Last month it was Corn Bread.
This month itโs Banana Bread.
Hmmmmโฆ..
Are the Babes working on getting their โ5-a-dayโ?
Or is their creativity taking wings?
Who wants boring, old sourdough-whatever-bread when one can have Banana Peel Bread.
Yes, you read that correctly.
Why put your banana peel in the compost when you can put it in the bread?
And so they did.
They put it in the bread.
Along with cinnamonโฆ and some added chocolate or pecans or banana cream or persimmons or raisins orโฆ.
Some glazed, some powdered, someโฆ. didnโt use bananas.
You get the idea.
Elizabeth, of blog from OUR kitchen, andย our host kitchen this month, was intrigued by a friend raving about a banana bread recipe.
So she had to try, with modifications of course.
And then she tried again.
She succeeded with Wild Banana (peel and all) Bread.
Read about her exploits, and find the recipe onย blog from OUR kitchen. Plus youโll find all the details for baking along this month.
Thatโs it for January
Happy New Year Everyone!
The Bread Baking Babes
A Messy Kitchen โ Kelly
blog from OUR kitchen โ Elizabeth
Bread Experience โ Cathy
Feeding My Enthusiasms โ Elle
Judyโs Gross Eats โ Judy
Karenโs Kitchen Stories โ Karen
My Diverse Kitchen โ Aparna
My Kitchen In Half Cups โ Tanna
And meโฆ.ย Thyme for Cooking โ Katie
I am much too much of a traditionalist, I guessโฆ
That โ and I donโt like banana anything. Itโs strange because I like bananas as a fruit. But I intensely dislike anything with bananas in itโฆ no banana cream pie for me. I canโt stand the smell of them. I think it goes back to childhood, packed lunches sitting in a hot โcloak roomโ.
Ewww! Yeah, that would be so gross. I make a killer banana bread, and I love bananas, but the peels are so very bitter to me, I just canโt stand the thought of eating them. Maybe thin sliced and candied enough to hide the flavor almost completely, but that would be a stretch. No, not for me. And Iโm with you. I donโt like banana cream pie either.
When we buy bananas, to eat as fruit, I keep them in the pantry so I donโt have to smell them. Although, until they start getting really ripe they donโt smell.
I also canโt stand the smell of coconut โ too much of a coconut oil / sweat tone in my memory from beach days lol
Iโll try this again. (Apparently the blog thinks Iโm a robot.)
The banana peel has to be very very ripe; otherwise itโs too fibrous and too bitter. And it has to be purรฉed. If you like banana bread, I think you would like the addition of the peel. It makes it even more banana-y.
Me too. I loathe banana cream pie. Itโs revolting.
You know, I keep getting that robot check too. Repeatedly. I go back to my comment with the back button on the browser over and over and eventually, I wait it out and the robot quits, but this is something new.
I like pudding, but I have texture issues and for some reason the texture and smell of banana cream pie is just a huge nope for me. Ugh.
โAnd so they did.โ Ha. Some of them did. Because, like you, nightsmusic, there was a certain reluctance to stray from tradition. But going bananas is what BBBabedom is about, isnโt it? So itโs entirely correct that everyone peeled away (pun absolutely intended) and there was so much fast and loose playing with the recipe. ๐
Itโs always fast and looseโฆ. The bread sounds interesting but, with a different fruit for me.
I agree, โwho wants boring, old sourdough-whatever-bread when one can have Banana Peel Bread?โ Sometimes even us traditionalists (raising my hand) have to get out of our comfort zones.
And who ever decided one could use the peel?!?
It seems to be since at least 2019 and very possibly earlier. There is a 2015 Journal of Food Science and Technology article, โPlantain peel โ a potential source of antioxidant dietary fibreโ about the nutrition benefits of plantain peels. Bananas and plantains are definitely related, but I suspect that banana peels are decidedly sweeter than plantain peelsโฆ.
Rachael Linkโs October 2019 article โCan You Eat Banana Peels?โ in Healthline says:
[A]dd it to your favorite smoothie recipe or sneak it into your next loaf of banana bread. You can also try baking, boiling, or frying the peels, which helps soften their texture, making them easier to eat. Cooked banana peels make a great substitute for bacon or pulled pork in your favorite meatless recipes. They can even be added to stir-fries, curries, and sandwiches to help boost the dishโs nutritional value.โ
(For those of us who remember the 1960s, I gather that it is a myth that smoking banana peels will do anything psychedelic.)
I vaguely remember that from the โ60โs.
As to why the memory is vague? It was the โ60โsโฆ.
We really did enjoy it, peel and all! Going to make it again soon because Iโm out of buns. We would go through this faster than banana quick bread even.
Always good when the bread is a hit! Peel and allโฆ.