August 12, 2016
Fabulous Friday Flavour: Granola Topping Banana-Date Bread
A few rotten over-riped bananas have been lying around at home and the kids have refused to touch them, let alone eat them. Can’t blame them. Those bananas were all black, soft and to the naked eyes, unfit to be eaten. The flies have been drawn to them.
The thing was, I cannot stand to throw them away. They may have gotten royally black on the outside, but when the skin is peeled off, they still look pretty good on the inside, albeit a bit mushy. Rotten Over-ripe bananas are always good to have at home because they make a very good ingredient for banana bread.
It has been a while since I made one too, perhaps more than 2 years ago.
At one point, I made so many of them week after week to get that Banana Bread perfection and the whole family OD-ed on them. I then started making Mashed-up Banana Balls, otherwise known as Jemput-Jemput Pisang and staved off the whole banana bread thing.
My banana bread has since has taken a massive hiatus and almost forgotten.
This time, not only do I have awesome black-looking bananas, I also happened to have a bunch of dates lying around waiting to be eaten. Cue inspiration from A Pug in The Kitchen’s Banana Bread that used enough granola to sprinkle on top, I’m roaring to go! You really need to check out her blog and follow her if you will for an awful lot of other mouth-watering recipes.
Me-thinks that there can never be enough of banana bread recipes. Also, I love how it just splits at the top when baked. That’s satisfyingly gratifying.
This is a quick–dirty-lazy version as the recipe is slightly different from the one I had so-called perfected before without the use of sour cream. It’s also a great recipe since it does not require the use of a mixer or anything that’s too complicated. Not too much mess or clean up required.
Using dates adds natural sweetness to the bread without having to use more sugar and it’s a great addition to the overall taste. The crunchiness from the granola is just heavenly and truly enhances the overall taste.
So, we have (almost) rotten bananas, dates and granola bread all moist and fluffy? Sign.me.up.
Thank you so much Ann, I love the granola topping on the banana bread and totally agree that you can never have too many recipes for banana bread. Love that you used dates in the bread. I’m a big fan of dates. Thank you so much for the shout out. Your bread is awesome.
Oh, don;t even mention it Suzanne and you are most welcome! Your post inspired me to try banana bread again. The granola is such a great round-up too! Love it! 😀 Thank you for the inspiration. It’s also interesting to try all the different variety of recipes I find and try to modify from there. 😀
I’m learning a lot from your great recipes ! This one is a great one and looks easy to make.I am so inspired to try this.Thank you for the inspiration Super Mama!
You are most welcome, Christina! Such a joy to hear you say that. I don’t think you can go wrong with this one – easy and quick to make! Hope you are having a wonderful time. Let me know when you try the recipe! xoxox.