. and if you don't want to pull a knife out every time you want to eat some, or if you want a quick snack to eat on your way to work (which i always need because i NEVER leave myself enough time to eat) then make them in muffin tins and they are ready to go!

so here's the official recipe... but as always i'll walk you through it... not because i think you need it... but because i like to show off my pictures.

1 cup sugar

1/3 cup butter, soft

3 bananas (ripe)

2 eggs

1 tsp soda, dissolved in 1 Tbsp cold water

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg

as many chocolate chips as you want!!!

Heat oven to 350
Combine and mix all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
Place batter in a greased bread pan (bottom only) or in muffin tins.
Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool for 10 minutes then remove from pan. Complete cooling on a wire rack

so first i start out by taking out all of my lovely ingredients (because you never want to start making something then realize that you're missing one crucial ingredient!)

clearly i used frozen bananas. whenever it starts looking like no one is going to eat the bananas, before they go bad, i pop them in the freezer for making banana bread. if you just leave them out for a bit they will turn super soft and when you pop the top off you can pretty much squeeze them out. it's pretty gross.

i have a few tips before you mash everything together. some of them i learned the hard way. the one i find most important is in regards to your eggs. unless you choose to put them into the bowl first, i suggest cracking them into a separate container and then pouring them into the mixture from there. there are 2 reasons behind this; of course so you can catch any stray shell pieces, but the more important is that if you get one of those bloody gross overdeveloped eggs and crack it right on top of all your other ingredients you basically ruined it and have to start all over again. better safe than sorry.

it's ok guys... this one's safe.

next thing is about nutmeg. i always go for whole nutmeg. it just has a fuller, richer flavour and i also like the way it looks when you grate it.

now the recipe is very simple in the fact that you just put everything into a big bowl and mix it all together. so this is all i really have to show you...
this is only one banana, so yours will be more banana-filled... but i wanted you to get the full effect of all the ingredients. then Mixy McMix it.

then i scooped the mixture into some muffin tins... greased of course. about 2/3 full. i sometimes fill them a bit more than that because i like big muffin tops. as in food... not over my jeans.

as they bake in my shoe box oven i mixed some chocolate chips in with the rest of the batter. the boyfriend always talks about how much more awesome the previous banana breads would have been if they had chocolate chips.

so there we go...

then spoon those puppies into more tins and get them in the oven too.

when the time is up or when they are golden and done take them out. you can be sure they're done if when you stick a toothpick in them it comes out clean.

DONEZO!

oops... i scraped the top of one on the top rack!

oh well... i ate it to dispose of all evidence... except this picture.

now listen very carefully because this is the most important tip i can give you... eat at least a few while they are warm.

goodness gracious melt in your mouth goodness. i followed this one up with a plain one with melty butter (my favourite) on it with a big glass of milk.

well... now that i've done the banana bread i will have to think of something else to make... any suggestions? (that's with the glimmer of hope that someone is paying enough attention!)