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Blueberry Banana Bread

March 31, 2013 47 Comments

Looking for a way to start the day off with a healthy breakfast? This Blueberry Banana Bread is full of healthy options.

After eating candy non stop over the weekend, I am ready for something a little bit healthier to eat. Banana Bread with blueberries, oats and yogurt sounds like the way to go. Although if you have candy to get rid of, this Java Twix Banana Bread is a very good option too.

This Blueberry Banana Bread is full of juicy blueberries in every bite. You can use fresh berries or frozen ones. Just use whatever is easiest for you to get this bread in your oven ASAP. My kids devoured it down in one day. It makes a good breakfast and a good after school snack.

It is fine by itself, but I added a small drizzle of glaze to the top. If you don’t want to add the extra bit of sugar, feel free to leave it off. As with any banana bread, this one was definitely better the next day. My favorite thing to do is bake the night before, so it is ready to be eaten first thing in the morning.

I can’t wait for my bananas on the counter to get brown again…this bread is definitely going to be a regular in our kitchen.

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Here are a few of our favorite ways to use up brown bananas:

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Peanut Butter Banana Milkshakes

Blueberry Banana Bread

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 60 minutes

Yield: 1 loaf

Blueberry Banana Bread

Banana bread gets a healthy kick with blueberries, oats, and yogurt.

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup brown sugar

3 Tablespoons honey

1 teaspoon vanilla paste

1/2 cup plain yogurt

1/2 cup smashed banana

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup quick oats

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 Tablespoon cornstarch

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/3 cup milk

1 cup frozen blueberries

2 Tablespoons powdered sugar

1/2 Tablespoon orange juice

Instructions

In a bowl, mix the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the honey, vanilla, yogurt, and banana and cream again. In another bowl, sift together the flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cornstarch, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk to the creamed mixture. Do not over mix. Stir the blueberries in by hand. Spoon into a greased 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 bread pan. Bake at 350* for 60-65 minutes. After the bread is cooled, combine the powdered sugar and orange juice and drizzle over the top.

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Banana Bread Muffins

February 19, 2013 55 Comments

The addition of a pudding mix makes these Banana Bread Muffins one of the best breakfast choices you could make this week.

We go through quite a few bananas every week. I eat the green ones and save the brown ones for muffins or donuts.

My kids have gotten really picky about what they will eat for breakfast. They won’t eat cereal, unless it is a bedtime snack. And toast and bagels are apparently not good anymore. Now I don’t like when they try to go to school on an empty stomach, so I have to keep bags of frozen pancakes and fresh banana muffins on hand at all times. Those two breakfast items are the only things they will eat without a fuss.

Last week I had two bunches of bananas that went from green to spotty overnight. My Facebook readers had so many great ideas on what I could make with them. While I was waiting for their answers, I decided to tweak one of my banana muffin recipes with a box of instant pudding. You will not believe how delicious these muffins turned out. They were incredibly soft, and dare I say…moist! That is not a word I like to use, but really no other word describes these Banana Bread Muffins so accurately. My kids each ate two muffins right away when they got home from school. My youngest, who is the pickiest eater all of a sudden, said they were the best ever!!!

I like to think these muffins are healthy because they have banana and yogurt in them. We will just pretend the sugar, butter, and chocolate chips are healthy too Haha! I know better, but it does make me feel just a little better knowing there are a few healthy items in my kids’ breakfast. Heaven forbid that I should make a banana muffin without the chocolate chips…my kids let me know when I try to leave out the chocolate. Sadly they have the same sweet tooth that I have.

It’s a good thing my kids were in love with these muffins because I don’t think I could be trusted alone in the house with them. I know because there were two left, and then they just sort of disappeared. I plead the 5th…I have no idea what happened! I went for a coffee refill and the next thing I knew…empty muffin wrappers.

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Thank goodness I always have bananas in the house…these muffins are definitely being made again. Usually I want my bananas to stay green for a while so I can eat them, but not this time. I want black bananas, so we can have these delicious banana bread muffins again. Maybe the bananas should go in a brown paper bag to speed up the ripening process.

What is the best thing you have made with your brown bananas???

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Here are some other delicious ways to use up those spotty bananas on your counter:

BANANA CAKE WITH HOT FUDGE BUTTER CREAM

BANANA TOFFEE SCONES

CARAMEL MOCHA CHIP BANANA MUFFINS

Banana Bread Muffins

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 6 minutes

Yield: 20 muffins

Banana Bread Muffins

Instant pudding makes these Banana Bread Muffins the softest, most delicious muffins ever.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup banana, mashed

1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt

1 1/2 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 box instant vanilla pudding (3.4 oz.)

1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugars until fluffy. Add the eggs, vanilla, banana, and yogurt and beat again.
Sift together the dry ingredients and slowly add to the butter mixture until it is just mixed. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand.
Fill muffin liners 3/4 full and bake at 350* for 24-25 minutes. Let cool slightly before eating. Store in a sealed container for 4-5 days. Makes 20 muffins.

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Chocolate Cherry Muffin Tops

January 16, 2013 38 Comments

So I have decided that it is time to start posting some Valentine’s recipes here. You’re down with that right??? I promise not to go completely overboard, but this is a low fat chocolate cherry muffin top. Who wouldn’t want this kind of recipe early?

You could wait until February to make these muffins, but I seriously don’t recommend it. They were delicious!!! The yogurt in these muffins give them a soft, tender inside. I really like using yogurt instead of sour cream for muffins. It helps cut down on the fat content, which is something that I have started to watch a little more. My kids aren’t big cereal eaters, but they will eat muffins if I keep them on hand. By making them with yogurt I feel better about them eating chocolate for breakfast. Of course, we ate them at all times of the day. They are a perfect afternoon snack when you are craving just a little bit of chocolate. (that makes me laugh because when I crave chocolate, I don’t want to eat a little) These chocolate cherry muffins are also a great before bed snack…or a midnight snack! Whenever you decide to eat them, they will satisfy your chocolate crave!!!

The great thing about this muffin is that it is easy to make it in a muffin top pan or a whoopie pie pan, or if you don’t have either, just bake it in a regular muffin tin. I have included both baking times in the recipe for you. Let’s talk about the cherries for a minute. If you like fresh cherries, by all means, use the fresh cherries in your batter. I just happen to love maraschino cherries. There is usually a jar in my fridge at all times for sundaes or drinks. And I keep a backup jar in my baking cupboard…does that surprise you that I have more than one jar? Something about the taste of these jarred cherries makes me happy. They also keep their bright red color when you bake with them. I love pretty food!!! Pretty food just looks so much more appetizing!

See how puffy those chocolate cherry muffin tops turned out? I know you want a bite

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Chocolate Cherry Muffin Tops

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Yield: 24 muffin tops

Chocolate Cherry Muffin Tops

Chocolate muffins made with yogurt and filled with chocolate chips and cherries

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup sugar

2 teaspoons cherry juice

1 egg

2/3 cup plain yogurt (I use Chobani)

2/3 cup coconut milk

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup cocoa powder

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon cinnamon

3/4 cup miniature chocolate chips

1 cup chopped maraschino cherries

Instructions

In a mixing bowl cream the butter and sugars until creamy. Add the cherry juice, egg, and yogurt to the butter and beat again. Sift together the baking powder, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and flour and add alternately with the coconut milk to the butter mixture and beat gently. Stir in the chocolate chips and cherries by hand.
Spoon a large tablespoon of batter into a greased muffin top pan (I used a whoopie pie pan) Bake at 400* for 12 minutes. Let cool 2 minutes in the pan, then remove to a wire rack to cool. Store in a sealed container for up to 4 days. Makes 24 muffin tops.

Notes

You can use a regular muffin tin if you don't have a muffin top pan. Bake the muffins for 18 minutes. Makes about 15 muffins.

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Looking for more chocolate muffins? Try one of these…

MOCHA MUFFINS

CHOCOLATE AVOCADO MUFFINS

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Banana Toffee Scones

January 8, 2013 38 Comments

Yes, I have a banana addiction.

I can’t just buy a few at a time. But of course, they all turn brown and spotty before I can eat all of them. I’m a green banana snob. Ripe bananas totally gross me out. But…that just means I can be a crazy baker for a few days. If I can get to them before everyone else in the house that is. I realize that this is the third recipe in a row with banana in it. [Read more...]

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Eggnog Scones

November 20, 2012 25 Comments

Eggnog is one of those holiday drinks that you either love or hate. I personally love the stuff! Now I can’t chug an entire gallon, but a nice sized cup once a day is a nice way to bring in the holidays. Only my oldest agrees with me on this one. It was pure torture for him the other week. You see, I bought some eggnog and told him not to touch it until I was finished baking. Then I promptly forgot about the eggnog for oh, let’s say about 5 days or so. I say forgot very lightly, because you see my son would come home from school every day and ask if he could have some. No, not yet, was the answer for those long 5 days. I kept thinking maybe we needed some more eggnog muffins or maybe some eggnog cheeesecake brownies or even better eggnog latte cupcakes! The only problem with those…I can’t bake the same thing twice. At least not for myself that is. So until inspiration hit, the cap was staying put on the eggnog.

And then one day I just decided that we needed some eggnog scones for breakfast the next day. I usually bake on a whim every day. My cupboards are packed with fun baking ingredients just waiting for the day when I get a lightbulb moment and decide to use that particular item. Any one else bake like this? I wish I could say I have a plan each day…but no, my kitchen is always very random. I never know for sure what is going to happen each day.

Anyway, my son was a very happy camper when he got home and I handed him the eggnog container and told him the rest was his. [Read more...]

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Salted Caramel White Chocolate Mocha Scones

May 6, 2012 22 Comments

Hello, Salted Caramel White Chocolate Mocha Scone goodness!

Salted Caramel White Chocolate Mocha Scones

It has been a while since I used caramel and salt together.

Last weekend I made lots of cupcakes and made these

Salted Caramel Mocha Brownie Cups.

I could eat the whole bowl of frosting by myself with a spoon…

yup, it’s that good:-)

Ever since last weekend I have been wanting

to make something else with caramel and salt.

Fast forward to earlier today, when my husband asks for scones.

Now he is usually a very picky baked good eater.

(that translates into boring eater:-)

I love to add all sorts of things and make something different each time

and he likes to have plain stuff.

So, I started giving him some options of ones

that I have on my many lists.

It was a NO to everything I suggested.

All of a sudden he surprises me by saying how about salted caramel mocha scones?

Really??? I wanted to say,

“Who are you? And what did you do with my boring treat husband?”

But instead I zipped my lips and quickly made these

yummy scones before he changed his mind and requested vanilla.

These scones were the perfect thing to quench my caramel and salt cravings.

And I absolutely love anything with coffee in it.

(if you don’t like coffee, just leave it out and enjoy the caramel and salt flavor.

The white chocolate drizzle and sea salt gives it

just the perfect sweet and salty mix.

These are a sure thing to make the beginning of your week more doable.

If you like caramel and salt that is!

Salted Caramel White Chocolate Mocha Scones

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 18 minutes

Yield: 12 scones

Salted Caramel White Chocolate Mocha Scones

Mocha scones with caramel bits are topped with a white chocolate drizzle and sea salt...you won't be able to say no.

Ingredients

2/3 c. heavy cream

2 Tbsp. instant coffee

2 c. flour

1/4 tsp. salt

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

6 Tbsp. butter, chilled

1 tsp. vanilla

1 egg

1 c. caramel bits

1/2 white chocolate chips, melted

2 tsp. sea salt

Instructions

In a glass mug, heat the cream for 1 minute in the microwave. Stir in the instant coffee and set aside. Whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder. With a fork, cut in the butter until it creates small pea like pieces. Make a hole in the center of the flour and pour in the egg, vanilla and coffee cream. Stir until mixed thoroughly. Stir in caramel bits gently.
The dough will be very sticky, so use a spoon to scoop out 12 scones. Press the dough rounds down until they are about 3 inches wide. Bake at 400* for 18 minutes. The caramel melts all over,so immediately transfer to wire racks to cool. Drizzle with melted white chocolate and sprinkle with a little sea salt. Store in a sealed container.

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Blueberry Coconut Scones

January 18, 2012 15 Comments

My husband asked me to bake him some scones.

Now I am ALL about getting in my kitchen,

so I was thrilled for yet another reason to bond with my kitchen aide.

The dilemma…

part of his scone request was that they were “non candy bar”scones. [Read more...]

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Chocolate Mint Donuts

November 29, 2011 31 Comments

Hi there friends.

Grab a cup of coffee and some donuts

and let’s talk shopping:-)

Mostly “Black Friday” crazy shopping!!!

Last week I looked over all the “Black Friday” specials

while my husband drove us to visit family for Thanksgiving.

We found a crazy good deal on a certain item and

just couldn’t pass it up!!!

I mean surely we can battle the crowds and stand

forever to save $150!

My husband’s response…

“How bad can it be?”

Isn’t he cute? Obviously he has never shopped

on that particular Friday before.

So after filling our bellies full of turkey, stuffing, and some dessert…

ok, you got me, mostly dessert:-)

We ventured out to Walmart.

We just had to laugh at all the irritated people we saw.

Seriously, who goes shopping on Black Friday

and doesn’t expect it to be busy.

These people were so funny!!!

Funny how fast the feeling of Thanksgiving

disappears when you have crazy sales to get to.

We saw people carrying multiple boxes

taller than their heads…and trying to pass people

without being able to see the people!!!

And then getting upset when she dropped them:-)

We saw people staked out beside the shrink wrapped

pallets just waiting to pounce

if someone dares to get an item first.

Then there were the people that had just regular

day to day stuff…like towels.

Towels???

Seriously, you are going to shop for towels on the

worst shopping day of the year?

If you are only going to save a dollar or two,

I recommend just waiting another day or two.

Then we got in line to pay…for an hour and a half at least.

Now when you get in line, do you stand directly behind

the number of the register you expect to pay at???

Or do you form a side line behind a register

THAT ISN’T THERE!

And then each line was bickering back and forth

about who was really number 17!!!

It was super funny stuff people!

We just stood there soaking in all the crazy irritable people!

Lucky for us we had a guy that was easily 6’10″

and weighed 400 lbs. easy in line with us!

I don’t think too many people wanted to argue with him.

It was 2 hours full of crazy Walmart people…

but hey, the laughs from this date (and the savings) were totally

worth it!!!!

Now if only I had actually witnessed a fight or scuffle

over something silly…

you know like waffle makers:-)

So, I’m curious…

did you go shopping on Friday?

did you witness anything funny???

Do you want another donut?

How about just the recipe?

Chocolate Mint Donuts

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 9 minutes

Yield: 16-18 donuts

Chocolate Mint Donuts

Chocolate cake donuts topped with a mint chocolate glaze

Ingredients

1/2 c. butter

2 tsp. vanilla

1/3 c. brown sugar

1/3 c. sugar

1 egg

2/3 c. sour cream

2/3 c. buttermilk

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 c. dark cocoa powder

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

2 c. flour

1 c. andes mint chips

1 c. chocolate and mint chips

1 tsp. shortening

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425* Cream butter, vanilla, and sugars. Add the egg, sour cream and buttermilk and beat again. Combine all the dry ingredients and slowly incorporate them into the butter mixture. Stir in the andes chips by hand.
Fill donut cavities at least 3/4 full. Bake 9 minutes. Let sit in the pan for about 2 minutes, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Melt chocolate and mint chips with shortening in a microwave safe bowl. Stir every 30 seconds so it doesn't burn. Dip tops of donuts into the melted chocolate. Sprinkle with chocolate jimmies and green sugar.

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