My brain seems to be on overload. I'm having one of those weeks where the combination of dreaded doctor appointments (which are luckily done), the end of the school year, and the stress of trying to figure out my life in two months when my youngest starts school is coming to a head. When I was at the store today I realized my patience with human beings seems to be pretty low, a woman almost hit our car when pulling out of her parking spot and I had to stop myself from saying a rather bad swear word in front of my kids. My husband isn't doing much better than me, he almost told the woman at the fast food drive through off for being less than pleasant. I think the end of the school year is driving all parents nationwide slightly insane.
I have been trying to clear out my cupboards and use the foods that I have already bought before school ends on Thursday. Last week in order to use the blackened bananas I had on my counter, I tried a new recipe for Banana Bread from the Food Network.
This recipe has 10 ingredients. It takes 3 hours and 10 minutes of total time, 20 minutes of which is active, and makes one 12 serving loaf. I made a few significant changes to the original recipe. First, instead of regular flour I used white rice flour and a small amount of xanthan gum (about 1 tablespoon). Secondly, I cheated. I poured all the ingredients into my mixer and let it do the work. I hate, hate, hate using two separate bowls when baking and I avoid it if I can. I found that the total time to bake the gluten free banana bread was slightly longer, closer to an hour and 20 minutes.
The texture of this bread was great. It tasted very similar to non-gluten free banana bread and my two boys couldn't tell the difference, they thought I had made them regular banana bread. The bread is a little on the buttery side, which I like, but if you prefer you could reduce the total amount of butter to 3/4 of a stick or substitute coconut oil.
For the recipe go to Banana Bread.
Look delicious! I love banana bread!
ReplyDeleteThanks, me too :)
DeleteThat's a perfect loaf of quick bread and it's even gluten free! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteIt's tasted really good, even my two kids didn't notice it was gluten free :)
DeleteOh man, I love banana bread! One of my favorites!
ReplyDeleteMe too, it's great with a cup of coffee!
DeleteI am counting down teh days to the end of the school year. I am so ready and I think my son is too. My youngest son is finishing his sophmore year in high school.
ReplyDeleteI have a good friend who recently has been told to eliminate the gluten in her diet. I am going to share this recipe with her.
Velva
I am counting down the days here too, 2 1/2 more school days :) It's hard when you first eliminate gluten, but it should get easer for your friend the longer she goes without it.
DeleteThis looks really good. I'm so glad to be done with the school year here. I hope the rest of yours goes smoothly.
ReplyDeleteI'm jealous that you are already done :) I only have 2 1/2 days left so I can see the end in sight!
Delete...and delicious it looks! Great color!
ReplyDeleteela h.
Gray Apron
Thanks :) I didn't even have to tent it to prevent over browning, which was great!
DeleteWe don't get out for another month up here!
ReplyDeleteDid you guys start later? We started on the 11th of August, plus we don't have to make up all our snow days this year. Next year the law changes and we have to make them all up. I hope your month goes well, sorry you still have a while :)
DeleteI love the Food Network, and this recipe sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteI love them too, they have some great recipes!
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