{"id":9,"date":"2008-05-01T21:04:59","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T01:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peterandrewryan.com\/baking\/?p=9"},"modified":"2008-08-27T13:55:48","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T17:55:48","slug":"bananananana-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peterandrewryan.com\/baking\/2008\/05\/bananananana-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"bananananana bread"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"banana<\/a><\/p>\n

i think we all have those recipes that are so ingrained in our routines that we’ll never have to look them up again – we can recite them off the top of our heads to friends, family members and co-workers. they’re just simple, familiar foods that will always satisfy and make you feel good inside.<\/p>\n

\"banana<\/a><\/p>\n

banana bread has a special place in my heart because it’s one of the earliest things i learned to bake. and as simple as this quick bread is, the first time i bake from any recipe, i invariably return every other minute to the post-it note instructions i’ve hastily transposed from a cookbook or some website to make sure i haven’t screwed up.<\/p>\n

\"banana<\/a><\/p>\n

but when i started making banana bread every few weeks, and then every week, and then every few days, the motions became automatic. soon i could whip up a batch and have it in the oven in 5 or 6 minutes. i suddenly became aware that i was getting better<\/em> at it, which made me more confident to try new recipes.<\/p>\n

and for as many times as i make banana bread, i haven’t ever deviated from this recipe (or sought out alternatives). i don’t think i could find anything better.<\/p>\n

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\"banana<\/a><\/p>\n

banana bread<\/strong>
\n priscilla first made this for me in college (thanks!), but i’m not sure where she found the recipe…<\/p>\n

8 Tbsp butter
\n 1 cup sugar
\n 2 eggs
\n 3 bananas (the riper the better)
\n 1 Tbsp milk
\n 1 tsp cinnamon
\n 2 cups flour
\n 1 tsp baking soda
\n 1 tsp baking powder
\n 1 tsp salt
\n 4-6 oz chocolate chips (optional)
\n 4-6 oz chopped walnuts (optional)<\/p>\n

1. soften the butter and mix in the sugar. add in the eggs and mix completely.<\/p>\n

2. mash up the bananas in the milk and add the cinnamon. it’s ok if it’s lumpy. add the banana mixture into the butter mixture.<\/p>\n

3. combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and add to the wet ingredients. don’t overmix; just break up any large clumps of flour and get everything moist. mix in the chocolate chips or walnuts.<\/p>\n

4. carefully pour into a greased loaf pan and bake at 350 F for one hour (i go an extra 5 minutes if i add chocolate chips). remove from oven and let rest in the loaf pan for 10 minutes before turning it out onto a wire rack to cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

i think we all have those recipes that are so ingrained in our routines that we’ll never have to look them up again – we can recite them off the top of our heads to friends, family members and co-workers. they’re just simple, familiar foods that will always satisfy and make you feel good inside. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bread"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfcoo-9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterandrewryan.com\/baking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterandrewryan.com\/baking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterandrewryan.com\/baking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterandrewryan.com\/baking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterandrewryan.com\/baking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterandrewryan.com\/baking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterandrewryan.com\/baking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterandrewryan.com\/baking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterandrewryan.com\/baking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterandrewryan.com\/baking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}