Banana Apple-Butter Yogurt Bread

I couldn't resist this recipe, I mean bananas and apple-butter!... Yum!

Banana Apple-Butter Yogurt Bread (yields 1 loaf)
1 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
1/4 c. spent grain flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
2 eggs, beaten
3/4 c. white sugar
2 bananas, mashed
1/2 c. apple butter
1/4 c. yogurt

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Preheat oven to 350F.

Grease a loaf pan and line the bottom with a piece of parchment paper (if not using parchment paper, just grease and flour a loaf pan).  Set aside.

In a large bowl, mix the flours, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Make a well in center of the flour mixture.  Set aside.

 

In a medium bowl, combine eggs, sugar, banana, apple butter, and yogurt.  Add banana mixture to flour mixture. Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy). Spoon batter into prepared pan.

 

Bake in a 350F oven about 45 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely on a wire rack. 

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Amazingly Delightful Banana Cake w/ Vanilla Bean Frosting

Forget banana bread, this cake is awesome!  It is a fabulous way to use up those last two overly ripe bananas that are laying around.  Slightly tweaked from ButterYum's recipe, this one is a keeper!

Banana Cake (yields 1 8x8 cake):

3/4 c. all-purpose flour

1/4 c. spent grain flour

2/3 c. sugar

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. baking soda

 

1/2 c. sour cream

1 egg

2 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened

2 mashed super ripe bananas

1 tsp. vanilla extract

 

Vanilla Bean Icing (yields approx 1/2 c.):

2 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened

2-4 tbsp. milk*

1 vanilla bean**

1 c. powdered sugar*

 

*Add more milk or powdered sugar to adjust the consistency of the icing

**Split the vanilla bean and scrape out the seeds to use in the frosting...discard the shell

 

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Preheat the oven to 350F.  Grease and flour a glass 8x8 pan.  Set aside.

 

In a large bowl, mix together flours, salt and baking soda. 

 

In a smaller bowl, cream together sugar, sour cream, egg, and butter. Add mashed bananas and vanilla extract and mix well.

 

Add banana sugar mixture to the dry flour mixture.  Mix just until all is moistened.  Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350F for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

 

Cool completely before icing.

 

To make icing:

In a small bowl, cream butter, 2 tbsp. of milk and the seeds of the split vanilla bean.  Add powdered sugar and continue mixing till fully incorporated.  Add more milk or powdered sugar until the icing reaches your desired consistency.

 

Enjoy!

 

Yogurt Banana Bread

Oh my!  This has to be my favorite banana bread that I have made yet!  It is so good!  Based off the Better Banana Bread recipe, this version of banana bread uses vanilla yogurt and spent grain to give this old time favorite quick bread a delicious twist that is moist and sweet.  So good!

Yogurt Banana Bread (yields: 1 loaf)
1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 c. spent grain flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. cinnamon

4 tbsp. butter, softened
2 eggs
3 very ripe bananas
1 c. vanilla yogurt
2/3 c. sugar

Grease a loaf 9x5" loaf pan.  Set aside.

Preheat oven to 350F.

In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients together.

In another bowl, add the butter, eggs, bananas, yogurt, and sugar.  Mash with a potato masher till everything is combined and bananas are now only small chunks. 

Pour banana mixture into flour mixture and mix just until everything is moistened.

Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.  Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes or until top is browned and when a toothpick is inserted in the middle of loaf, it comes out clean.

Let cool in pan for 5-10 minutes and then transfer to wire rack.

Serve warm or completely cooled.... either way, it is good!

Enjoy!