Saturday, October 8, 2011

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Yep, still going strong and now have two wonderful loafs of "Banana, Acorn Squash Bread with Cranraisins. One also has Chocolate Chips included. Yummy - Oh My!


My DIL Brooke was so kind to send me her Banana Bread Recipe this morning because mine was no where to be found. However, I did not have enough ripe bananas so I had to improvise.. Acorn squash was being baked in the oven already so why not add that?? Forgive me Brooke but you know me - never can leave well enough alone.


2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup butter soften but not melted, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon Vanilla, 2 over riped bananas, one medium size acorn squash baked - this with the bananas should equal 2 1/3 cups...


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease two small loaf pans. In a large bowl combine flour, soda, cinnamon and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. In a separate bowl mash bananas and squash, whisk in the eggs, vanilla. Stir wets into dry until moist. Next I took 2/3 cup Cranrasins and folded into the batter. Take half of the batter into one pan and with the other batter I added 1/2 cup chocolate disks, gently fold in and turn out into other pan. Bake for 50 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.


Let cook on a wire rack and once cool to the touch turn out of pan to cool a bit more. I have already had two slices - hope I can keep my hands off it so there will be more for this week.


Enjoy and see what happens when Mother Nature thinks she throws me a curve ball - I eat like a Queen...

4 comments:

Ngo Family Farm said...

Grace, you're making me hungry ;) Your home must smell heavenly now. Thanks for sharing all the yummy recipes.

Amy Dingmann said...

You're unstoppable!

And guess who has an acorn squash sitting on the counter right now...

larkspur funny farm said...

Oh you have to try this one - I think it was the best banana bread I have made in a long time and I can count the veggie in it too.

Candy C. said...

How fun to bake all day with the snow outside! Cool improvisation with the squash!