Mmmm, that scent?
It is autumn and he or she’s plucking her orange leaves from the branches for his or her final dance and tempting us all to stick with cinnamon and spice-scented meals.
Is not it ironic when your banana flip is identical day you end up within the kitchen for a couple of hours on the weekend? I rolled up my sleeves and set to work on a fall favourite: Apple Walnut Banana Bread. 
Grey and White Serving Platter (c/o Coton Colours) || Marble pastry board 
A heat Southern Saturday afternoon this previous weekend was spent doing what one ought to: open the door, breathe within the scented air, SEC soccer streaming within the background, sit back in an previous sorority hutch consuming native brews, and whip up ripe bananas and apples from an area orchard. Additionally a fall favourite.
Often my banana bread requires 3 bananas however unhealthy luck and destiny determined for me that an apple was going to be the third banana substitute, this time. If it is between you and me, this is perhaps the most effective banana bread I’ve ever made, so that you’re fortunate once more this time. 
Apple Walnut Banana Bread
For this recipe you will want:
1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (I take advantage of King Arthur)
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
5-8 shakes every of allspice and nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon floor salt
2 massive brown eggs, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature (I used Kerry Gold)
1 cup of sugar
2 additional ripe bananas
1 apple (I used Honeycrisp)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions:
In a medium bowl, sift collectively flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and salt; Whisk collectively eggs and vanilla in a big glass cup put aside; Grease a bread loaf pan put aside and preheat the oven to 350 levels Fahrenheit.
In a standing mixer (or in a big bowl with a handheld mixer), cream the butter and sugar collectively till gentle and fluffy*I regarded a little bit depressing and nonetheless turned out simply positive, no the beat Make your self up about it. Slowly pour within the eggs mixer whereas the beater is on low pace, till blended. Subsequent, add the banana and apple to the moist combination.
With a rubber spatula, fold within the flour combination till no lumps or white spots stay, then sprinkle within the walnuts and stir in a couple of extra. Switch the batter to the greased loaf pan, bake for 55 minutes (mine took an additional 5 minutes in an electrical oven), and take away when a toothpick comes out clear from the middle. Let cool. eat get pleasure from
So I used to be fairly skeptical about making this at first as a result of I’ve by no means added recent apples, however this banana bread batter handed the take a look at. When you’re not accustomed to the batter take a look at, it is the second when nobody is trying and also you clear the bowl along with your fingers as a result of the dough that properly The batter was nice, and if the bread wasn’t good, I might say so. You might or could not discover me sprucing off a second slice with my espresso on the way in which out the door to work this morning.
Completely fall and revel in all its flavors. Let’s eat.
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