OceanAnnie
I guess I have a thing against
- Joined
- May 5, 2004
I have been making banana bread using Duncan Hines Extra Moist yellow cake mix. I wanted something quick and easy for all those bananas that go uneaten. My family goes in spurts with those things. Sometimes they are gone the same day I buy them. Other times they sit and start getting brown and that won't do. I use them up by adding them to the mix, and reducing the amount of water called for. Two loaf pans later, happy family.
I've since branched out. I made strawberry bread using the strawberry cake mix and adding strawberries that weren't being used. Really very good.
And I made the best apple bread using the Duncan Hines Extra Moist yellow cake mix. I diced up about 3-4 apples (took skins off) threw in about 2 handfuls of walnuts, about 2 handfuls of cranberries, 1 tspn vanilla, 1 tspn pumpkin pie spice , and since I love cinnamon I added another tspn of that. I used the immersion blender until smooth. So delicious!
I've also used dried apricots and believe it or not butternut squash (and zucchini)! I had bought some prepared butternut squash that the family did not like. At all. It came in a two pack. So I used the second package in a dessert bread. I think the butternut squash had nutmeg in it. It was wonderful. The family gobbled it up!!
The next bread I'm going to try is lemon (using the lemon cake mix). I have a container of Dole tangerines I'm going to use. I think I'll substitute about 1/2 of the water with the tangerine juice. The main thing to remember is to reduce the water some when you add the fruit.
The breads are gone in a snap around here. I try to have them handy for a quick breakfast or dessert. So if your fruit (and veggies) go uneaten, put it in a bread and watch it go!
I've since branched out. I made strawberry bread using the strawberry cake mix and adding strawberries that weren't being used. Really very good.
And I made the best apple bread using the Duncan Hines Extra Moist yellow cake mix. I diced up about 3-4 apples (took skins off) threw in about 2 handfuls of walnuts, about 2 handfuls of cranberries, 1 tspn vanilla, 1 tspn pumpkin pie spice , and since I love cinnamon I added another tspn of that. I used the immersion blender until smooth. So delicious!
I've also used dried apricots and believe it or not butternut squash (and zucchini)! I had bought some prepared butternut squash that the family did not like. At all. It came in a two pack. So I used the second package in a dessert bread. I think the butternut squash had nutmeg in it. It was wonderful. The family gobbled it up!!
The next bread I'm going to try is lemon (using the lemon cake mix). I have a container of Dole tangerines I'm going to use. I think I'll substitute about 1/2 of the water with the tangerine juice. The main thing to remember is to reduce the water some when you add the fruit.
The breads are gone in a snap around here. I try to have them handy for a quick breakfast or dessert. So if your fruit (and veggies) go uneaten, put it in a bread and watch it go!