Good uses for Mushy Bananas

2 new recipes, since I apparently forgot that I bought bananas last week and for some unknown reason stuck them back in a lost corner of my kitchen! I'll probably find another recipe today, maybe muffins, something I can freeze, since I have 4 more bananas. Anyway, my wonderful 3 year old assistant and I made delicious banana cake and banana bread yesterday. Once again, I am happy to be vegan, we can still eat yummy food! And I just want to point out that, these came out of the oven around 4 yesterday afternoon and look how much has already been eaten!

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Dont-Look-Any-Further Banana Bread

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon vinegar
soy milk
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
1/4 tablespoon baking soda
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 medium bananas, mashed

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease/spray a 9 inch square baking pan; set aside.

Put one teaspoon vinegar in a liquid measuring cup and add enough soy milk to equal 1/4 cup; mix together and set aside.

Meanwhile, in a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients together; set aside. In another bowl, beat oil, vanilla, and bananas. Gradually add in dry ingredients as well as the soy milk mixture. Beat until smooth.

Pour batter into pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes until brown on top and toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Serve warm, if desired. (I obviously used a bread pan, and had to cook it for about 40 minutes.)

*Notes: You can add nuts or desired spices (like cinnamon). This can also be made in a standard size loaf pan (adjust cooking time accordingly).

Serves: 10

Preparation time: 10 min

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Banana Cake

Serves 8

2 cups unbleached all-purpose or whole wheat pastry flour 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup raw sugar or other sweetener 1/3 cup oil 4 ripe bananas 1/4 cup water 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Mix flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.

In a large bowl, beat sugar and oil together, then add the bananas and mash them. Stir in the water and vanilla, and mix thoroughly. Add the flour mixture along with the chopped walnuts, and stir to mix.

Spread in a non-stick or lightly oil-sprayed 9-inch square baking pan. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Recipe from Food for Life by Neal D. Barnard, M.D.; recipe by Jennifer Raymond.