Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Banana Zucchini Bread

I learned a little from my first experiment with Banana Muffins. The banana muffins came out good, but needed a little more sugar.  This time, I was feeling too lazy to clean muffin tins, so I made version 2 in loaf-form.  This was more or less improvised from what was in Nicole's kitchen using my last batch as guidance. It seemed to work well, although it didn't rise as much as I would have liked (more baking powder next time I guess).


Ingredients:
  • 2 ripe bananas
  • 1/2 a zucchini, peeled
  • 1/3 cup of plain yogurt
  • 1/4 cup of milk
  • 2/3 cup of whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup of oats
  • 3 tablespoons of sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of molasses 
  • 1 teaspoon of honey
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon of oil or melted butter
  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • a dash of cinnamon 

I put the zucchini in the food processor and chopped it up.  To this I added the yogurt and bananas and blended.  I then added all the ingredients together in a bowl and mixed.  I baked at 350°F until cooked (i.e. a toothpick inserted in the center came out dry).  I made sure to make the batter a little bit sweeter this time because the sugar does mellow when you bake it (thanks mom).  

Next time, I think I'll use a whole zucchini as it wasn't over powering.  A teaspoon of vanilla would probably have been good too.  Obviously, banilla or vanilla yogurt would have also worked well, and brought some additional flavor to the party.


From YummyFood

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