a taste of honey

Like I mentioned earlier this week... I have been keeping busy in the kitchen. Today may have been the fourth morning in a row I walked by the fruit basket, in which sadly sat one blackened banana and two more headed in that direction. I wasn't the mood for banana. Not even a smoothie. But I was feeling frisky and got out the mixing bowl, did a quick search online and then assembled the ingredients I found here for a honey and walnut banana bread.

This recipe is a winner. I varied ever so slightly by using McCann's steel cut oats but the results were out of this world. I had to force myself to walk away before eating a third slice in a row.

Preheat your oven to 375* and starting in a large bowl, mix the following together until thick and still slightly lumpy:
~3 Ripe/over ripe Bananas mashed up
~1/2 Cup butter, softened (1 stick)
~1/2 cup Honey
~1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
~1/2 tsp vanilla
~2 eggs
~1/4 tsp Baking Soda
~1 tsp Baking powder
~1/3 tsp Cinnamon Powder
~1/4 tsp salt

In a smaller bowl combine the following (use only half the nuts):
1 1/4 cup of Flour
1/2 cup Oats
1 cup Chopped Walnuts

Pour the small bowl of dry mix in to the larger and mix until well combined. Transfer to a loaf pan or muffin tin and top with the remaining nuts. Bake for 40-45 minutes. Et voila!