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| Alee |
Posted - Oct 30 2008 : 12:00:53 PM
I stopped by our local Organic market "Good Earth Market" and they had some fantastic organic bananas on sale! The "over ripes" (which are perfectly ripe in my opinion!) were on sale for $.49 a pound! WOW!
So I snagged 4 big bunches and came home. My house smells so wonderful right now. I made a double batch of a luscious banana bread recipe. Yum!
Alee
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| Alee |
Posted - Nov 02 2008 : 3:18:22 PM
LOL Sounds good! It'll be the perfect bribe! Who could resist banana bread?
Alee
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| momshopsalotta |
Posted - Nov 02 2008 : 12:55:14 PM
Alee,
Thanks for the recipie for organic banana bread. Used regular bananas, made a double batch, added walnuts (yum-o) and made five- one pound mini loves. Will take to school tomorrow and use to bribe my professors. Best banana bread I've ever made. Thanks again! |
| Alee |
Posted - Oct 31 2008 : 5:20:19 PM
Hi Sherry-
Yes, I feel really lucky to have found this Market. They are really friendly and all about getting good food out there.
Alee
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| hill farm lady |
Posted - Oct 31 2008 : 4:21:37 PM
You were lucky to find those bananas! I make two at a time and the recipe I love is one from an old Moosewood cookbook. You mash the bananas and then soak them in a cup of strong coffee. Prepare the rest of the ingredients and add the coffee and bananas when it is time. I do something different still and add about 3/4 cup of semisweet or even dark organic choc. pieces to the batter for one of the loaves. And instead of walnuts, I add chopped pecans. Oh, the loaf without choc. gets the loaf pan coated in sesame seeds and the one with chocolate is coated in poppy seeds. Yum! It keeps well in the freezer.
Sherry
From Vermont, |
| Alee |
Posted - Oct 31 2008 : 3:22:04 PM
That's too bad, Dawn! You should call their produce department and ask how many pounds they lose a week t spoilage. Put the idea to them that they would at least be making some of their money back if they discounted the over ripe ones!
Alee
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Oct 31 2008 : 3:20:43 PM
Thanks for the recipe Alee. I sure wish we could get that price of organic bananas here! Whole Foods doesn't give us a price break, no matter how ripe the bananas get.
Dawn in IL |
| wild daisy |
Posted - Oct 31 2008 : 10:31:14 AM
One of my favorite things is hot Banana Bread. I will have to have my husband make me some. He makes the best with pecans.
Madelynne |
| gramadinah |
Posted - Oct 31 2008 : 06:46:05 AM
Thanks a bunch will be making a batch today.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
| Annika |
Posted - Oct 30 2008 : 6:40:05 PM
Thank you Alee, I love banana bread, I'll go check it out.
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
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| Alee |
Posted - Oct 30 2008 : 6:27:09 PM
Annika- The Co-Op sells over-ripe bananas all the time. If there aren't any out, ask the produce manager when he thinks the next batch is going to get labeled as discount. One day I was in there and he was going to discount them later that day. He asked me why I wanted them and discounted a couple bunches for me right then so I could make my bread! I think his name was Doug.
Alee
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Oct 30 2008 : 4:56:27 PM
I hope all the recipes shared here can go into the new cookbook Willowtreecreek is doing for MaryJane! They all sound so good! Submit them if you have not already done so.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Oct 30 2008 : 4:48:38 PM
Alee - I e-mailed you.
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| Annika |
Posted - Oct 30 2008 : 4:10:43 PM
Off topic, but I just this week had my first organic banana...It actually tasted like a banana! I will go in hunt of over ripe ones at our local co-op, this sounds too yummy to pass up! Thank you for sharing Alee
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Mud Hen Queen
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| Alee |
Posted - Oct 30 2008 : 4:01:13 PM
Diana- Of course! It is out of the Goodness Gracious cook book- The only thing I add is the vanilla-
3/4 Cup Mashed Bananas
1/2 cup (recipe calls for margarine, but I use Butter)
1 Cup sugar
2 eggs beaten slightly
1 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
Vanilla to taste- about 1/2 teaspoon per batch
1/2 cup broken pecans (I don't use pecans)
Preheat to 325 and grease bread pan. Cream together Bananas, butter, and sugar. I use the whisk attachment of my kitchen aid. Add the eggs and mix. Then add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Pour into pan and bake for 45-55 minutes until golden brown or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Using the whisk attachment it comes out nice and fluffy and the bread is so tasty!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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| gramadinah |
Posted - Oct 30 2008 : 2:14:54 PM
Alee, may I please have your Banana bread recipe? I can't find a good one. And of all the breads this is my favorite.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
