Bananas over Banana Bread

I grew up honestly thinking I HATED banana bread. But a few months ago I had some rotten bananas and I thought "oh what the heck..." I googled a recipe and low and behold out came a moist, sweet, delicious concoction! One sniff of that bready-goodness and I couldn't help but have a couple of slices   with butter melted right on top.  I ate that stuff like cake!  Soooo good.

I also learned that apparently banana bread is one of Brandon's favorites!  He lucked out because I probably wouldn't have ever tried it if we didn't have those mushy bananas hanging out on the counter-top.

I've figured it wasn't the banana bread I hated... it was the stale dry banana NUT bread old ladies from church would always give my mom for visiting teaching.  Dreadful stuff. Seriously like cardboard or something. ugh.

But this--- THIS... is GLORIOUS.

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs (beaten)

2 smushed overripe bananas

Directions:

1.) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175*C) and lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.

2.) Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.  

3.) Cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended.

4.) Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten.

5.) Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for 60-65 minutes. (Until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.)

Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Slice while still warm and top with butter.

EAT LIKE CAKE!

Happy Baking!

Cheddar and Ham Stuffed Crescent Rolls

Mmmmm... tasty!

Pillsbury Crescent Rolls have GOT to be one of the food world's greatest inventions. The possibilities are ENDLESS.  These beautiful, buttery, flaky rolls present themselves as such a deliciously simple platform for all things sweet and savory.

While crescent rolls are delicious on their own- they can also be heaven-sent when you are in need of a quick meal, snack, or even dessert!  For these rolls I laid out the triangles, shredded some cheddar cheese, and laid some small cut-up pieces of lunch meat ham on each one before rolling them up and baking them according to the package directions.  

I've also stuffed them with extra butter, cinnamon, and sugar. DELICIOUS!  

It's like a fail-safe foodie dream!  Add crescent rolls to just about anything and you're good.

Keep in mind that they honestly probably aren't the most healthy things for you. (pfft... but who cares about healthy when you have scrumptious! lol) I like to pair cheddar and ham stuffed crescent rolls with something fresh and light like a salad or some fruit.  It helps me justify all that buttery goodness.

Anyway- I'm not trying to push a product or anything, (Honestly I've used store-brand crescent rolls and they were just about as tasty. I might have not been able to tell the difference if I hadn't of known.)  but here is a link to the "official" crescent roll site where you can find all sorts of fun and tasty recipes utilizing this gluttonous dough!

I'm sure you can google "crescent roll recipes" an come up with all sorts of things too.

mmm mmm yummy yummy!

Happy Eating!