Banana Bread

We got a big box of very ripe bananas from the grocery store for a really low price and then we had to figure out what to do with the bananas. We froze a bunch and cut up chunks and ate a few and a few whole bananas got packed to go to the lake. The day was pretty warm but cooled off a lot in the evening so I decided it was okay to use the oven without overheating the cottage. Banana bread for breakfast! Yum! I like baking at the cottage. It is a comfortable space to work in, I love having the propane/ gas stove for baking and I have lots of equipment for baking and uninterrupted time. The only issues really are summer temperatures and a lack of air conditioning but if it really is too hot we can do surprisingly complicated baking in the Gas BBQ or over an open fire. Thirty years as a Girl Guide Leader and having the cottage all these years have taught us to be resourceful.  We also need to work with the lack of a real fridge. We do have a plugin cooler that would work with 12 volt or automotive type power so that is not too bad for the essentials like eggs and milk. We use a lot of canned and dry ingredients and we make a lot of food out there so it will be fresh. 

This Banana Bread Recipe is Easy!

Ingredients

• 3 Bananas
• 1 Egg
• 1/3 cup melted Butter
  
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 1/2 cups Flour
• 14 tsp Salt
  
• 1 tsp Vanilla

Instructions 

1.  preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2.  mash bananas in a bowl with a fork, add eggs, vanilla and butter and continue mixing by hand.
3. add the flour, salt and baking soda and mix until combined.
4.  pour batter into a greased loaf pan.
   
5. bake for about 50 minutes or until a knife poked in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
6. let rest on a cooling rack for a while before removing from the pan.
7. I suggest letting it cool completely before slicing but we don't have that much patience!