Meal Planning and Banana Nut Bread

I've stated multiple times that I want to get back into meal planning, and cooking more, and using new/different recipes. So here's what this week looks like: 

Sunday: Burgers and buttered noodles

Monday: Eating Out

Tuesday: Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings

Wednesday: Country Breakfast (sausage patties on biscuits with country style gravy)

Thursday: leftovers

Friday: Beef Stroganoff

And here's the Banana Walnut Bread Recipe. This bread is best when served on the next day.

prep

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for preparing the pan (I just sprayed Pam on the pan)
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 very ripe bananas, peeled, and mashed with a fork (about 1 cup)
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions:

Sift the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. (I whisked it lightly.) Set aside.
Whisk the eggs and vanilla extract together in a large measuring cup.
Brush you pan with butter (or spray Pam, in my case.) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a standing mixer or with an electric handheld, cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy. *Use butter at room temperature, or get splattered with sugar and butter. Not that I know from experience or anything!

Pour in egg mixture and continue to mix. Add bananas. 

With a rubber spatula, add in flour mixture and walnuts. Mix some more. Transfer to bread pan. Bake for 55 min or until you can stick in a toothpick and it comes out clean. 

Cool the bread still in pan) on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Then take it out of the pan and let it cool completely on the rack. Wrap in plastic wrap. Enjoy!

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