One of my absolute favourite school lunch treats was discovering a piece of homemade banapple bread tucked in under my sandwich – the perfect save-for-last-never-got-traded-surprise that was actually kinda good for me:
Whip up a batch of your own in a jiffy
It’s a fabulously delicious way to put that overripe fruit to good use!
You’ll need: 1 cup & a bit of flour, 1 – 2 overripe bananas, 3 overripe apples (or any other fruit you have on hand), 1/2 cup butter, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup chopped nuts, 1/2 cup milk, a pinch o’ salt, a few pinches o’ cinnamon, nutmeg & ginger, 3 teaspoons baking powder & 1 teaspoon baking soda
mix everything except the fruit & nuts together in a bowl & add a few drizzles of honey for fun
peel, core & slice the apples and blend/puree together with the banana(s)
chuck the mushy fruit & nuts on top of the bready batter & mix well
snag a bundt pan (or whatever type of baking dish you desire), grease well & sprinkle with a bit o’ brown sugar – this gives a lovely caramelized crust to the baked bread
pour the batter into the pan and bake at 180 celsius, 350 fahrenheit, gasmark 4 for 40 – 50 minutes
et voila! Delightfully delish banapple bread & a house that smells divine…
serve with a lovely latte on your vintage dessert plates for a positively frou frou snack!
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Oooh, snap! This is almost identical to my recipe, except mine uses “applesauce” instead of apples. (and these crazy chunks of chocolate keep finding their way in…)
Chocolate chunks just may be finding their way into my next batch, scrummy!
*I’d love to cut out the peeling, coring & chopping apples step & simply use applesauce but as I married the King of the Bulk Buyers we always have copious amounts of excess-over-ripe-nearly-ready-for-the-bin fruit that needs to be used (or tossed) to make room for his next crate of “but it was such a good deal” fruit…the neighbours love their weekly dose of fruity breads,cakes, scones & pies though ;O)
Yum! I never thought to add apples to my banana bread, but that sounds so good, I might just have to start making your recipe from now on! 🙂 I’ll be pinning this one! 😉
Thanks!
~Jen
Just chuck in whatever almost-ready-for-the-bin fruit you have on hand…apples are awesome but pears are perfectly scrumptious – I’ve even been known to throw in some carrots & anything else I think might add a wee bit more oomph…a refashionista brain works marvelously well in the kitchen too! =O)
How clever! 🙂