Hello, friends! Happy Wednesday. We are half-way through week #11 of our stay at home. Things are letting up here somewhat. But now I am so used to being at home that going out doesn't interest me that much anymore. Strange how people get used to things. I know I am feeling better without having to run here and there every day. I think the running around is going to stop or at least slow down even when things reopen. I feel as if I am getting old, but that's not possible is it?
I'm going to talk about baking today. It seems as if everyone is jumping on the baking bandwagon these days. Me... not so much. I like baking, but I don't like all the clean up that accompanies it. So I have baked only four things during this time.
The first thing I made was Amish Applesauce Bread. I wasn't sure how it would turn out but it was wonderful. I got the recipe from my Amish cookbook and I would definitely make it again. It made we want to bake more things from it.
The second thing I made was an apple dump cake. I made it because I had the ingredients in the house and I wanted something sweet to eat. I took a can of spiced apple pie filling that I was given and put that in the bottom of a greased 9"x13" pan. Then I put a yellow cake mix on top of it and spread it around to cover everything. Lastly I melted 3/4 cup of butter and poured it over the entire thing. I baked it at 350* for 40 minutes. It was very good.
The next thing I made was a banana blueberry bread. This was another recipe I got from my Amish cookbook. It sounded good and seemed easy to make. It was very easy. I mixed it all up and put it into the oven to bake. I baked it for the maximum amount of time and then let it cool according to the instructions. After 10 minutes of cooling in the pan, I turned it out onto a cooling rack. Some of it stuck to the bottom of the pan. And the middle of the loaf was still batter. I asked Joe the baker what to do. He told me to put it back into the pan and bake it a little more. I did. It didn't help.
We ate the baked part. What was baked tasted very, very good. But I probably will not make it again.
The last thing I made was a banana bread. We had bananas that were going bad and I had to use them fast. I googled "easy banana bread recipe" and came up with one. The recipe called for three bananas, but I put four into it to use them all up. I also read the comments and found that although it called for baking soda, most people found that it didn't raise with that and suggested using baking powder which seemed to work better. So I just put baking powder in.
It was good and didn't last long at all. I am not a fan of banana bread, but if I have bananas that I have to use up, I will be making this again. Here is the link to the recipe: Joy's Easy Banana Bread.
And it really is very easy.
So are you inspired to get into your kitchen and start baking? I'm thinking about it. But if I do, I think I will be using a mix.
See you all later. Have a wonderful day.
Kathy
