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Bread, Loafs

Banana Bread

Ingredients

  1. 2 large ripe bananas
  2. 1 banana, extra for topping (optional)
  3. 2 eggs
  4. ⅓ cup of milk
  5. ⅓ cup of buttermilk
  6. ⅓ cup of butter, melted
  7. ⅓ cup of sugar
  8. 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  9. 1 ¾ cups self-raising flour
  10. ½ teaspoon baking soda
  11. ¼ teaspoon salt
  12.  ½ cinnamon, ¼ nutmeg, ¼ cloves (optional)

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180℃.
  2. In a mixing bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and spices and set aside.
  3. Mash the bananas and set aside.
  4. In a separate bowl, whisk eggs.
  5. Add milk, buttermilk, butter, vanilla, mashed bananas and mix.
  6. Fold in the flour mixture. Do not over mix.
  7. Pour into a greased loaf pan.
  8. Top with a split banana and bake for 55-60 minutes
  9. Remove from the oven.
  10. Cover with a kitchen towel and cool in the pan for 20 minutes.
  11. Best served warm.
  12. Enjoy.
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White Bread Loaf

Ingredients

  1. 3 cups of bread flour
  2. ½ packet of yeast
  3. 1 cup lukewarm water
  4. ⅔ cup lukewarm milk
  5. 2 eggs
  6. 3 tablespoons of butter, melted
  7. 3 tablespoons of sugar
  8. 1 teaspoon of salt

Directions

  1. In a bowl of a stand mixer or by hand, add flour and mix in the yeast and salt on the opposite sides of the bowl.
  2. In a jug, add water, milk and sugar and mix until the sugar has dissolved.
  3. Pour the liquid into the four mixture, add eggs and butter and mix until incorporated.
  4. Knead for 5-10 minutes until it forms a ball of dough and the bowl is clean.
  5. Coat the bowl and dough with oil, cover with cling wrap and a kitchen towel, place in a warm place and it rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
  6. Knock out the air, place and spread out onto a work surface and with a rolling pin roll into a rectangle.
  7. Roll into a log to form the loaf.
  8. Place into a greased pan, cover with cling wrap and a kitchen towel and let it rise for another hour.
  9. Bake in a 180°C preheated oven for 30-35 minutes.
  10. Remove from the oven and cool slightly in the pan.
  11. Brush the top with melted butter.(optional)
  12.  Remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
  13. Enjoy.
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Peanut Butter and Banana Bread

Peanut butter banna bread

Ingredients

  1. 1 large banana
  2. ⅓ cup peanut butter
  3. 1 cup buttermilk
  4. 1 egg
  5. 1 cup sugar
  6. 1 ½ cup flour
  7. 1 teaspoon baking powder
  8. ½ teaspoon baking soda
  9. 1 teaspoon vanilla

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Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°
  2. In a bowl, mix all the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda) and sugar and set aside.
  3. In a separate bowl, mash the banana, whisk in egg, vanilla, buttermilk and peanut butter.
  4. Add in the dry ingredients and mix well.
  5. Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake for 35-40 minutes.
  6. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack before removing from the pan.
  7. Enjoy.

 

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Banana Nut and Seed Bread

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Ingredients

  1. 2 large bananas
  2. ⅔ cup butter, softened
  3. ½ cup buttermilk
  4. ½ cup milk
  5. 3 large eggs
  6. 2 teaspoon vanilla
  7. 2 ½ cup flour
  8. 1 teaspoon baking soda
  9. ½ teaspoon baking powder
  10. 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  11. ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  12. ½ cup mixed nuts, roasted and chopped
  13. ½ cup mixed seeds, roasted and chopped

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Directions

  1. In a bowl, mix all the dry ingredients except the nuts and seeds and set aside.
  2. In another bowl, mix butter, eggs and vanilla.
  3. Add both buttermilk and milk and mix.
  4. Add the dry ingredients and mix.
  5. Fold in the nuts and seeds.
  6. Pour into two lined loaf pans and bake in a 180°C preheated oven for 35-40 minutes.
  7. Remove from the oven and cool slightly, before removing from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
  8. Enjoy.

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Lemon Blueberry Yogurt Cake

Lemon Blueberry Yogurt Cake

Ingredients

  1. Juice of 1 lemon
  2. Zest of 1 lemon
  3. 2 teaspoon Lemon essence
  4. 1 cup blueberries
  5. 1 cup Greek yogurt
  6. ½ milk
  7. 2 eggs
  8. ½ teaspoon vanilla
  9. ½ cup butter
  10. 1 cup sugar
  11. 2 ½ cups flour plus extra to coat blueberries
  12. ½ teaspoon baking soda
  13. ½ teaspoon baking powder

Glaze

  1. ½ cup icing sugar
  2. 1 teaspoon yogurt
  3. 1 teaspoon lemon juice

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Directions

  1. Mix all the dry ingredients and set aside.
  2. Coat the blueberries with flour and set aside.
  3. Whisk butter; add eggs and vanilla and whisk.
  4. Add yogurt and mix.
  5. Add lemon juice, lemon zest and lemon essence and mix.
  6. Add the dry ingredients and milk alternating and mix.
  7. Gently fold in the blueberries.
  8. Pour into lined loaf pans and bake in a 175°C preheated oven and bake for 45-50 minutes.
  9. Remove from the oven and cool slightly before removing from the pan and cooking completely on a wire rack.
  10. Prepare the glaze and glaze the cake.
  11. Enjoy.

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