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i make this a lot... to the point that we rarely buy store-bought, at least lately. difficult to describe how good it is so i won't really try.
Pentax K-3 | A50/1.4 (top) FA31/1.8 (bottom)
Have a great weekend. Thought I would share some banana bread with you to go with your morning coffee!!! My friend is unable to fix my external drive and it will be very costly for me to send it in. I have been able to retrieve most of my photos except anything I took in 2013, which wasn't backed up online. Lesson learned, you need more than 1 backup and make sure to check that it is working correctly!
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small boule, my standard loaf of no-knead bread, poppy seed baguette
When I wake up in the middle of the night on the weekend, I don't ask "Why the hell am I awake at this hour?" I just enjoy it, the world is so quiet then. And it means I can justify a good long nap later that day.
It happens a lot when I have a big event that morning, out of fear of oversleeping. Sometimes it just happens and I read for a couple hours before falling asleep again.
These breads are the fruits of yesterday's 2:30 am awake time. Inspired by E, I checked out Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day and made the basic master dough for the boule and baguette. I already had a batch of NKB dough brewing, so I baked that so we could compare the breads.
Oh yeah, once you get used to working with the wet dough, it really is as easy and less time-intensive as described. There's just a bit of waiting for the dough to rest and bake. If you plan ahead, you can have awesome fresh bread every day.
Banana Nut Bread
1 Cup Sugar
2 Tbsp soft shortening
1 Egg
3/4 Cup Milk
1 Cup Mashed Bananas
Mix sugar, shortening and egg thoroughly.
Stir in Milk and Mashed Bananas
3 Cups Gold Medal Flour
3 1/2 Tsp. Baking Powder
1 Tsp. Salt
3/4 Cup Nuts ( I use chopped pecans)
Blend dry ingredients and mix into batter
Add Nuts. Pour into greased loaf pan and bake for 60-70 minutes.
Insert knife in center to check for doneness before taking out of oven.