{"id":4337,"date":"2012-01-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=4337"},"modified":"2012-01-25T08:18:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T13:18:49","slug":"sometimes-you-feel-like-a-nut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=4337","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut&hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wlWriterHeaderFooter\" style=\"float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; width: 450px; height: 80px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/widgets\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=4337\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Sometimes you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<div id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:eabf3d35-5c2d-40e3-bbb6-a25d3dd00d75\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"margin: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<div><object width=\"448\" height=\"252\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_TA3c1YqCiI?hl=en&amp;hd=1\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Okay, now that I got that out of my system\u2026\u00a0 Just try and get that song out of your head \u2013 go ahead, I dare ya!<\/p>\n<p>I had some very ripe bananas, one request for <a href=\"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/06\/buckeyes-and-baking\/\" target=\"_blank\">banana bread<\/a> with chocolate chips and one for banana bread with walnuts.\u00a0 The walnut dude didn\u2019t want chocolate chips and the chocolate chip dude didn\u2019t want walnuts (or so I thought).\u00a0 What is a girl to do?\u00a0 Well, I gave you a hint yesterday on my \u201cWordless Wednesday\u201d post.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_0432.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"IMG_0432\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_0432_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0432\" width=\"534\" height=\"410\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had \u00a0a new <a href=\"http:\/\/celiac-disease.com\/review-toosies-gluten-free-all-purpose-flour\/\">gluten-free all purpose flour mix<\/a> to try out, so I decide to use that as my flour.\u00a0 The flour, made by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toosiesglutenfree.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toosie\u2019s<\/a>, contains a blend of gluten-free flours and xanthan gum, but no leavening agents.\u00a0 I modified my Chocolate Chip Banana Bread recipe and got one of the best versions I have ever tried!<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Banana Bread (picky style)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>1 3\/4 cups Toosie\u2019s gluten-free all purpose flour (or any gluten-free flour blend without leavening agents)<br \/>\n1 tsp. baking soda<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. salt<br \/>\n1\/4 tsp. baking powder<br \/>\n5 TBSP butter<br \/>\n1\/2 cup granulated sugar<br \/>\n1\/2 cup light brown sugar<br \/>\n1 large egg<br \/>\n2 egg whites<br \/>\n1 1\/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 3 medium)<br \/>\n1 tsp. vanilla extract<br \/>\n1\/2 cup heavy cream<br \/>\n1\/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips sprinkled on top (I thought these would sink, as they did another time.\u00a0 Clearly, they didn\u2019t)<br \/>\n1\/4 cup chopped walnuts<\/p>\n<p>1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Coat 9\u00d75 inch loaf pan with Pam, set aside<\/p>\n<p>2. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder in medium bowl; stir to mix well.<\/p>\n<p>3. Place butter in large bowl; beat at medium speed until fluffy. Gradually beat in sugars; beat in egg<br \/>\nand egg whites. Reduce speed to low; beat in bananas. Beat in vanilla. Beat in flour mixture in 2<br \/>\nadditions alternately with heavy cream.<\/p>\n<p>4. Spoon batter into prepared pan; sprinkle with chocolate chips and walnuts.\u00a0 Bake 55 to 60 minutes<br \/>\nor until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes on wire rack; remove<br \/>\nfrom pan and cool completely on wire rack.<\/p>\n<p>When Jon got home from school, he came into the kitchen and immediately wanted to dig into the bread.\u00a0 He asked about the reason for the chocolate chip\/walnut division and I explained that he wanted chocolate chips, but Aaron wanted walnuts and no chocolate chips.\u00a0 Jon says \u201cI love walnuts!\u201d, to which I replied \u201cSince when?\u201d.\u00a0 Sigh.\u00a0 Whatever doesn\u2019t get hoovered by the boys will be mine.\u00a0 Jon even had the guts to ask for Aaron\u2019s part of the bread.\u00a0 No dice, honey.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=4337\"><\/div>\n<script><!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_div_class=\"linkwithin_hook\";\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 135270;\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts with Thumbnails\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you don\u2019t. 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