I tinker in the kitchen from time to time pretending to cook. I am pretty lazy about it (some people might call that creative…so we’ll go with that). There are never really all of the ingredients that I need to create whatever item I’ve selected ….so I just use the closest thing in my kitchen at the time. It’s also cheaper that way (we’ll call that good for the environment because it allows me to rarely waste food. I think I’ve thrown out half a can of beans, the ends of a loaf, and a grapefruit this month.) Anyway, this laziness resulted on veering off drastically from the actual recipe this time – so I’ll call it my own and tell you about it!
I’ll write out the original recipe for your compare and contrast amusement, and after that, I’ll list what I used. The cooking instructions are almost the same … I’ll make notes on how they differ for you.
Original recipe (from Vegan Planet page 472)
Banana-Split Tea Bread
2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoons salt
3 medium-size, very ripe bananas, peeled and cut into chunks
1/2 cup soy milk or other dairy-free milk
1/4 cup corn oil
3/4 cup sugar or natural sweetener
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 chopped unsalted dry-roasted peanuts or other nuts
1/4 cup semisweet vegan chocolate chips
1/4 drained crushed pineapple
1/4 dried cherries
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly oil a 9×5-inch loaf pan and set aside.
2. In a large bowl, sift together the four, baking powder, and salt and set aside.
3. In a food processor combine the bananas, soy milk, corn oil, sugar, and vanilla and process until smooth. Add to the flour mixture and mix well. Fold in the peanuts, chocolate chips, pineapples, and cherries, then transfer to the prepared pan.
4. Bake on the center oven rack until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Allow to cool in a pan on a wire rack before removing from the pan and slicing.
Here’s ingredients I used….
Lavender, Goji, Chocolate, Banana Bread!
2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoons salt (pink cuz I’m on a new kick)
3 medium-size, very ripe bananas, peeled and cut into chunks
1/2 cup soy milk
1/4 veggie oil
3/4 cup sugar …the raw cane stuff
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
about a handful or so goji berries to replace the cherries
about a teaspoon or more dried lavender to stand in for the peanuts. Idk, it made sense at the time.
about a teaspoon or so cocoa powder to replace the chocolate chips
I pretty much did what the instructions said for the original Banana-Split Tea Bread recipe, but I added all three different ingredients (goji, lavender and cocoa powder) at the end (instead of the cherries, pineapple, peanuts, etc). Also, since my roommies were asleep, I mixed the bananas and milk and stuff with a whisk instead of a food processor, which made the mixture chunkier than I’d imagine it would otherwise turn out.
All in all, I’d say that’s a super different and new recipe and I’m very excited about it! It turned out delicious … enough so that I put it online for people to enjoy