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| Chocolate Banana Bread |
If you weren't hundreds of miles away you could've had one heck of a dinner (and dessert). I don't mean to toot my own horn, but this was delicious actually I can't even take credit for it. The credit goes to Aidells because they make a mean Italian style chicken sausage, yum. It has a bit of a bite to it so it went really well with my homemade marinara sauce and some spaghetti. It was a very hardy dinner, tasty too, but the real winner - the reason you're really going to wish you were here - is the banana bread. Wait, you have to see the dinner - it was so good.
look at all that greenness, it's even healthy
Back on track, this banana bread is so delicious. I had three over-ripe bananas that someone was urging me to use as soon as physically possible, fearing they'd start multiplying into little rotten banana babies I'm sure. I was confident they were just fine, perfect in fact, for what I needed them for just didn't know what that need was exactly. So I went to work trying to find something different from the usual banana dessert. I have tried a lot of different ways to bake with this fruit so any new suggestions are more than welcome!
The recipe actually stumbled upon me, just at the perfect time which of course means it was meant to be! I opened up my daily Better Homes & Gardens e-mail packed with mouth-watering recipes. Taking a quick glance at the page my eye was immediately drawn to a recipe called "Two-Toned Banana Bread". After suggesting the thought to hubby and getting the approval I was super excited to get this one in the oven. Chocolate and banana why didn't I think of that?
It had one of those faces that only a mother can love, and love it I did. Even though it doesn't look so pretty on the outside I still had high high hopes for it. Isn't it the best when you keep your faith in something and it turns out to be spectacular, you know - your "I told you so" moment. Well this is it told you so (just look how pretty that baby is.
And scrumptious too, moist and different but not exotic - you can't go wrong with this one. I urge you, try this when you have those evil bananas looking just a tad too dark hanging out in the fruit bowl glaring at you - you'll all be glad you did!
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