I've always eaten banana bread but NEVER made it! My first foray into banana bread was in Maui, Hawaii. We were driving the Road to Hana and one of the pit stops was at a banana bread shack. There were a variety of types, each one I'm sure delicious - we were foolish to only buy one loaf! Since then, I've had it in staff rooms and given it to me by a student - who had added chocolate chips and it was to DIE for!
When I saw this recipe for Ultimate Pecan Banana Bread in Anna Jones' A Modern Way To Cook, I knew I wanted to make it - even if only to relive the relaxing sounds of the sea in Hawaii, with the added benefits of chocolate!
Yay or Nay: YAY!
These were delicious and moreish! I kept going back for more and knowing that they were a healthier alternative - I most definitely would make these again. As I was unsure of how much I would like them (plus not having enough ripe bananas) I made half the amount and baked this recipe in a muffin pan instead of a loaf pan - I mean, does it even matter when it was as yummy as it was?!
I feel like I know of A Modern Way To Cook's author Anna Jones. Not in a, she's my mate, kind of way but more like she is on my consciousness for some reason. Rambling aside, I picked up this cookbook at my local library and after a quick flick through I figured this would be a good place to start after my hiatus.
Anna Jones' recipe is similar to one I've made by Deliciously Ella however the idea is to cook the 'crumble' in a pan rather than bake in the oven.
Yay or Nay: Yay
This was definitely easier and quicker than an oven version. It was delicious as you can tell as there is no end picture. Unfortunately, it is a running theme on this blog, if it doesn't have a result picture it either means it was eaten immediately OR took too long to make and I couldn't be bothered to take a picture! Luckily, this was on the yummy side!
So sorry for not updating anything in recent months! To start, there was February break, where I spent most of my time stuffing my face with New York City foodie delights and not much cooking. Once I got back Upstate, I was getting back into the swing of things so there wasn't much time to be experimental! Then, my phone ran out of memory so I couldn't take any pictures so rather than try out new recipes I had to fall back on to my fail-safe ones!
I promise after the Easter break, when I will be sampling the delights of what Switzerland has to offer, I will be back in full testing mode!
