Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

I spotted cute little bananas in a wet market after sending my daughter to her class. My impulse buying landed me with this delicious and super moist banana bread. Love the simplicity of this beautiful loaf with just simple ingredients and can be don in jiffy minus the baking time. The sweet fragrance of ripened banana lingered in every corner of the house The chocolate chip enhance the taste of the banana bread and lends texture on every bite.  This sweet banana bread makes as a perfect tea time treat or for breakfast with a genereous slab of butter.

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup chocolate chips
3 ripe bananas,mashed
3/4 cup granulated white sugar
1/4 cup plain yogurt
6 tbsp butter,melted & cool to roo  temperature
2 large egg at room temperature,whisked
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract

Methods

Preheat oven at 350'F or 180'C. Grease an 9'inch loaf pan and keep aside.

In a large bowl, whisk melted butter,mashed butter,yogurt,eggs,vanilla extract and sugar.

In another bowl, combine all purpose flour,salt and baking powder.

Add the wet ingredients into the flour mixture and fold gently.

Fold in the chocolate chips and mix till just combined.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 52-55 minutes or till a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.

Remove from oven and cool let it cool completely.

Slice and serve.

Cornmeal Thin Waffle

Waffles..the name itself sounds delicious. Just imagine waking up to the smell of crispy waffle on the Sunday morning. The lightly toasted waffles sprinkled with confectioner's sugar and topped generously with berries indeed something to look out for a great weekend breakfast. Instead of making an ordinary waffles, i added cornmeal to the basic waffle batter for a extra kick. The cornmeal gives the waffles the much needed crispiness and texture. The waffles were thin,crispy,golden and light. So next time when you have cornmeal in your pantry do give this cornmeal waffle a try and I'm sure you'll love them.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1/2 cup butter,melted
1/2 cup cornmeal
1 tbsp honey
2 eggs
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

For Garnishing

Blueberries
Strawberries
Confectioner's sugar


Methods

In a mixing bowl, combine all purpose flour,cornmeal,salt,cinnamon powder and baking powder.

In another mixing bowl, whisk together buttermilk,melted butter,eggs and honey.

Add the flour mixture into the wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Do not over mix its ok if there's a little lumps in the batter.

Preheat waffle iron. Scoop 1/4 cup of the batter and cook the waffle till crispy and golden.

Repeat with the remaining batter.

Stack the waffles, sprinkle with confectioner's sugar and garnish with strawberries and blueberries