Awesome Banana Bread Recipe
Ingredients
3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
Method
No need for a mixer for this recipe. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.
Yield: Makes one loaf.
French Bread
Really Easy
Ingredients:
6 cups all-purpose flour
21/2 packages active dry yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 cups warm water
1 tablespoon cornmeal
1 egg white
1 tablespoon water
Directions
In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, yeast and salt. Stir in 2 cups warm water, and beat until well blended using a stand mixer with a dough hook attachment. Using a wooden spoon, stir in as much of the remaining flour as you can.
On a lightly floured surface, knead in enough flour to make a stiff dough that is smooth and elastic. Knead for about 8 minutes. Shape into a ball. Place dough in a greased bowl, turn over once to cover the entire ball in oil ( I use olive oil). Cover and let stand in a warm place until doubled
Push dough down, and divide in half. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Cover, and let rest for 10 minutes. Roll each half into large rectangle. Roll up, starting from a long side. Moisten edge with water and seal. Taper ends.
Grease a large baking sheet. Sprinkle with cornmeal. Place loaves, seam side down, on the prepared baking sheet. Lightly beat the egg white with 1 tablespoon of water, and brush on. Cover witha damp cloth. Let rise until nearly doubled.
With a very sharp knife, make 3 or 4 diagonal cuts about 1/4 inch deep across top of each loaf. Bake in a preheated over 375 degrees F oven for 20 minutes. Brush again with egg white mixtue, bake for an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until bread test done. If necessary, cover loosely with foil to prevent over browning. Remove from baking sheet and cool on a wire rack.
Pizza Dough
The Best Dough Ever
Ingredients:
Yeast 4 ½ teaspoons
Little bit of Gingerale or 7 up probably quarter can or half, its upto you.
2 Teaspoons of sugar
4 cups of flour
1 tea spoon of salt
¼ cup of olive oil (or any oil , I prefer olive oil)
1 ½ cup of WARM Water .
How to Make Dough:
Take a mixing Bowl . Put sugar first , then add yeast , wait for 5 mins so it can mix then add warm water in it, mix it well then add , salt olive oil ,gingerale or 7 up mix it well, then at the end pour the flour slowly and keep mixing till all the flour is mixed then mix for at least 10-15 mins . If the flour sticks to the bottom or the sides of the bowl then that means you have to add little bit more water. So add and mix till it doesn’t stick on the side. But the more you mix the better result you will get.
Take it out from the bowl cut it in to to pieces , make it round like and place it in something round which can be covered tightly and place it outside for 10 mins . After that place it in the fridge for the whole night because that yeast will make it rise, well it takes practice to be perfect on pizza making. The next day you will get Your perfect. Dough.
Bake 425 for 20 to 25 minutes
You can also let it rise all day I make it at 1:00 in the afternoon and then let it rise till 3:30 then pat it down and make pizzas.
Homemade Pan Rolls
Ingredients
3 3/4 cups bread flour, divided
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup shortening
1 teaspoon salt
1 (.25 ounce) package rapid rise yeast
1/2 cup warm water (120 to 130 degrees F/50 degrees C)
1/2 cup warm milk
1 egg
2 tablespoons butter, melted
Directions
In a large bowl mix together 1/2 cup water 2 tsp sugar and yeast. Let stand for about 20 minutes.
Then add milk, sugar, shortening, salt and egg and 2 cups of flour. Beat with electric mixer on low speed for about 1 minute, scraping bowl frequently. Add the remaining flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until the dough comes together.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Place in greased bowl and turn greased side up. Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Dough is ready if indention remains when touched.
Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide in half; cut each half into 24 pieces. Form the pieces into rounds. Place the rolls close together in two lightly greased 9 inch round cake pans. Brush with melted butter. Cover and let rise in warm place about 30 minutes or until doubled. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 18 minutes, until golden brown.
Pancakes
Ingredients:
1 1/3 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3 tbs sugar
1 egg
1 1/4 cup milk
3 tblsp vegetable oil
1/4 tsp vanilla
Mix together. Drop by 1/4 cup fulls on hot pancake griddle or frying pan
Yield 10-12 pancakes
Variations of pancakes
Chocolate Chip pancakes - Make pancake batter as above and add 1/2 cup chocolate chips.
Sour Milk Pancakes - Make pancake batter, using sour milk or buttermilk. Reduce baking powder to 1 1/2 tsp, add 1 tsp baking soda dissolved in 1 teaspoon warm water.
Blueberry pancakes - Make pancake batter increasing sugar to 1/3 cup. Reduce milk to 1 cup. Add 1 cup blueberries. Cook slower and on lower heat than regular pancakes.
Apple pancakes - Make pancake batter increasing sugar to 1/3 cup. Reduce milk to 1 cup. Add 1/4 tsp vanilla. Add 1 cup grated or cut small apples. 1/2 tsp baking soda dissolved in 1 teaspoon warm water Cook slower and on lower heat than regular pancakes.
Really Easy Welsh Cakes
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup raisins or currants or chocolate chips
2 eggs mixed with a small amount of milk
2 tsp vanilla
Mix the dry ingredients, then cut in shortening with a pastry blender. Add raisins, blueberries, chocolate chips.. Beat eggs and vanilla well and stir into dry mixture, adding in enough milk to make the dough soft. Roll out dough on floured surface to 1/4 inch thickness, and cut with cookie cutters or you can make squares like I did. You can cook them on the stove top like pancakes and turn over only once. I put mine on a cookie sheet with parchment paper on it and placed it in the oven at 350 for 10-12 minutes. Serve warm with butter. My kids ate them plain with the chocolate chips you don't need to add anything else.
