4 Ingredient Banana Bread

Quick, Easy, Delicious...my kind of recipe!
I found this one on pinterest, and it's definitely a keeper!

Ingredients:

Yellow Cake Mix

2 Eggs

3-4 Overripe Bananas

1/2-1 cup chocolate chips, nuts, etc.

Smash bananas in a large bowl, then add remaining ingredients and mix well. Batter will fill 2 small loaf pans (GREAT for gifts!!) or one large loaf pan. Make sure to spray pans well with nonstick cooking spray and a little bit of flour.

 

Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes (bake longer if using larger loaf pan)

Healthy Banana Muffins

I've been trying to be a lot healthier these days, so I needed a new Banana Muffin recipe.  I adapted the original recipe a little, and here is what I came up with...not too bad for being healthy.  And since it's there's not as much oil, I went ahead and threw some chocolate chips in there...nuts would be really good too!

Ingredients:

3/4 cup white wheat flour
3/4 cup white flour
1 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
pinch of cinnamon

1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1/3 cup vegetable oil (I did half oil and half applesauce)
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup mashed bananas

1. Combine all of the dry ingredients together in a bowl.
2. In a large bowl, beat the egg lightly. Stir in the milk, oil, and vanilla. Add the mashed banana, and combine thoroughly. Stir the flour mixture into the banana mixture until just combined.  If adding chocolate chips or nuts, mix in now. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper bake cups, and divide the batter among them.
3. Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 18 to 20 minutes.

Egg Free Pancakes

We usually make pancakes at least once a week over here, and with Ryden and his allergies we have to make them from scratch and try to find the eggless ones. None have ever been worth saving until this one. We usually put bananas in our pancakes, and when we do we have to sing Jack Johnson's "Banana Pancakes" song! Sometimes we even have to play it while we cook :)

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup whole milk
1 tablespoon vegetable oil/canola oil
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoon butter

Combine dry ingredients and mix slightly. Add milk, oil, water, and vanilla. Whisk together until just combined. Be careful not to over mix - it should still be slightly lumpy. Set aside to rest for a few minutes.

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat until hot. While pan is heating, add butter. As soon as the butter is melted, add melted butter to pancake batter.

Return pan to stove and stir butter into batter.

When pan is hot, with a measuring cup or ladle, pour 1/4 cup of batter into the skillet for each pancake.

Cook until bubbles form on the surface. Carefully flip pancakes with turner/spatula and cook until golden brown.

Note: This recipe also works well with whole wheat flour. Chopped fruit, nuts or chocolate chips can be added to batter before cooking for a unique treat.

Egg Free Banana Bread

• 1/2 cup butter or canola oil
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 1/2 cups white flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 very ripe mashed bananas
• 1-2 tsp vanilla
• chocolate chips or nuts

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees, and lightly grease an 8x4 in loaf pan. This can be made in any size pan or muffin tin, the cooking time will just change.
2. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar then add vanilla. Sift in the flour, baking soda and salt. Blend in the mashed bananas. Stir in choc chips or nuts, and pour into prepared pan.
3. Bake in preheated oven 60 min, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Banana Nut Muffins

This recipe came from recipes.com

INGREDIENTS

• 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 Tbsp espresso or strong coffee (optional)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 cup of flour
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (toasted or raw)

DIRECTIONS:

No need for a mixer with this recipe.

1 Preheat the oven to 350°F. With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl.

2 Mix in the sugar, egg, espresso and vanilla.

3 Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in.

4 Add the flour, mix until it is just incorporated. Fold in the chopped walnuts.

5 Pour mixture into a prepared muffin tin. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Check for doneness with a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin. If it comes out clean, it's done. Cool on a rack.

Makes 12 muffins.

Healthy Blueberry Muffins

{These aren't too bad for being so healthy, my kids loved them so I'll be making them again for sure! I think next time I will add some kind of nut. The recipe is from Joy the Baker.}

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/4 cups oats
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tbsp canola oil (I used the almond oil I had on hand)
1 large egg, lightly beaten
3/4 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Directions:

Line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper cases or spray with nonstick cooking spray. I simple greased and floured a muffin pan, saving the paper.

In a large bowl combine flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. In a medium bowl combine applesauce, buttermilk, sugar, oil and egg. Make a well in dry ingredients and add applesauce mixture. Stir until just moist. Fold in blueberries. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full.

Bake for 16-18 minutes.

Easy Peasy Pancakes

We ran out of pancake mix so we had to find one online, lucky for us...it was delicious! We added sliced bananas to each pancake when it was on the griddle. We like to add blueberries sometimes and to make it extra pretty, sprinkle a little powdered sugar over them.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions

1. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, egg and melted butter; mix until smooth.
2. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.

Starbucks Coffee Crumb Cake

• Ingredients:
  
• 1 Box Yellow Cake Mix (plus ingredients on back of box)
• 2 Sticks cold salted butter
• 2 1/4 Cups flour
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons cinnamon
• 1 3/4 Cups sugar
• 1 1/2 Tablespoons vanilla
• Powdered sugar (for dusting)
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DIRECTIONS

PREPARE cake mixe in large bowl according to directions on box. Spray 9X13 pan with non-stick spray. Pour batter into pan. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until center is just barely set.

WHILE cakes are baking, prepare crumb topping. In large bowl of electric mixer combine, butter, flour, cinnamon, sugar and vanilla until all crumbly.

Breakfast Casserole

1 (16 oz) pkg. Frozen Shredded hash browns (for the hash browns I got the ones with peppers and onions.)

3 C. Shredded Cheese

1 lb. chopped ham or sausage cooked and crumbled

8 eggs

1 C. milk

1 tsp salt

½ tsp ground mustard (if you don't have ground mustard just use regular mustard)

Layer hash browns, then cheese, then meat in a greased 9x13 pan. Whisk together eggs, milk, salt, and mustard. Pour over layered ingredients. Cover with foil. Casserole can be baked right away or refrigerate overnight. When ready to bake, bake in 350 oven for 1 hour covered. Uncover and bake 15 minutes more, until edges are golden brown and knife comes out clean.