nanner bread

okay yes, it’s 2:30am.
aaand yes, my banana bread came out of the oven around 1.
i know. i’m a creature of the night.
[i’m kind of a creature of everything except, like, the hours of 5-9am. bleh, nono nonono.]
lately i’ve discovered a fondness for late night baking.
and banana bread is definitely one of my most favorite things to have around. comfort food major.

so, tonight i thought i’d have some ready for mr. prince charming steven the business man’s early thursday morning breakfast!

i know there are like, a fafillion different b-nanner bread recipes out there in the world..
but the one i use time and time again is from a wonderful cookbook that a very wise woman once gave me [my mom, of course]… the joy of cooking.

ohhh, i love it. goes like this:

ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup veg shortening or 3/4 stick of butter
  
• 3/4 tsp grated lemon zest [or lemon juice if you’re not into the whole grating thing]
  
• 1 to 2 large eggs, beaten
• 2 to 3 mashed bananas

directions

1. preheat oven to 350 degrees & grease loaf pan
2. whisk flour, baking powder, salt
3. beat in a large bowl sugar, shortening/butter, lemon
4. beat in eggs & bananas
5. add in dry ingredients in 3 parts
   
6. pour into pan & bake 1 hour
   

so mine came out successfully tonight, despite the fact that i accidentally used a whole stick of butter, combined all the ingredients in one bowl, and forgot to beat the eggs. but see, these are the kind of recipes i need in my life… fool-proof!