Banana Bread

This recipe was used out of necessity, and for my compulsive need to not be wasteful. We had a few bananas, you see, that were about to cross over to the dark side. They HAD to be used before it was too late...dun dun dun.

I found particular recipe on one of my favorite recipe websites: Simply Recipes. This website is a fast and reliable resource for an every day cook. I made a slight modification to the original recipe by adding about 1/3 cup of walnuts to the batter, and sprinkling a handful of walnuts on top of the cake before it was added to the oven.

This bread makes for a tasty breakfast or dessert--whatever your preference. The few ingredients required make this a fast recipe that can be popped in the oven while other things can be finished up (cleaning, laundry, reading about cardia bifida in zebrafish...wait, what?).

Ingredients:

3 ripe bananas

1/3 cup butter

1/2 cup Splenda for baking (or 3/4 to 1 cup sugar)

1 egg, beaten

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

1 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1/3 cup chopped walnuts

palm-full of walnuts for garnish

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.

2. SMASH BANANAS! WOO HOO!

3. Calm down. Enjoy your moment of being destructive, then, get over it.

4. Add melted butter and mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon. Add sugar, egg and vanilla.

5. Sprinkle baking powder and salt over mixture, and incorporate thoroughly.

6. Sift in flour, and finally, add the walnuts.

7. Pour into a greased, standard loaf pan, and top with walnuts.

8. Bake for about 1 hour, and cool on a rack.

9. Hide bread from hungry husband. He may eat more than you want him to...:)