Peanut Butter Chip Banana Bread

Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
½ cup unsalted butter
½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup packed light brown sugar
1 heaping cup mashed overripe banana (2 large or 3 small)
2 eggs, beaten
½-1 cup peanut butter chips (depending on how much you love PB), lightly coated in flour and coarsely chopped
Method:
Preheat the oven to 350F
Grease and flour a 9x5 bread loaf pan
In a bowl, stir together flour, salt, and baking soda
In another bowl and using a hand or stand mixer, cream the sugars and butter until light and fluffy
Add the eggs one at a time then mix in the banana puree
With the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients in 2-3 additions, mixing until just combined
Working gently, fold the peanut butter chips into the batter
Transfer batter to the prepared pan and bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Loaf will be dark golden brown and will not rise much. It tends to look pretty flat and like you may have made a mistake but fear not!
Remove from oven and allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes, and then transfer to a cooling rack. Cool completely before slicing. YUMMMM

Sour cream Coffee Cake

I made this cake for my residents that had to attend a lecture of mine at 7am. Sad!

Ingredients:
Cake:
1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups (300grams) sugar
3 large eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 cups (16oz sour cream)
3 cups (375grams) AP flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp table salt


Filling:
1 cup chopped toasted pecans
1/3rd cup brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp

Method:

- Generously butter and flour a 10-15 cup Bundt pan and preheat oven to 350F
- Mix dry ingredients in a bowl
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy then add eggs one at a time until incorporated. Add Vanilla.
- Add half flour then alternate with half the sour cream and mix until incorporated then follow with rest of flour and sour cream.
- Pour half of batter into bundt pan, add filling in an even layer. Pour remaining batter on top and cover filling
- Bake for 45-50 minutes
- Cool 10 minutes in pan before inverting on wire rack

Serve with powdered sugar on top. YUMMMMMM!