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Banana Bread Recipes For A Delicious Snack For Your Kids
By Ginger O’Riley
Banana bread recipes may be popular with the younger members
of your family, especially when children do not realise that the
natural ingredients are good for them. They may like the taste
of sweet banana bread, but the sweet taste comes from the bananas
and not from any huge amounts of added sugar.
Once you make your first loaf of banana bread using your oven,
you may consider taking a much easier route to make bread, by
using a bread making machine. All you need is to review your options
and add your ingredients and set your machine to start cooking
and your bread will be ready in a few hours. The machine turns
off when the bread is cooked. When you buy a bread machine, there
is often a number of bread machine recipes, included in the box.
If you want your children to eat delicious food with natural
ingredients, then you may look at using banana bread recipes.
Banana Bread For Your Kids
Moms are always looking for nutritious snacks and desserts that
kids like, but won’t necessarily know are healthy for them. Banana
bread is one such treat. There are hundreds of banana bread recipes
to be found online and it’s hard to find a cookbook that doesn’t
have one such recipe.
Here are a few tricks to modify the old standby so that it’s
even more tasty, moist and freezes well when prepared as a do-ahead.
These changes to an ordinary banana bread recipe allows you to
freeze for up to three months, with no loss in moistness. These
recipe revisions even allows the flavor to improve with time and
are all kid friendly.
Buy A Large Bunch Of Bananas
When you’re going to make several loaves, buy a large bunch of
ripe bananas. If you have a bunch that are getting too soft, use
them. Peel all the bananas, slicing each into a large bowl and
then mash thoroughly. You can use a food processor if you prefer.
You’ll need about one cup of mashed banana per loaf.
Substitute one cup of applesauce for one cup of liquid called
for by your banana bread recipe. Just as with cake recipes, the
applesauce adds a delicious flavor and bakes up nice and moist
and a bit more fluffy than without.
Mixing The Ingredients
Mix your dry ingredients in a separate bowl. If your banana bread
recipe calls for eggs, water or milk, reduce the water or milk
by one cup and add the applesauce. Mix the wet ingredients with
the dry, stirring to mix well.
You can bake as directed at this point. If you want even more
flavor, try one of these variations. A teaspoon of cinnamon, added
for each loaf makes a sweet and spicy banana bread. You can also
add 1/4 cup of raisins. A teaspoon of orange or lemon zest per
loaf adds a nice citrusy note. Although all of these are sweet
additions, they’re not fattening and kids absolutely love all
of these banana bread recipe variations. You will too.
A Good Lunchbox Dessert
A slice of this quick bread is perfect with a cup of coffee or
a glass of milk. It’s also makes a good lunchbox dessert. A dollop
of non-dairy whipped topping off this versatile bread fools the
kids into thinking it’s practically like cake. You’ll have them
asking for seconds.
One last thought: if you’ve got some bananas getting overripe
on the countertop and don’t have the time to bake today, don’t
let them go to waste. Peel and mash the bananas, add a few drops
of lemon juice for each banana and freeze in one-cup containers.
When you’re ready to bake, just defrost and prepare your banana
bread recipe as desired.
So if you’ve tired of the same old standard banana bread recipe,
try one or all of these variations for a new and delicious twist.
Using A Bread Machine To Create Your Banana Bread
Once you mix all the ingredients and you are ready, you can either
bake the loaf in your oven, or use a bread machine to cook the
loaf for you. The bread machine allows you to create your loaf
of bread the easy way. Just toss in your choice of ingredients
and set the machine. It will start making your loaf and now you
can walkaway. The bread making machine is designed for least effort
on your part. You should have a hot succulent loaf within three
hours or so.
This way you can make other forms of bread like rolls, bread
sticks and even pastas. There are always a number of bread
machine recipes in the box, when you buy your machine. You
can use your banana bread recipes to make these different types
of breads and use the variations mentioned here, to create your
delicious versions.
Your family will be grateful for your choice of banana bread
recipes.
About the Author:
Ginger O’Riley has written articles on recipes, cooking and food including
Bread Making,
Slow Cooker Recipes,
Breakfast Recipes,
Muffin Recipes,
Low Carb Cooking,
Potato Salad,
Chocolate Chips,
Fruit Cake.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles on this website.
Did You Know This About Breadmaking?
Everyone is concerned about saving money yet they waste hundreds
of dollars each year on preservative filled bread. Why go through
that pain and hassle of buying bread that has so many preservatives
pumped into it that it takes weeks to go moldy?
Bread making is not that difficult with the right recipe and
the right equipment. You can make your own fresh, hot bread at
home if you take the time to learn how. Before you know it you
will be saving money and giving your family a healthy slice of
life.
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