Double Chocolate Banana Bread

This is not my recipe. I'm shamelessly stealing it from another site (http://treatsandtrends.wordpress.com/2013/07/07/double-chocolate-banana-bread/?postpost=v2#content) because I love it so much! I don't even like banana bread, but I gobble this stuff down (probably because I really love chocolate). The sour cream in this recipe makes this bread super moist and delicious.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup mashed banana (about 2 medium bananas) *
• 1/2 cup light sour cream
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray 8″x 4″ loaf pan with cooking oil. Set aside.
• In a medium-sized bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder. Set aside.
• In a separate large bowl or bowl of standing mixer, cream together the butter and sugar. Mix in egg and vanilla. Then stir in bananas and sour cream. Gradually mix in dry ingredients. Gently fold in chocolate chips (you can also sprinkle some on top after you pour the batter).
• Pour batter into pan (about 2/3 full). Bake for 50-55 minutes. See if a toothpick comes out clean to make sure it is fully cooked. Cool for about 10 minutes in the pan, then take it out to fully cool on wire rack.

* Ripen your bananas: If your bananas are too yellow, put them in the oven to speed along the ripening process. Place the bananas (still in the peel) on a cookie sheet and place them in the oven at 250 degrees until they turn brown. The riper the banana, the more flavorful the bread will be.

Easy Chicken Pot Pie

 

 

 

INGREDIENTS

• 1 ½ cups frozen mixed veggies
• 1 cooked potato cubed
• 2 refrigerated pie crusts (usually comes in one package)
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• ½ cup milk
• 2 cups chopped cooked chicken or Turkey
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. black pepper

 

Preheat oven to 375˚ degrees. Defrost the veggies. Coat 9" pie pan with butter flavored cooking spray. Line the bottom of the pie pan with the one of the pie crusts.  In a large bowl, stir together the soup and milk. Add the remaining ingredients. Spoon mixture into pan  Top with the other pie crust. Pinch the edges together and cut vents in the top. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 35 minutes until golden brown on top.

 NOTE: I didn't have a potato cooked so I just microwaved one and it tasted great! Also I've used canned chicken before and tasted great also...so this recipe can be even easier than it all ready is!

FOR FUTURE: you can double the recipe, and freeze the unbaked pie in the freezer for future baking.  After freezing, thaw it out for a time before baking.

 

Super Easy and Super Yummy Banana Bread

Banana Bread

INGREDIENTS

• 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

METHOD

No need for a mixer for this recipe. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve!

*Best served warm with butter!
*Sometimes I add chocolate chips-just make sure not to add too many...gets too gooie!
* I got this recipe from simplyrecipes.com