Banana Peanut Butter Bread

From the New Orleans Menu.com's Tom Fitzmorris!
This is the first hit recipe on my radio show, back in 1988. I remember sending out dozens of copies of it every week for a while. Then the interest faded, just the way it does for hit records on a music station. That didn't make it any less good. It's a terrific loaf of bread that can be eaten during a meal, as dessert, for breakfast, or for a snack.

• 4 medium, extra-ripe bananas, peeled
• 1/3 cup chunky peanut butter
• 1/4 cup softened butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
1. Slice bananas into a blender. Puree until smooth.
2. In a bowl with an electric mixer, beat the peanut butter and butter together until smooth. Beat in eggs until completely blended. Then beat in the pureed bananas and the vanilla.
3. Combine all the dry ingredients. Add to the banana mixture a little at a time, beating until completely blended.
4. Pour batter into a nine-by-five-inch loaf pan. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
5. Cool 10 minutes in pan, then turn onto a wire rack to complete cooling.
Makes one loaf.

Can't wait to try it out :)

Pumpkin Bread {With Chocolate Chips!}

I made this last nice and it filled the house with the most refreshing aroma of fall. I can't say enough how much I love this season!

1 c butter, softened
3 c sugar
3 3ggs
3 c all purpose flour
1 tbls baking powder
1.5 tsp baking soda
1.5 tsp ground cinnamon
1.5 ground cloves
1.5 tsp ground nutmeg
1 (16oz) can solid pack pumpkin

In mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Combine dry ingredients; stir into creamed mixture JUST until moistened. {Very important people} Stir in pumpkin. Pour into (2) greased 9x5x3 loaf pans. Bake 350 degrees for 1 hr or until bread tests done.
from AllRecipes.com~ Shirley Sober
***Jenn's variations*** {I read several comments before selecting this recipe and did some of what they suggested with my own mix of things}
*Reduce cloves 1 tsp, added 1 tsp allspice
*Reduce to 1 c butter, added 1 cup applesauce<- calorie friendly
*2 cup white sugar, 1.5 c brown sugar

Other suggestions from website:
*Walnuts are good
*Chocolate chips are good
*Add a dash of salt (forgot to try)
*Add vanilla extract (forgot to try)
*Some said to add ginger... that wasn't for me

Now on another side note (sick of these yet)
I didn't have 2 loaf pans. I put the rest of my batter in muffin stoneware and baked for 30 min. Perfect! Also Markus says he thought this was too pumpkiny. He doesn't care for it like I do. This doesn't have a strong pumpkin flavor. It could stand to have more in it for me. It's not made with oil so you don't have that oily moistness that comes. Markus likes that better (not me). So basically this is an awesome BREAD recipe. If you are looking more for an oily banana nutish kind of bread, don't try this one.

Love, Jenn

Pizza Dough {From Scratch}!

We had a sleepover last month with the youth girls from church and we made homemade pizzas.  This is the dough we used and it's amazing!  Enjoy!

1 cup water
1 tbls olive oil
2-1/2 bread flour
1 tbls sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp yeast

Put all above ingredients in breadmaker (IN THE EXACT ORDER LISTED) and turn on dough cycle. Once dough has finished, some at this point would say punch down and let rise again, but I'm not so patient for that. Just saying!

Pecan Pie Muffins

Looking through for Brunch ideas for Mother's Day and came across this one.  Sounds awesome and I can't wait to try it.  Just thought I'd share!

1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup flour
2/3 cup butter, melted
2 eggs

Mix brown sugar, pecans and flour in a bowl. Whisk the butter and eggs in a separate bowl until blended. Pour the butter mixture into the brown sugar mixture and stir just until moistened.

Fill greased or paper lined mini muffin cus 2/3 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 min or less. Serve warm.
from River Roads 4 Cookbook
Makes 2-2.5 dozen muffins

*Easy* Garlic Cheese Biscuits

I saw these on the Paula Deen show years back and have been in love with them ever since. They can be done so many different ways too!

Biscuits:
1 1/4 cups biscuit mix (Bisquick)
1/2 cup grated sharp Cheddar (mild is ok too)
1/2 cup water

Garlic Butter:
1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon dried parsley flakes

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper (I use my Pampered Chef stones which work beautifully).

Combine the biscuit mix and cheese in a small bowl. Add the water and stir just until combined. The dough will be slightly moist. Drop the dough by tablespoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake for about 10 minutes, until the biscuits are firm and beginning to brown.

While the biscuits are baking, make the garlic butter. In a small bowl, combine the butter, garlic powder, salt, and parsley flakes. Mix well. As soon as you bring the biscuits from the oven, brush them with the garlic butter using a pastry brush.

**For a different twist I use the bread seasonings (comes with like 4 in the same bottle) or Cajun seasoning of your choice to substitute for the Garlic. I've never been disappointed. Also when choosing shredded cheese don't go for the fancy shred it doesn't really hold in the biscuits but rather melts and gets lost**

Makes 12 small or 6 large

From Paula's Home Cooking Show

Sausage-Cheese Muffins

I'm pretty sure this is very close to the recipe that a lady I used to work with would make. She would bring these to work for breakfast and it was hard to eat just one. They were always warm which makes anything taste good. So awesome. Miss you Wendy.

1 (1lb.) pkg ground pork sausage
3 cups bisquick
1-1/2 cups (6oz) shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 (10-3/4oz) can condensed cheese soup
3/4 cup water

Cook sausage in a large skillet, stirring until it crumbles and is no longer pink. Drain and cool. Combine sausage, baking mix, and shredded cheese in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture.

Stir together soup and water; add to sausage mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon lightly greased muffin pans, filling to top of cups.
Bake @ 375 degreese for 20- 25 min or until lightly browned.

*Wendy wouldn't put hers in a muffin pan. She would do more drop style biscuits. Either way works though.
from Southern Living Magazine: Nov 2006 but it could be Wendy's too :)

Heber's Mom's Bread

I wish I knew Heber's mothers name, but I don't. Heber & Helen are crazy about this dough recipe/bread. It's yummy. They got us hooked.

1-1/2 c water
2 tbls olive oil
4 tbls sugar
1 tsp salt
4 c flour
2 tsp yeast

Put in breadmaker in order they appear and put on dough cycle. Once completed, form into loaves, bread sticks anything you want.

*parmesan cheese, or cinnamon & sugar can be added to create something yummy too.
Given to me by Heber Tuft

Greek Bread

Oh yummy. This bread is awesome. Great thing to bring to a pot luck. No one will ever guess what is in it. Enjoy!

1 loaf French or Italian bread, cut lengthwise
1 can chopped black olives
1 bunch (approx 6) green onions, chopped fine
1 stick margarine, melted
1/2 tbsp garlic powder
2 c mozzarella cheese
1/2 c mayo

Melt margarine + add all other ingredients. Spread on bread. Bake 350 degrees for approx. 20 min. Leave in longer if you prefer crispy, but watch closely.
From J. Benard a friend from BRWC