I’m usually sold on anything with marshmallows. I love them so much. It is my favorite ice cream topping.
Mmmmm, Fluff.
My favorite sandwich in high school was a fluffernutter. My mom made my lunches. I was spoiled…
still am…
That probably wasn’t the healthiest choice of sandwich…
Oh well.
I’ll actually show you how to make marshmallows from scratch someday!
Let me introduce you to my crack: Salted Peanut Chews
So you have probably just assumed that this is a baking blog.
It isn’t supposed to be that way.
Mikey doesn’t even really like sweet stuff…
So I’ve decided to share some real food with you.
That’s a lie.
This should not be considered real food. You can make this with your eyes closed. It’s that easy. I made this for a family holiday and it was a hit.
I feel like these types of dip are all the same. A can of this, a bottle of that, lots of cheese and probably some mayo…tastes good though.
So here you go. Here is my first non-dessert item. It’s not impressive at all. Feel free to judge me alllll you want. I promise I know how to cook (or at least I’m learning). I promise to start sharing some real life and mostly healthy foods with you soon:)
Wait, one more thing:
I’m a dirty liar.
I told you I wouldn’t include these “group shots” anymore…I took this a long time ago, and it helps you grasp how simple the recipe is.
Sorry.
The only ingredient you have to prep are the canned artichokes. You have to finely chop them…
I have always been intimidated by real vanilla beans.
But I have this amazing cousin, Hannah.
I miss her a lot.
She lives in Africa and brought these back for my mom.
My mom is a great sharer. I’m still working on it.
My father in law celebrated his birthday a couple weeks ago and he requested a white on white cake.
He has amazing taste. White on white is my favorite cake too! I had never made a white on white cake and therefore called up my mom for a recipe. She had made cupcakes with this recipe and said it would make a delicious cake.
It did. It was a little complicated, but only because it has some weird steps/ingredients (boiled water???).
My giant fear of this cake was that it wouldn’t be moist. It ended up being fine, but I was pretty petrified.
I’m getting sick of these ingredient pictures. They are boring. I’m taking a break from these for a while.
Perhaps you’ve already gathered this from the photo below…but this is the easiest recipe ever.
There are only 5 Ingredients needed to make these gooey caramel bars.
One of my favorite memories from growing up in my quasi-Martha Stewart (minus the crazy) home, was the constant smell of something baking.
It was normal to come home and have the house smelling like brownies, cookies or a cheesecake. My mother was always baking for our family as well as others. She made desserts for a local restaurant, so we were used to the smell of a cheesecake or torte wafting through the air.
My brother and I were not obese. How? I’m not quite sure.
Butterscotch is underrated.
I think that most people associate butterscotch with Grandmas…
But I love both Grandmas and butterscotch.
I’m not saying that if you don’t love butterscotch you automatically don’t love Grandmas…
Ummmm…
Lets transition from Grandmas to baking.
I love banana bread with all of my being. It is a comfort food for me that reminds me of my childhood x 1000.
My mom makes the best banana bread/muffins in the world.
But I’m not sharing that recipe with you…
It is currently a secret.
So when I came across a recipe for a banana bread with a butterscotch swirl, I had to try it.
And let me tell you. It is AMAZING. The Butterscotch adds a sweet and buttery flavor to the banana bread and makes it more like a cake rather than a bread.
Eat it right out of the oven. Or microwave it. Just make sure it’s warm
To die for…
It’s a super simple recipe and this is all you need. (Plus buttermilk. Mine was in the fridge).
I got some pretty new bowls.
I’m a show off…
Apparently Mikey never eats bananas. Ours always turn brown and I have to put them in the freezer where they turn black. Black bananas are ok though. They look awful. But they won’t kill you, I promise.
I guess I should find out if Mikey likes bananas…Who am I kidding?
Mikey likes everything.
Lets begin.
Using a double boiler, melt some butterscotch chips.
Set that aside and mix up your butter and sugar.
Then add your eggs
Next mash up your bananas
What looks and smells like baby food???
This bowl of banana mush does!
Add the banana, buttermilk and vanilla to your batter.
Now take a cup of batter and add it to the melted butterscotch
This is some delicious batter right here.
Then you add half the banana batter, followed by the butterscotch batter, and topped with the rest of the banana batter. That sounds way confusing.
Make a butterscotch batter sandwich.
The heavenly aroma that will fill your house is like no other.
Check out this beautiful loaf of butterscotch banana bread.
Sorry I went a bit overboard with the photos…
Mikey approved of this bread.
Which means most people will (he doesn’t love sweet things but was a huge fan of this).
Recipe:
Butterscotch Banana Bread
½ cups Butterscotch-flavored Chips
¼ cups Unsalted Butter, At Room Temperature
½ cups Granulated Sugar
2 whole Large Eggs
1 cup Mashed Over Ripe Bananas, About 3 Medium
⅓ cups Buttermilk, Lowfat
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
2 cups All-purpose, Unbleached Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
½ teaspoons Kosher Salt
⅛ teaspoons Baking Soda
Melt the butterscotch chips in a small bowl over simmering water. Set aside and let cool to room temperature.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Oil and flour a non stick loaf pan.
In a large bowl, beat the butter with the sugar with an electric mixer until crumbly. Add in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in mashed banana, buttermilk, and vanilla extract.
In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Mix to combine.
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Remove 1 cup of batter to the small bowl with the melted butterscotch chips. Mix well with a hand mixer.
Pour half of the banana bread batter on the bottom of the loaf pan. Pour the butterscotch batter over the banana bread batter. Top with the rest of the banana bread batter and smooth the top.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 50–60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then remove to the wire rack to cool completely.
I randomly found this recipe on the Tasty Kitchen website.
It was added by Renee@mykitchenadventures
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