Oppo, because I love you...

"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove) 08/15/2017 at 22:38 • Filed to: foodlopnik

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...I shall now share with you the best recipe for banana muffins*:

½ cup margarine

2/3 cup milk

2 eggs

2 ½ cups flour

1 cup sugar

2 ½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 ripe bananas

½ cup chopped walnuts

½ cup choc chips (plus extra for eating)

Throw everything into your kitchen aid mixer. What’s that? Don’t have one? Well, go out and get one now. Go on, I’ll wait. . .

. . . Okay, now blend it up nice. It helps if you freeze the bananas first and then thaw them so they’re nice and mushy. Bake in muffin pans prepped with cooking spray, and bake at 425 F—what’s that? You’re Canadian or European? We’ll get your calculator then, I’m busy here. Where was I? Oh yeah, bake for 20 min. Eat warm before your family gets the best ones. You’re welcome.

*adapted from the book that came with my Oster bread machine.

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 08/15/2017 at 22:43

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ooh, now I’m hungry...

Chariotoflove > Chariotoflove 08/15/2017 at 22:44

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Making a batch now. First day of school tomorrow, and I’m trying to soften the blow.

XJDano > Chariotoflove 08/15/2017 at 22:44

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You said to go and get a mixer. Waited then said to blend it. Why wait for a mixer I don’t even use?

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 08/15/2017 at 22:45

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I’ll save you one.

Oh wait, I just gave you the recipe. Make your own.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Chariotoflove 08/15/2017 at 22:46

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sub out the Nilk for Whiskey, you’re golden.

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 08/15/2017 at 22:46

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But I’m busy working now! Between you tempting me with banana muffins, and Honeybunchesofgoats tempting me with gin and tonics, this isn’t going well.

I want those things- not work.

Tekamul > Chariotoflove 08/15/2017 at 22:49

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1) Turn the flour into rolled oats
2) Swap half the sugar for an equal amount peanut butter
3) Drop the butter (the peanut butter’s oily enough)
4) Drop the temp 50 degrees
5) Thank me later

/EverybodysGotAFavorite

wafflesnfalafel > Chariotoflove 08/15/2017 at 22:54

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skip the chocolate chips, add peanut butter frosting

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Chariotoflove 08/15/2017 at 22:56

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Bruh, your muffins ain’t got nothing on my Mémé’s doughnut recipe:

Also:

Chariotoflove > XJDano 08/15/2017 at 23:29

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No muffins for you, Captain Pedantic.

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 08/15/2017 at 23:30

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[insert why not both gif here]

Chariotoflove > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 08/15/2017 at 23:31

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You better not be fucking with me, because I’m gonna try that.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Chariotoflove 08/15/2017 at 23:31

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Try it.

Chariotoflove > Tekamul 08/15/2017 at 23:32

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Alright, challenge accepted. Between you, me and the Kanuck, we have an old fashioned bake-off here.

Somebody call Food Network.

Chariotoflove > wafflesnfalafel 08/15/2017 at 23:33

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Okay, but why should I remove the chocolate?

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 08/15/2017 at 23:39

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It’s now 10:30, and I’m waiting on input from big $ consultants to finish my task for the evening. They were supposed to send their shit hours ago.

So hell yea— here’s a live look in at WilliamsSW’s status:

Chariotoflove > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/15/2017 at 23:40

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Hahaha! Do grandmas all buy their stationary from the same place?

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 08/15/2017 at 23:40

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I demand a full report - I’m confused, this seems like it shouldn’t work to me, yet it could be freaking amazing.

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 08/15/2017 at 23:42

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Night’s still young. You even out the levels between those two, and the job will get easier.

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 08/15/2017 at 23:43

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Oh, it’ll work for me. Mostly because I tend to overfill the measuring cup with certain liquid ingredients and then have to drink the extra.

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 08/15/2017 at 23:46

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I guess you can’t go wrong then with that attitude!

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 08/15/2017 at 23:46

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Working on it. Seems as though my pointed email to the consultants, copying the CFO, has done its job...

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 08/15/2017 at 23:50

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Shit- they sent a powerpoint, and not the damned Excel file. Back to balancing the levels...

Chariotoflove > WilliamsSW 08/15/2017 at 23:59

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Hehe. Tell me how it comes out in the morning. I’ll include you in my prayers.

WilliamsSW > Chariotoflove 08/16/2017 at 00:00

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I’ll need it - have a good night!

Stapleface > Chariotoflove 08/16/2017 at 06:33

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While this looks like a good recipe, I too have a different favorite. I prefer my banana in a bread over a muffin, but this can be adapted easily:

1 cup butter, softened

2 cups white sugar

4 eggs

6 bananas, mashed

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 cup lite sour cream

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

Prep 10 m

Cook 1 h

Ready In 1 h 10 m

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.

In a large bowl, cream together butter, sugar and eggs. Stir in bananas and vanilla. Sift in flour, baking soda and cocoa; mix well. Blend in sour cream and chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pans.

Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of a loaf comes out clean.

Also, good on you for trying to ease the blow of the first day of school. Another thing that I think pretty much every kid likes are rice krispie treats. Super easy snack/treat for them in their lunch.

I can’t take credit for the recipe above. It’s just one I’ve been using for the last 10 years or so that I got from allrecipes .

XJDano > Chariotoflove 08/16/2017 at 07:34

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I just don’t have a kitchenaide mixer. Never really had a need for it. Don’t cook much at home from scratch. It’s a wish list item though.

I’ll have to dig out my moms Cottage cheese pancake recipe. It’s made in a blender, I have one of those.

Jason Spears > Chariotoflove 08/16/2017 at 07:44

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margarine

You spelled butter wrong.

Chariotoflove > Stapleface 08/16/2017 at 12:19

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Allrecipes is good. The internet is there, I say why not use it to find what works before I try it.

My recipe was actually a quick bread recipe that came with the bread machine we got as a wedding gift. It works so well, it’s become my favorite. I adapted it to muffins so that I can make a batch and freeze them. That way, my girls can grab and nuke one for a quick breakfast or snack. I like yours though, especially with the sour cream. I may have to give that a try.

Chariotoflove > XJDano 08/16/2017 at 12:22

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Haha. I understand. While I was joking, the truth is that once I got my KitchenAid mixer, I couldn’t believe how I ever baked with out it. It’s so far above everything else on the market. But it is pricey if you don’t use it much.

Yeah, post that recipe. I’m curious to see how cottage cheese works into pancakes. I wouldn’t have thought of that.

Chariotoflove > Jason Spears 08/16/2017 at 12:26

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I knew some food snob would chime in about that. ;)

Sometimes I bake for family with dairy issues; so, I have standardized on margarine sticks. It works fine as long as you account for the salt content. When a recipe calls for margarine, I use margarine. When it specifies butter (which by definition to me means unsalted), I go get butter.

XJDano > Chariotoflove 08/16/2017 at 12:29

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Basically replace milk with cottage cheese, it turns out like a crape. But also easier to pour from blender

It’s made with Bisquick so it’s not gluten free, and since 1/2 my family is, we don’t have it any more.

Chariotoflove > XJDano 08/16/2017 at 13:17

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No problem for me. Bisquick is what I use. And I even just bought some fresh cottage cheese. Experiment time!

Stapleface > Chariotoflove 08/16/2017 at 13:39

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It’s a very flavorful bread. I make it a couple times a year and people always clamor for more.

XJDano > Chariotoflove 08/23/2017 at 07:43

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Blend in blender then pour on hot pan, then bubbles are pretty much pooped flip, I’ll butter and sprinkle powered sugar and stack about 5 high.

My mom says she some times will add more bisquick to thicken them up.

I’ll see about making some this Sunday.