Category Archives: Loaves

Banana Bread

Everyone has a banana bread recipe in their repertoire. I have been making this one for the past 28 years and have always gotten rave reviews.

2 1/2 cups Flour
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
3 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Salt

3 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
1/3 cup Milk (Soy Milk)
1 1/4 cup Bananas, mashed (2 – 4 bananas)
1 large Egg, slightly beaten
1 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla

1 cup chopped Walnuts
1 cup Chocolate Chips

Preheat oven to 350F.
Lightly spray bottom only of 9X5X3 inch loaf pan with vegetable oil spray.

In large mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder and salt; set aside.

In small mixing bowl combine mashed bananas, vegetable oil, milk, egg and vanilla.
Pour liquid ingredients all at once into dry ingredients and stir just until all the flour is moistened.
Fold in chopped nuts and chocolate chips.

Spoon into prepared loaf tin and bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 55 – 60 minutes.
Cool in baking pan on wire rack for 10 minutes before turning out to cool completely.

Wrap and refrigerate for no longer than one week or store in Tupperware Bread Keeper.

 

Coffee Cake Muffins

A cinnamon bun in a muffin!

Cinnamon Bun flavours in a Muffin!

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 1/2 cups Flour
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cup Coconut

1/4 cup Butter, softened
1/2 cup Sugar
1 Egg, slightly beaten
3/4 cup Milk
Splash of Vanilla

Spice Mix

1/2 cup Brown Sugar
2 Tablespoons Flour
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
2 Tablespoons Butter

Preheat oven to 400F
Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners or spray lightly with vegetable oil spray.

In large bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt and coconut; make a well in the centre and set aside.

In another mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together.
Add egg and continue beating until light and fluffy.
Stir in milk and vanilla.

In small bowl combine all of the Spice Mix ingredients, rubbing the butter into the dry ingredients forming a coarse crumb mixture.

Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir just until combined.

Spoon part of the batter into the prepared muffin cups to 1/3 full.
Sprinkle each muffin with a scant teaspoon the Spice Mix.
Spoon the remaining batter over top of the filling to 2/3 full.
Sprinkle with remaining Spice Mix.

Bake in 400F oven for 20 – 25 minutes.
Remove from oven to wire rack, letting muffins stand for 10 minutes before turning out directly onto wire rack to cool completely.

Cinnamon Coconut Loaf

Absolutely yummy!

A nice combination of Coconut, Cinnamon and Brown Sugar

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Eggs
1/4 cup Butter, melted
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Sour Cream

1 1/2 cups Flour
1 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
Pinch of Salt

1/2 cup Coconut
1/4 cup Brown Sugar
2 teaspoon Cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350F.
Lightly spray a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan with vegetable oil spray.

In mixing bowl beat eggs until frothy. Beat in melted butter and sugar. Blend in sour cream.

In small bowl, measure and combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Add to dry ingredients, all at once to liquid ingredients, stir until combined.

In the now empty small bowl, combine cinnamon, brown sugar and coconut.

Scoop half the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
Sprinkle with half of the  cinnamon mixture.
Using a 2 ounce scoop, drop dollops of the remaining batter on top of the cinnamon mixture.
Sprinkle remaining cinnamon mixture over top.
You may use a knife to cut through batter to give a swirling, marbled effect.

Bake in 350F oven for about an hour, or when knife inserted in centre comes out clean.
Remove from oven to wire rack and cool for 10 minutes.
Turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.