Whole Wheat Banana Bread

Well, for those that know me, you've often heard me rant and rave about my banana bread, and some might even have tried it. Well, today I felt inspired and I baked a loaf. It turned out to be some of the best banana bread I have ever made. You also know how stingy I am on my recipes, wellllll... No longer, I will post, right here, my recipe for Banana Bread! Ready?

You will need

-3 frozen bananas (frozen for at least a month(a week if your really in a rush))

-Medium mixing bowl

- a little over 1/2 a cup of sugar

-2 eggs

-1tbs salt

-2 cups whole wheat flour

-2 handfulls of raisins

-1 tsp cinnamon/nutmeg/poudre douce/ etc or a mixture of two or more

-1tsb vanilla extract

-1 tbs baking powder

-1 bread pan

-1tsp butter

-1 ripe banana

-1/4cup of hemp hearts

-2 tsp of icing sugar

Alright sounds like quite a load eh? It really isin't. So to start, get 3 bananas, I used organic but you don't have to, and put them in the freezer. Put down this recipe, write somewhere noticable, "Make banana bread in (insert amount of time ranging from 1-4 weeks)". Or you can use ripe, but I recomend freezing your bananas. They should last in the freezer for 2-3 months. When the day comes to make banana bread, take out your bananas first. Place them, peel still on, a appropriatly sized container and let hot water flow over them for about 2 minutes. Drain water and remove bananas, they should feel soft for about 5 mm. The tops will easily give way, just slide them out from the back into the empty and dry container. Once all three are there, fork until roughly seperated, put aside and start on the dough.

In the bowl, mix the sugar, the eggs and the salt. Add the floud and baking soda, mix well. Got back to the bananas mash well, until they form a pudding almost, no lumps. You can add your spices, extract and raisins to your banana pudding. Mix it with dough. Do not let your dough sit for too long or it will go very hard, might even suggest putting a wet paper towel over it to keep it from drying out. Butter the pan and put well mixed dough into pan. You should allow to the dought to rise a little. Not much at all.

Once in the pan, level it out with a fork, down the length of it. Add ripe banana slices to the top, down the middle. Sprinkle hemp hearts followed by icing sugar over the top. Let cook for an hour and fifteen minutes at 325f, Should slide out of pan when done. Best served a few minutes out of the over with a little bit of butter. Or serve cool, with soft butter to enjoy a more raisiny side of the bread.