Maple Banana Bread

Maple Banana Bread

1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 egg
2 ripe bananas
1/2 teaspoon maple extract
3 tablespoons milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
3 tablespoons white sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 5x9 inch loaf pan.

In a large bowl, mix the melted butter and maple syrup. Beat in the egg and bananas, leaving a few small chunks. Stir in the maple extract and milk. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, and baking powder, and stir into the banana mixture just until moistened. Transfer to the prepared loaf pan. Mix the nuts and sugar, and sprinkle evenly over the batter.

Bake 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.

Moist Pear Bread

Moist Pear Bread

2 pears (peeled, cored & chopped fine) 

1 pear (peeled, cored and mashed)

1 egg, lightly beaten

1 egg white, lightly beaten

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

1 cup white sugar

¼ cup instant vanilla pudding mix

1 ½ tsp. cinnamon

½ tsp. baking soda

¼ tsp. salt

1/8 tsp. baking powder

Preheat oven to 325º. Lightly grease a 9" loaf pan.

Drain pears well, then mix with the mashed pear, egg, egg white, and vanilla. -In a separate bowl, mix the flour, sugar, pudding mix, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and baking powder (dry ingredients).

Stir the pear mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened.

Transfer batter to loaf pan.

Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.