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Blueberries in season: celebrate with this blueberry-banana bread

6 Comments July 26, 2008

This is Blogathon post #21 of 48 in support of the David Suzuki Foundation

Tis the season for blueberries! Your grocer should be brimming with bulk packages of bluey goodness by now. Ours was, so we used half of our container to make our favourite summer baked good: blueberry-banana bread, care of our trusty Betty Crocker cookbook.

Blueberry-banana bread

The one thing I’ve changed is the timing of the preheat. Most modern day appliances get to the set temperature in under 10 minutes. If that describes your appliance, follow the directions below. If you have an older oven that takes longer to heat up, preheat the oven as you grease the pans.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups mashed *very* ripe banana (3 medium ones should do it)
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup fresh (or frozen) blueberries

Directions

  1. Move oven rack to low position so that tops of pans will be in the centre of the oven. Grease bottoms only of 2 8″ loaf pans or 1 9″ loaf pan.
  2. Mix sugar and butter in a large bowl. [You can use your stand mixer from this point on, which is what we do.]
  3. Stir in eggs until well blended.
  4. Stir in banana, buttermilk, and vanilla and beat until smooth.
  5. Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt until just moistened.
  6. Stir in blueberries.
  7. Preheat oven to 350 F. Divide batter evenly between pans.
  8. Bake 8″ loaves for 1 hour or a 9″ loaf for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans on a wire rack.
  9. Loosen sides of loaves; remove from pans and place top side up on wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing. [We usually can't wait that long and start eating it as soon as it stops burning our tongues!]
  10. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature for up to 4 days or refrigerate up to 10 days.

Categories: Blogging for Social Change, Dessert, Food, Recipes

Comments

6 Responses to “Blueberries in season: celebrate with this blueberry-banana bread”

  1. Rebecca on July 26th, 2008 8:23 am

    Karen, doing great so far with blogathon, keep it up :-) !

  2. Marissa L on July 26th, 2008 8:24 am

    Hi Karen,

    I made some banana-nut bread lately and I used “Bisquick” pancake mix instead of flour, baking powder & baking soda. Also subsituted buttermilk with 1 cup sour cream. Try it for a change with your baking and let me know the outcome. Lovelots – Mom

  3. Marissa L on July 26th, 2008 8:32 am

    Karen,

    You’re doing great! Keep it up.

    xoxo

    Mom

  4. Karen on July 26th, 2008 9:10 am

    Rebecca: Thanks for the pick-me-up =)

    Mom: Good morning! Thanks for checking in. What’s in Bisquick?

  5. Marissa L on July 26th, 2008 9:30 am

    Good morning, Karen. Bisquick is a baking mix. It saves me lots time and energy. I don’t have to remember to add baking powder, salt and baking soda. It’s another cheat in my baking lately that tastes good. :-) Lovelots – Mom

  6. Feasting on blueberries with the BC Blueberry Council and Nu : Tiny Bites on August 24th, 2009 9:44 am

    [...] If you prefer banana bread, spice it up with blueberries! [...]

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