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Whole Wheat Banana Walnut Pancakes

I’m accomplishing things today! I have a double batch of Light Brioche Burger Buns on the rise for a 4th of July BBQ tomorrow at my best friend in the world’s house and I even made these pancakes for breakfast. These pancakes are hearty … as in a burley dude would like them. They have both whole wheat flour and corn meal in them and not a speck of white flour. They are so good…

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Roasted Banana Bread

When you make this banana bread, just consider the oven a banana tanning bed. In a mere 15 minutes they have bronze beach bodies … and on top of all that, the fruit turns into a caramelized dream. I fell in love with roasted bananas back when I madeĀ Roasted Banana Cupcakes. So I decided to take my mom’s classic banana bread and roast the bananas. Then I added a bit of cinnamon. The next thing…

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Banana Dream Pie

So I guess I’m the type of girl who will get up at 7 am solely to make whipped cream to top a pie to eat for breakfast. That’s just what needs to happens when a pie is assembled 10:30 pm, but it has to chill in the fridge for a couple hours before slices can be pretty. I guess I’m the type of girl who gets bullied by pie crust sometimes and learns the…

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Roasted Banana Cupcakes with Honey-Cinnamon Frosting

I saw a guy eating nachos over the weekend. Then I saw that same guy dunking tortilla chips in ketchup instead of nacho cheese. Ketchup people? That’s just gross. These cupcakes, on the other hand, are the opposite of gross. Even people who think bananas are gross, love these. At least one lovely banana-hater that I know, sure loved her cupcake despite the whole banana-hating thing. So it turns out the art director I’ve been…

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Mini Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Even banana chocolate chip muffins have hearts. Mini Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe adapted from my Mom’s classic banana bread Ingredients: 2-3 mashed over ripe bananas 2 1/2 cups flour 1 cup sugar 3 1/2 t baking powder 1 t salt 3 T oil 3/4 cup milk 1 egg 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips + some melted for drizzling purposes Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray mini muffin tins with cooking spray. In…

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