Just wanted to share this pic featuring the cutest little mini loaf liners I picked up today at Homesense ($5 for 8 liners). Then, based on what I had in the house (only 2 bananas!), I went online to AllRecipes.com and found this excellent recipe for Banana-Zucchini Bread...which only called for 2 bananas instead of the 5 it would take for banana bread.
This recipe made 8 mini loaves and 6 large muffins:
Ingredients:
3 eggs
3/4 c of veggie oil
2/3 c of brown sugar
1 c white sugar
1 c grated zucchini
2 bananas, mashed
2 tsp vanilla
3 1/2 c of flour (I used 2 c of white flour, 1 1/2 of whole wheat)
1 tbps cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 c chocolate chips (my addition!)
Preheat oven to 325. Mix all dry ingredients in one bowl and wet ones in another. They suggest beating the eggs first and making sure your banana is mashed, but I just blended them altogether and it worked well.
I have to actually admit that I was also preparing Hudson's dinner at the same time so when I poured the mixture into the liners and was about to bake them, I checked the recipe to see how long they should be in for and realized...I didn't put any sugar in the mix!!! Oopsies! I had to scrape out each liner, re-mix it all with the white and brown sugar and then put them in the oven!
I baked them for about 40 minutes, but checked with my cake-tester after 20, then again after another 10, until about 40 minutes had passed. Let them cool before storing them...but be sure to test a muffin while it's still warm!
Of course, I added chocolate chips and omitted the cranberries and nuts that are included in the on-line recipe. I had a bit of leftover batter, so Rob was thrilled that I made a few extra muffins as well. I am going to freeze the loaves and give them as gifts, wrapped in cellophane in a few weeks time.
xoxo me
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