On Jun 25, 9:57=A0am, "Bertie Doe" <montebrasi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Dee Dee" wrote in message
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> On Jun 25, 5:54 am, "Bertie Doe" =A0wrote:
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> > > "Bertie Doe" wrote in message
> > >> I think I'll freeze half the batch I'm starting now, as I don't
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> > >> be baking every 2 days.
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> > >> Bertie
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> > "CC" < wrote in message
> > > I've had a set of 10 of the mini pans for over 20 years and they are
> > > great
> > > for
> > > making banana nut breads and other quick breads. Just the right size
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to
> > > freeze
> > > and for when you just want enough for a serving.
> > > CC
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> > One mistake I made yesterday, was to brush olive oil into the mini
pans=
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> > to
> > save time. I'd forgotten the low-melt temp of OO and some of the
loaves
> > stuck to the "non stick" pans. Next time I'll brush on some melted
lard=
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> > Haven't heard of banana nut bread before .... sounds interesting .
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> > Bertie
> >Almost as American as Apple pie.
> >Finally after all these years, I've given it up.
> >But most of the recipes =A0- and there must be zillions - have so
little
> >banana in it that the bread is =A0pretty uninteresting. The icing
> >recipes abound, but I've oft wondered if people prefer the icing to
> >the bread.
> >My recommendation for banana bread is to use a ratio of 2 cups of
> >flour to 2 to 2-1/2 cups very ripe bananas (perhaps 4 bananas) and 1
> >cup of nuts, then you'll have a good banana bread. =A0A recipe with
this
> >ratio of flour to bananas will be hard to find.
> >There are many defenders of banana-nut bread, no doubt. =A0It's a great
> >recipe for families.
> >Dee Dee
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> I'll refrain (this time) from saying howdy doodee dee dee - as American
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s
> Apple Pie, you say. What quantity of nuts? would they be pecans or
goober
> peas. Icing on sweetbread is ok in small doses. Couple of times a year,
I
> make the ones that look like a Chelsea Bun, with raisins, laid in a
swirl=
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> with icing on top. Can't remember the name of it, I've got in pencil in
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n
> old cookbook somewhere.
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Banana bread is made as a loaf - see
http://images.google.com/images?hl=3Den&q=3Dbanana+bread&gbv=3D2
I always put as many nuts in bread as I can get into them. My
standard nut is English Walnut and/or Pecan; however with Banana
Bread, I tend to do the english walnut.
My Dee Dee, aka Might-y-Dee (sounds the same)
Better than doo doo dee dee ;-))
Dee Dee
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