Best Banana Walnut Bread

At February 2, 2010
By megan
In banana, bread, cream, favorites, walnuts
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I am very proud of my banana bread. I worked hard at creating a recipe since I try to personally create each recipe on my blog. The first try at banana bread was a baking failure, but I got it right the second time and this is officially going to be the only banana bread recipe I bake from now on. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup honey
1 egg
2 very ripe mashed bananas
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking soda (a little less if at altitude)
a pinch of sea salt
1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oat bran
1 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 (375 if at altitude). Lightly oil a bread pan with butter or walnut oil- I prefer to use mini-loaf pans because it is easy to store one or two loafs in the freezer. They also bake a lot more quickly.

In your KitchenAid stand mixer, turn your cream into butter. How? Pour the cream into the bowl and with the wire whisk (and hopefully your splash guard) turn to speed 10 and whisk a couple minutes until it is fresh butter. Then switch to the paddle blade and start adding the ingredients, one by one in the order listed, mixing a little in between each one.

Pour into your bread pans and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. It took 20-25 minutes for the mini loaves. I would estimate 45 minutes or more for a large loaf. Please let me know if you try this at home just how long a large loaf takes to bake. Enjoy.

Baked Brie with Walnuts and Cherries

At January 10, 2010
By megan
In appetizer, brie, Cheese, cherries, walnuts
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Baked Brie is a lot of fun to eat and really easy to make. I think I’ll bake some more often.

First, carefully slice off the top crust on your cheese wedge.

Then cover it with your topping. I used one cup of coarsely chopped walnuts that I toasted on the stove for 5 minutes in walnut oil over medium-low heat. I let them cool and then tossed them with a handful of dried tart cherries.

Cover your brie with the topping and bake at 325 until it is melting in the middle- 7-10 minutes depending on your oven. Enjoy with crackers or crusty bread.