My Favorite Banana Bread Recipe

11th March 2009
Posted By The Engineer
Categorized Under: Food
Comments (7)

As long as you don’t turn the oven off in the middle of baking, this will be some awesome banana bread! I promise.

Ingredients:

  • 3 or 4 smashed ripe bananas
  • 1/3 cup melted butter
  • 3/4 cup of sugar
  • 1 beaten egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts (optional)
  • 1/4 cup of semi sweet baking chocolate (optional)

Method:

  1. preheat oven to 350°
  2. use wooden spoon to mix butter into bananas
  3. mix in sugar, egg and vanilla
  4. sprinkle in baking soda and salt, then mix
  5. add flour last
  6. pour into 4in x 8in loaf pan
  7. bake for 1 hour
  8. cool on rack, remove, slice and serve

So, for some reason I only have 5in x 9in pans. I use one of those and bake for about 1 hr and 20 mins. I poke a shish kabob skewer in the middle and see if it comes out clean. When it does, it is ready.

Bon appetite!

Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs

3rd March 2009
Posted By The Engineer
Categorized Under: Food
Comments (3)

Martha Stewart is the bomb! I love her show, her sheets, and even her “Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs”. I wouldn’t change a thing.

Ingredients

Makes 1 dozen

  • 12 large eggs, room temperature

Directions

  1. Place eggs in a large saucepan. Cover them with cool water by 1 inch. Slowly bring water to a boil over medium heat; when the water has reached a boil, cover and remove from heat. Let sit 12 minutes.
  2. Transfer eggs to a colander; place under cool running water to stop the cooking. Eggs can be peeled and served immediately. Remaining eggs, with shells on, may be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 3 days.