Peanut Butter Cup Banana Bread

 

Ingredients

• 3 very ripe bananas, mashed
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup Canola or Vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 8 oz bag of Reese’s Mini cups

How to Make

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Grease your loaf pan (I used an 8 x 4 pan) with butter or shortening.
3. In a medium bowl whisk together your flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt, set aside.
4. In a large bowl stir together your bananas, peanut butter, oil, egg and sugars.
5. Pour your dry ingredients into your wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Batter will be lumpy. DO NOT OVER-STIR.
6. Fold in your Reese’s Mini cups and spread batter into prepared pan.
7. Bake for approx 1 hour or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
8. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then loosen the edges of the pan with a knife and remove from loaf pan, transferring bread to a cooling rack.

Notes

*I bake my breads in a stone loaf pan, but certainly you don’t have to. BUT if you notice the bread browning too fast, lower the temperature down to 325° and loosely tent it with foil.

**Also, some readers have noticed that if you over-stir the batter the texture will be crumbly, so make sure not to over-stir!

Chili's Salsa

Sorry for the terrible picture, I had to snap a shot before Jeff ran off with the bowl. 

I got the recipe here.

2 cans whole tomatoes, drained

1 small can diced jalapenos

1/2 cup yellow onion, diced

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp sugar

1 tsp lime juice

Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth. It has a kick to it, so if you are not a spicy fan, maybe reduce the amount of jalapenos you add. Jeff likes spice, so we added the whole can. 

Swiss Cheese Fondue

New Year's Eve is going to be fondue night at our house from now on:



1 clove garlic
1 cup apple juice
1 lb Swiss cheese, grated
2 tsp corn starch
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp dry mustard
dash nutmeg


Rub sides and bottom of medium saucepan with garlic. Add apple juice. Heat over medium to medium high heat until bubbles begin to rise. Don't boil it. Reduce heat to low. Toss cheese with cornstarch. Add cheese mixture to hot apple juice one handful at a time ove low heat until cheese is melted. Stir constantly with a spoon. After the cheese is melted, add other seasonings. Transfer to fondue pot. Enjoy

You can dip breads and cooked meats in this.

Classic Chocolate Fondue

1 cup whipping cream
2 2/3 cup chocolate chips ( the good stuff!)
2 tsp vanilla



In a saucepan, slowly heat whipping cream until bubbles form around the edge. Remove pan from heat; whisk in chocolate chips until mixture is smooth. Stir in vanilla. Transfer to fondue pot and keep warm over low heat.



We have bananas, apples, marshmallows and cinnamon bears.