Category : Breads

Jalapeno-Cheddar Popovers

Ingredients

  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3 tbsp butter, melted
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • ¼ cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
  • 1 tbsp minced seeded jalapeño pepper (about 1 pepper)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 450. Make sure first 5 ingredients are at room temperature and then process in a blender 15 seconds or until smooth. Stir in cheese and pepper and let stand 30 minutes.
  2. Lightly grease 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray and place in a jelly-roll pan then heat in oven for 2 minutes.
  3. Spoon batter into prepared muffin pan, filling halfway. Bake 15 minutes.
  4. Reduce oven temperature to 375 and bake 8-12 minutes or until puffed and golden brown.

Banana Bread

Ingredients

  • 3 to 4 ripe bananas, smashed
  • 1/3 cup (75 grams) melted salted butter
  • 3/4 to 1 cup (145 to 190 grams) light brown sugar
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon (15 ml) bourbon (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon (5 grams) baking soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon (3 grams) cinnamon
  • Up to 1/2 teaspoon (1) nutmeg
  • Pinch of ground cloves
  • 1 1/2 cups (190 grams) flour
  • 3/4 cups each of choc chips and/or walnuts if desired

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, vanilla and bourbon, then the spices. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix.
  3. Pour mixture into a buttered 4×8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 50 minutes to one hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.