A friend of mine had surgery last week and I thought it would be nice to send her a loaf of homemade banana bread. I mixed up two batches, one for us and one for her. About 40 minutes into the baking Hannah came and said, "Your banana bread is running over."
I thought the pans looked fuller than normal when I filled them, but I have used this recipe for years without any problems... I did change it slightly, but exchanging the milk for a container of vanilla yogurt never caused an eruption before... I looked in the oven. Big blobs of batter were blackening on the oven floor while more continued to ooze down the edges of the pans.
I grabbed an old cookie sheet to catch whatever else might fall and turned on the exhaust fan. I rechecked the recipe which I had followed mostly by memory... "1 beaten egg..." Hm... I suppose two beaten eggs might cause a bit of a problem... and a rather big mess. Needless to say I will not be giving any of this particular bread to anyone living outside of my house. It has a very crunchy upper crust and a very moist inside, kind of like a banana pudding bread or Banana Bread Pudding... It would be wonderful served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, if I only had some.
I thought the pans looked fuller than normal when I filled them, but I have used this recipe for years without any problems... I did change it slightly, but exchanging the milk for a container of vanilla yogurt never caused an eruption before... I looked in the oven. Big blobs of batter were blackening on the oven floor while more continued to ooze down the edges of the pans. 
I grabbed an old cookie sheet to catch whatever else might fall and turned on the exhaust fan. I rechecked the recipe which I had followed mostly by memory... "1 beaten egg..." Hm... I suppose two beaten eggs might cause a bit of a problem... and a rather big mess. Needless to say I will not be giving any of this particular bread to anyone living outside of my house. It has a very crunchy upper crust and a very moist inside, kind of like a banana pudding bread or Banana Bread Pudding... It would be wonderful served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, if I only had some.
I hate it when this happens. But banana pudding bread sounds yummy!
ReplyDeleteIt was rather disappointing and yet comical at he same time.
ReplyDeleteOops!
ReplyDeleteOh I would like to try your Banana Pudding Bread...I like texture and crunch.
ReplyDeleteThe bad part is cleaning the oven after an episode like this.
The acid in the yogurt is what caused it to rise more than it usually does. OK to use yogurt, but half the amount! Buttermilk does the same thing for pancakes.
ReplyDeleteThey still looked very yummy though!
Thank you, Paula. I suppose the fact that I had to leave it sit a few minutes before pouring it into the pan, didn't help. Probably gave it even more time to rise. :(
ReplyDeleteI think it look yummy with the crunchiness on the outside!! Yum! I don't, however, like those messes in the oven when a problem like this happens.
ReplyDeleteI've been craving some ice cream. It seems nuts though considering the outdoor temps!
ReplyDeletePS - I had two dinner mishaps last week that meant I had to make something else. I wondered what God was trying to teach me :) Fortunately it was just that things weren't cooked enough so they became dinner the next night.
Sherri, I think we all have cooking disasters once in a while.
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