I just made this banana bread tonite

moroccangirl · August 07, 2013, 05:44:27 PM

http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2006/11/speckled-for-the-freckled/

Minus the bourbon. 😉
We have to go to Eid prayer at 5am!!!!!! So I thi I I'll taste it in the morning and report back. I did add some chopped walnuts and a tiny bit of coconut. The coconut was sweetened so I didn't want to add too much and make the bread too sweet. If it's good I think I'll make a few loafs to freeze.

gebuh · August 08, 2013, 08:01:31 PM

I just bought a bag of old bananas, I'll be making this tonight - I don't have any bourbon, I hope rum is a good substitute.

monster2 · August 08, 2013, 09:44:11 PM

Rum is good in banana bread!

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moroccangirl · August 09, 2013, 07:56:25 AM

It was great. I used 3/4c of the sugar like the recipe suggested and it was fine. Next time I think I'll toast the coconut and use unsweetened so I can put more of it in.

gebuh · August 09, 2013, 12:59:25 PM

k, in the oven, with a few alterations:
No bourbon, so I used spiced rum
I added about an inch or so of fresh grated ginger
I added toasted walnuts and craisins

Hope it turns out good - I doubled the recipe and 2 pans of nasty would be a bad thing.

moroccangirl · August 09, 2013, 04:12:09 PM

How was it??

gebuh · August 09, 2013, 04:45:04 PM

Quote from: moroccangirl on August 09, 2013, 04:12:09 PM
How was it??

full of banana-y goodness, I was out of ground cloves, and didn't feel like grinding whole ones so that was missing too.
But I will be making this again.

moroccangirl · August 09, 2013, 04:54:48 PM

Quote from: gebuh on August 09, 2013, 04:45:04 PM
full of banana-y goodness, I was out of ground cloves, and didn't feel like grinding whole ones so that was missing too.
But I will be making this again.

Oh shoot. I forgot to say I didn't add those. I didn't want to buy a whole bag of them to use just one pinch. My friend that I would normally borrow from is in Dubai. I'll try it with it next time. Now that I know it's good I'm going to make a few loaves and freeze them for when I need to have something to give folks.

triciaflower · August 10, 2013, 11:34:33 PM

I have a lot of frozen bananas.. I shall make this tomorrow.

gebuh · August 17, 2013, 11:36:06 AM

Quote from: triciaflower on August 10, 2013, 11:34:33 PM
I have a lot of frozen bananas.. I shall make this tomorrow.

what'd you think?

badger · August 17, 2013, 09:38:53 PM

I didn't care for the bourbon, personally. I tried adding it to my favorite banana bread recipe and it didn't do much for me.