This is a recipe I got from my mom (who probably got it from her mom) and it's the best, most moist banana bread you'll ever have! Make it as a loaf or as muffins (with the crumb topping). Delicious add-ins include walnuts, chocolate chips, or cinnamon chips!
What You Need:
Bread Dough:
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2-3 over-ripe (brown & squishy) bananas
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. white vinegar
Crumb Topping:
2/3 cup brown sugar
4 Tbsp. flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 Tbsp. cold butter
What You Do:
1. Preheat oven to 325°. Spray or grease a 9"x5" loaf pan or 24 muffin cups.
2. Combine vinegar and milk in a small cup. Set aside.
3. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, salt, and baking soda.
4. In a large bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, and bananas until mostly smooth. Gradually add the flour mixture to the banana mixture.
5. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
6. Add milk to the banana mixture. (The vinegar will have caused it to turn a little chunky. This is good! It's basically just a cheap way of imitating buttermilk.) Mix well and pour mixture into your pan(s).
7. If you're making the crumb topping, combine first 3 topping ingredients and then cut in the butter using a fork or pastry blander. Sprinkle topping over dough before baking.
8. Bake for about 75 minutes (if in loaf pan) or 20-25 minutes (if in muffin tins).
Yummy Banana Bread
Caramel Popcorn by Micah
Micah had a hankering for caramel popcorn the other night and, since I've never made it before, he found a recipe online and made some. It was SOOOOO yummy - and super easy!
What You Need:
1 bag microwave butter popcorn, popped
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp. light corn syrup
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
What You Do:
1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Place popcorn in a big ol' bowl.
2. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in brown sugar, corn syrup, and salt. Keep stirring until it comes to a boil. Once it boils, let it go without stirring 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in baking soda and vanilla. Pour in a thin stream over popcorn and stir to coat.
3. Line a cookie sheet with foil and pour the popcorn out onto the cookie sheet. Bake in the preheated oven, stirring every 15 minutes, for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and let cool completely a little bit.
