Best Banana bread

Ingredients

• (All ingredients should be room tempt.)
• 3 large extra ripe bananas (1½ cups mashed)
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ cup white sugar
• ½-3/4 cup brown sugar (I used ½ cup)
• 8 tablespoons butter, softened ( 1 stick)
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ cup buttermilk

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325.
2. Grease and flour a loaf pan.
3. In a medium size bowl, mash bananas until creamy and stir in lemon juice. Set aside.
4. In a medium size bowl, whisk together flour,baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
5. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars.
6. Beat in the eggs until combined.
7. Fold in the bananas.
8. Add in the vanilla extract and buttermilk.
9. Beat until combined.
10. Add the dry mixture into the wet mixture.
11. STIR GENTLY AND JUST UNTIL THE FLOUR IS INCORPORATED. DO NOT OVER STIR.
12. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
13. Bake on center rack for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Cooking times may vary. Check on bread at the 1 hour mark. Toothpick inserted into the center should come out clean and bread should be golden on the outside.
14. Brush the top of the bread with butter if desire when it comes out of the oven.
15. Let cool for 5 minutes and then remove the bread from the pan and place on a cooling rack to finish cooling.
16. Slice and enjoy! (flavors will intensify the next day)

Notes

*It is super important that you do not over stir the batter or it will turn out dry and tough. Stir just very gently and just until the flour is incorporated. *Taste even better the next day!! Banana flavor is much stronger. *Cooking times can vary. Check on the bread after an hour or a little before. *Add walnuts or chocolate chips if desired.   

Savoury cob bread

SAVOURY COB FILLED LOAF

1 round bread loaf
1 x 250 g packet cream cheese
300 ml light cream
3 rashers bacon, cooked & chopped
chopped spring onions, to taste
2 cups grated cheese

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees c
Neatly cut off the top of the loaf & set aside.

Pull out the soft bread inside the loaf, breaking into pieces.
Either leave the bread pieces fresh or bake them in the oven until golden brown.

To make dip, mix the cream cheese with the light cream until smooth.
Mix in bacon, spring onions & grated cheese.
Spoon mixture into the hollow loaf & place the top back on.

Wrap the loaf in aluminium foil & bake for 1-1.5 hours.

Serve with the pieces of bread on the side for dipping.
Yup!!!!

Apple Cinnamon Loaf

1/3 cup brown sugar (not packed)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1 apple, peeled and chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl and set aside. Beat white sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until incorporated; add vanilla extract.

Combine flour and baking powder together in another bowl; stir into creamed butter mixture. Mix milk into batter until smooth. Pour half the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Next add half the apples and half the brown sugar cinnamon mixture. Lightly pat apple mixture into batter.

Pour the remaining batter over apple layer; top with remaining apples and add more brown sugar/cinnamon mixture. Lightly pat apples into batter; swirl brown sugar mixture through apples using a finger or spoon.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes.

Basic bread recipe

This is the easiest one-loaf yeast bread you will ever bake. The Super Easy Bread for Beginners recipe produces a soft crust and a moist center using the most basic ingredients that can be found in most kitchens.

Prep Time: 3 hours

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 3 hours, 45 minutes

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup warm water
• 1 package active dry yeast
• 1 tsp salt
• 1-1/2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp vegetable shortening
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, approximately

Preparation:

1. In large bowl, add the warm water. Slowly stir in dry yeast. Continue to stir until yeast is dissolved.
   
2. Add salt, sugar, shortening, and milk to bowl. Stir.
   
3. Mix in the first 2 cups of flour.
   
4. If needed, begin adding more flour, one tablespoon at a time, until the dough chases the spoon around the bowl.
   
5. You do not need to use up all the flour called for in this recipe, or you may need more flour than called for. The amounts vary depending on many factors, including weather, which is why most bread recipes only give an approximate amount of flour needed.
   
6. Turn dough out onto floured board and knead, adding small spoonfuls of flour as needed, until the dough is soft and smooth, not sticky to the touch.
   
7. Put dough in buttered bowl, turn dough over so that the top of dough is greased. Cover and let rise in warm spot for 1 hour.
   
8. Punch down dough. Turn out onto floured board and knead.
   
9. Preheat oven at 375 degrees F.
   
10. Form dough into loaf and set in buttered bread pan. Cover and let rise for about 30 minutes.
    
11. Score dough by cutting three slashes across the top with a sharp knife. Put in oven and bake for about 45 minutes or until golden brown.
    
12. Turn out bread and let cool on a rack or clean dishtowel.