Crumble Banana Loaf

It is the best banana loaf that I ever made. No kidding. I enjoy the crumble so much too.  If you have a sweet tooth, this is your recipe ;)

Ingredients

Loaf:

Egg                                     1

Brown sugar, packed             2/3 C

Overripe Banana mashed,      1C

Buttermilk / Sour milk            1/3C

Vegetable oil                        3Tbsp

Vanilla Extract                      1tsp

All-purpose flour                  1 2/3C

Baking soda                         1tsp

Salt                                    1/4tsp

Crumble (Streusel)  topping:

Brown sugar, packed                  1/4C

Flour                                         2Tbsp

Margarine / butter                      1Tbsp

Oat flakes                                 2Tbsp

Nuts/ cinnamon                       Optional 

Method:

1) Preheat oven to 350F.

2) In a bowl, mix in egg, sugar, banana, buttermilk, oil and vanilla extract.

3) In another bowl, stir flour, baking soda and salt.

4) Add the flour mixture into the banana mixture. Blend to combine.

5) Spray a thin layer of oil on a loaf pan. ( You can use any size of pan you want, however the baking time may be vary.)

6) For crumble topping, combine brown sugar, flour, oat flakes, butter and other ingredients that you want to add in a bowl, mix gently. Sprinkle over the batter. 

7) Bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer/ toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Don’t have sour milk? Don’t worry

To substitute, add 1tsp vinegar into1/3 C of milk, and let it stands for 5 minutes. It works the same! 

Home-made Waffle

Hmm.. Waffle ;)

Ingredients:

eggs (separated set aside)    3

all purposed flour                1 1/3C

baking powder                   2 tsp

salt                                     1/4 tsp

milk                                    1 C

vegetable oil                        1/3 C


Optional:

icing sugar, fruits


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Method:

1) Separate egg white and egg yolk in bowls
2) Combine flour, baking powder and salt in another bowl. Mix well.
3) Using beater beat egg yolk until thick, mix in milk and oil.
4) Heat waffle iron until it indicated the iron is ready.
5) Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar. ( ! important! mix in sugar in small portions and stir consistently)
6)Flod using spatula, flour mixture into yolks. Gentle stiring. Do not over stir.
7) Fold in beaten egg whites.
8) Pour batter into heated grill, filling about 2/3 full. Applied butter on iron if needed to help remove waffle when stream stops emerging from iron.

9) Serve with whipped cream, fruit or icing sugar. Enjoy!

Home-made Caramel Popcorn

Yummy Snack!

Makes 4 Cups popcorn

Ingredients:
Popcorn Kernel        1 C
Brown sugar             1C
Corn syrup/ Honey   2 Tbsp (30 mL)
Butter / margarine     3 Tbsp  (45 mL)
Water                      1 Tbsp  (15 mL)
Salt                          Dash
Vanilla Extract          1/2 Tbsp  (7.5mL)
Baking Soda            Dash ( about 1 mL) Be careful not to put too much!

Special Equipment:

Candy thermometer  ( can be purchased at Walmart, Zellar or some grocery stores)

Instruction:

1) Turned on stove to high heat. Heated up a frying pan or a high/ tall pot will give enough space for the kernel to pop.

2) Kernel will only pop under high heat. make sure you turn your pot is hot enough. You can put couple kernel to test. If they pop, then  you are good to go. Keep stirring kernel using a specular to speed up the process.

3) You don't have to pop your own popcorn, you can use the microwave popcorn, it will save you those two steps, but make sure it is unflavoured.

4) Set popcorn on a baking sheet that can hold some volume of liquid ( do use cookie sheet).

Caramel mixture:

5)Preheated oven 400F. Put all ingredients but vanilla extract and baking soda in a pot under medium heat, until butter melted.

6) Maintained on medium heat, insert thermometer ( do not touch the bottom of the pot). Keep stirring mixture under it reached between 250 and 270C

7) As soon as the mixture reached the appropriate temperature, immediately stir in baking soda. ( You may notice the increased volume of the mixture, be careful not to add more, or it will give a very bitter taste.)

8) Keep on stirring, meanwhile, stir in vanilla extract.

9)Quickly pour mixture on popcorn, and mix it well.

10) Put in oven for ten minutes, stir well. Repeat this step after another ten minutes.

11) Let it cools, then enjoy!


BE CAREFUL of the high temperature, Don't get yourself burned. Wear oven mitt before touching pots and pans.