Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Farmers Market Delights – Strawberry Banana Bread the Wendi Way

I like banana bread but I LOVE Strawberry Banana Bread. I had never considered adding strawberries to my banana bread until I followed a link from Pinterest to averie cooks blog. So, I went to work to tailor this recipe with my own version of COLORADO berry banana bread.  I tweaked mine by adding coconut, thick rolled oats and pecans.



Now when I cook – I don’t always take the fastest easiest route, so read through my steps to get the best results and I assure you, you won’t be disappointed. I hope your summer is going great and that you are enjoying your local FARMERS Markets as much as I am.

1 cup High Altitude flour
½ cup High Altitude WHEAT flour
1/3 cup WHITE sugar
1/3 cup BROWN sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup oats (I use thick rolled oats)
1 cup mashed banana (generous)
1/3 cup buttermilk 
1/4 cup buttermilk to soak presoak-oats
1/4 cup vegetable oil (Wendi Option:1/4 cup  melted and cooled butter)
1 teaspoon vanilla (I used more)
2 eggs, beaten
½ cup shredded coconut
½ cup chopped pecans
½ cut diced fresh strawberries, plus thin slices for top of mini-bread loaves
cooking spray



 Directions:
1 Preheat oven to 350°F and spray mini loaf pans with cooking spray.
2 Combine thick cut oats and ¼ cup buttermilk, allow to set for 10 minutes or while you prepare other ingredients.
3 Combine dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
4Combine banana, buttermilk, oil (or cooled butter), vanilla, and eggs in a small bowl or measuring cup.
5 Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir gently just until the dry ingredients are moistened.
6 Add presoaked oats.
7 Fold in coconut; pecans and fresh diced strawberries (do not over stir)
8 Spoon batter into the prepared 6- mini loaf pan, add three or so strawberry slices to the top of each loaf.
9 Bake for 27 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
10 Cool on a wire rack, in the pan, for about 15 minutes.
11 Remove the bread from the pan after 15 minutes and cool thoroughly on the rack.

Disclaimer, I also looked at this recipe to help me come up with my own version:
http://www.food.com/recipe/banana-oatmeal-bread-100513?oc=linkback

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