Maybe Xzibit should have an interior-design show. I think he'd rock at kitchens. Your butcher block would have a built in, pop-up plasma TV, there'd be a chiller for beverages built into the wall, and the whole shebang would have a particular flair.
Not too long ago, some new, flexible displays were unveiled - computer monitors so thin you could bend them. I'd like to have a monitor like that outfitted with a wireless connection and some speakable-items technology so I could call up recipes without having to have an open cookbook lying around in the small amount of space in my kitchen (which while technically large is about half-used by a craft operation and is thus, once again, cramped).
I suppose this is just a matter of time. I hope so, anyway.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Best Banana Bread Recipe EVER
We have all been there...the last few bananas sit in the bowl and turn a little black while the week buzzes by. Everytime you pass them you think, "I really need to make banana bread." Then, just as quickly the moment passes. Yesterday I felt more inspired than usual. I called my brother for his recipe. He was happy to share it but wasn't where it was handy. I waited a few hours then I decided to crack open one of my many cookbooks.
This is what happened...
My house smells like bananas and butter right now...I am baking a Paula Deen banana bread.....
1/2 C butter, room temp
1 C sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 C flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
3 ripe bananas
Preheat oven to 350.
Grease 9x5 pan.
In a mixing bowl, combine butter and sugar, mix well. Add the salt, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking soda, baking powder and bananas, and mix well.
Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 50 minutes.
At this point I don't care if it tastes good, my house smells so good I can't stand it. The dogs keep coming upstairs to tell me there is something in the oven. They usually only do that when I am baking chicken.
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Update: It tastes even better than it smells. I can't believe I found a recipe that doesn't need any tweak to improve upon it. Simple and delicious. Sooooo good.
This is what happened...
My house smells like bananas and butter right now...I am baking a Paula Deen banana bread.....
1/2 C butter, room temp
1 C sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 C flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
3 ripe bananas
Preheat oven to 350.
Grease 9x5 pan.
In a mixing bowl, combine butter and sugar, mix well. Add the salt, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking soda, baking powder and bananas, and mix well.
Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 50 minutes.
At this point I don't care if it tastes good, my house smells so good I can't stand it. The dogs keep coming upstairs to tell me there is something in the oven. They usually only do that when I am baking chicken.
*************
Update: It tastes even better than it smells. I can't believe I found a recipe that doesn't need any tweak to improve upon it. Simple and delicious. Sooooo good.
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