Banana Bread
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
½ cup (1 stick) butter – very soft
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
1 Tbsp. vinegar plus milk to make ½ cup liquid
Instructions:
Sift flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. Grease loaf pan. Cream butter and sugar until smooth. Add eggs one at a time. Add flour mixture alternately with bananas and liquid, beating well after each. Pour into loaf pan. Bake at 350°F for 50 to 60 minutes or until done.
Banana Muffins
Submitted by: Miss R. J. G.
Ingredients:
4 bananas
6 Tbsp. sour cream
4 eggs
1 cup butter or margarine
2 cups white or brown sugar
4 cups flour
2 tsp. Baking Soda
Salt
Chocolate Chips ( if desired)
Instructions:
First, blend bananas, sour cream, butter and eggs in blender. Pour into a big bowl and add sugar; stir. Then add soda, salt and flour; stir ONLY until combined! Then add chocolate chips (if desired); stir, then pour into jellyroll pan, loaf pans or muffin cups. Bake in 350 degree oven for 60 minutes (for the big pan) or 20-30 minutes (for the muffins).
Potato Onion Focaccia Bread
Bring to a boil and cook until potatoes are done:
2 potatoes (the recipe says one large potato, but I usually use 2 medium sized ones)
3 cups water - lightly salted
Mash potato and cooking water with:
2 more cups water or milk (I often just stick it all in the blender for a minute)
When cooled to just warmer than room temperature, add:
2 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon rosemary
1 tablespoon yeast
5 cups of flour
Mix for 1 minute. Let sit for about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, saute and cool:
1/4 cup olive oil
1 large onion finely chopped
Knead onion into dough. Add another +/- 4 cups of flour. Knead for about 5 minutes. Divide dough into 3 parts and press into 3 greased 10" pans or pie plates. Let rise 20-30 minutes. With your fingers make a bunch (15?) indentations in each loaf. Brush or drizzle olive oil over each loaf. Bake at 350 degrees for about 25-30 minutes.