Sharing "The" Recipe, and Another List

Earlier this morning, I had an incredibly strong urge to bake; so I asked myself, "Why fight it?? When will you actually have an opportunity to bake again??" I answered these questions by, well, baking of course!! :0)

However, this latest baking adventure of mine is not the subject of today's blog post - I will save that treat for my next post (which will appear on my blog later, during the upcoming week). Please stay tuned for that!!

As for today's post (which has two parts to it), I am starting off by sharing "The" recipe that quite a number of you have expressed interest in: The Peanut-Butter-Banana Bread recipe from my previous post.

I did not post the recipe in my previous post, since it was adapted from my all-time favorite banana bread recipe from the Veganomicon cookbook (the recipe that I always use, when baking a banana bread - and you know just how frequently I bake those, haha). But after receiving so many requests for my peanut butter variation of the recipe, and considering the fact that I modified the original recipe quite a bit (and always give the original recipe the credit that it deserves!), I figured that it would be okay to post my version after all.

Also, considering how much I rave about this recipe (and the cookbook itself) on my blog, the authors should appreciate the highly-favorable press, right?? So, hopefully I will not get sued for this - and if I do, at least all of you will still have a scrumptious loaf of banana bread to enjoy ;0)

So without further ado, here is "The" recipe:




**(Above is the photograph of the loaves again, just in case you forgot what they looked like, haha)**



VeggieGirl’s Peanut-Butter-Banana Bread

(**Adapted from the Lower-Fat Banana Bread recipe in Veganomicon cookbook**)




• 4 overripe bananas (reserve the smallest banana of the four, for the topping)

• 1/4 cup applesauce

• 1/8 cup canola oil

• 1/2 cup sugar (I used organic turbinado sugar)

• 2 teaspoons molasses (I used the Plantation brand of blackstrap molasses)

• 2 cups flour (I used Bob's Red Mill GF All Purpose Baking Flour)

• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1.5-2 cups natural peanut butter

• Nondairy "milk" of choice, added to the batter as needed (**Note: I used Living Harvest hempmilk, and ended up adding at least 1 cup of the stuff to the batter)



Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Lightly coat a 9"x5" loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.

In a large bowl, thoroughly mash three of the bananas. Then, add in the applesauce, canola oil, turbinado sugar, and molasses. Mix well.

In the same bowl, add in the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and peanut butter. As the mixture starts to thicken up/combine, add as much nondairy "milk" as you need (but not too much) so that the batter is mixable.

Pour mixture into the 9"x5" loaf pan (coated generously with nonstick cooking spray), add the remaining banana on top (in slices!!).

Bake for about 45-50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.

Makes roughly 10-12 slices/servings.





**And now, onto the second part of this post (if you have made it this far, haha):

I had so much fun filling out the Vegan 100 List, that when I stumbled upon a new (but similar) type of list (on Peabody's blog), I knew that I just had to fill this one out as well.

What is this 100 list for, you are wondering?? It is a Sweet 100 list!! And considering how much I love sweets (as evidenced by all of the baked goods I have made and eaten thus far, haha), I thought I would share with you which sweet treats I have delighted in, over the course of my lifetime.


First, here are the rules:

1.) Copy this list into your site, including the instructions!

2.) Bold all of the sweets you've eaten--or make them a different type color.

3.) Cross out any of them that you'd never ever eat.

4.) Consider anything that is not bold or crossed out your "To Do" List.

5.) Optional: Post a comment here linking to your results--or just post a comment letting us know how many you've tried, or what you're going to try next!



And now, here is...




**VeggieGirl's Sweet 100 List**



1. Red Velvet Cake

2. Princess Torte

3. Whoopie Pie - Indeed! We have a joke in the family about this treat as well :0)

4. Apple Pie either topped or baked with sharp cheddar

5. Beignet - While in New Orleans, years ago.

6. Baklava

7. Black and white cookie - While in New York City, years ago. It's one of those quintessential cookie varieties, for sure!

8. Seven Layer Bar (also known as the Magic Bar or Hello Dolly bars)

9. Fried Fruit pie (sometimes called hand pies) - I have eaten an Apple Hand Pie, to be exact.

10. Kringle

11. Just-fried (still hot) doughnut

12. Scone with clotted cream

13. Betty, Grunt, Slump, Buckle or Pandowdy - An Apple Brown Betty!

14. Halvah - also known as the "Turkish Delight."

15. Macaroons - in many different flavors, including Banana Split.

16. Banana pudding with nilla wafers - I really need to try this vegan version of it.

17. Bubble tea (with tapioca “pearls”)

18. Dixie Cup - major nostalgia with these little ice cream cups, since I used to share them with my grandmother (may she rest in peace).

19. Rice Krispie treats - seriously, who hasn't eaten these??

20. Alfajores - I have eaten the jam-filled ones, covered in powdered sugar.

21. Blondies - here, here, here, and here.

22. Croquembouche

23. Girl Scout cookies - considering the fact that I was a Girl Scout for many years, obviously the answer is a resounding yes, haha.

24. Moon cake

25. Candy Apple - perfect for the Autumn season, no?

26. Baked Alaska

27. Brooklyn Egg Cream

28. Nanaimo bar

29. Baba au rhum

30. King Cake - yes!! Such a colorful, traditional cake for Mardi Gras. I remember one year, I almost swallowed the plastic baby figurine that is baked into the cake, while eating my slice, haha.

31. Sachertorte - had some in Vienna, Austria.

32. Pavlova

33. Tres Leches Cake - topped with cherries! :0)

34. Trifle

35. Shoofly Pie

36. Key Lime Pie (made with real key lime) - had some in Florida.

37. Panna Cotta

38. New York Cheesecake

39. Napoleon / mille-fueille - a vegan version, actually!

40. Russian Tea Cake / Mexican Wedding Cake

41. Anzac biscuits

42. Pizzelle - used to top them with peanut butter.

43. Kolache - with a blueberry filling.

44. Buckeyes - a classic!

45. Malasadas

46. Moon Pie

47. Dutch baby - can't go wrong with a giant pancake! :0)

48. Boston Cream Pie

49. Homemade chocolate chip cookies - oooh yes! just do a search on my blog for "chocolate chip cookies," and you will find many posts featuring them.

50. Pralines - topped with peanuts, in Savannah, Georgia.

51. Gooey butter cake

52. Rusks

53. Daifuku

54. Green tea cake or cookies

55. Cupcakes from a cupcake shop

56. Crème brûlée

57. Some sort of deep fried fair food (twinkie, candy bar, cupcake) - thankfully, no.

58. Yellow cake with chocolate frosting

59. Jelly Roll

60. Pop Tarts - guilty as charged.

61. Charlotte Russe

62. An “upside down” dessert (Pineapple upside-down cake or Tarte Tatin) - thank goodness I was able to make a vegan version of the pineapple upside-down cake, since it is a traditional family favorite!

63. Hummingbird Cake

64. Jell-O from a mold - another "guilty as charged" treat (but aren't most of these?? haha).

65. Black forest cake

66. Mock Apple Pie (Ritz Cracker Pie)

67. Kulfi

68. Linzer torte

69. Churro - sprinkled with cinnamon, and filled with strawberry jam.

70. Stollen

71. Angel Food Cake

72. Mincemeat pie

73. Concha

74. Opera Cake

75. Sfogliatelle / Lobster tail

76. Pain au chocolat - in France.

77. A piece of Gingerbread House - yes, even though I ruined the gorgeous work of art.

78. Cassata - from an Italian restaurant in Little Italy.

79. Cannoli - another treat from Little Italy.

80. Rainbow cookies

81. Religieuse

82. Petits fours

83. Chocolate Souffle

84. Bienenstich (Bee Sting Cake)

85. Rugelach

86. Hamenstashen - I even worked up the courage to make some.

87. Homemade marshmallows

88. Rigo Janci

89. Pie or cake made with candy bar flavors (Snickers pie, Reeses pie, etc) - I have eaten a Reese's Pie, Snickers pie, Butterfinger Pie... I'll just stop there ;0)

90. Divinity

91. Coke or Cola cake

92. Gateau Basque

93. S’mores

94. Figgy Pudding

95. Bananas foster or other flaming dessert - Bananas Foster and Cherries Jubilee (another flaming dessert).

96. Joe Froggers

97. Sables

98. Millionaire’s Shortbread

99. Animal crackers - brings back memories of snack time, in kindergarten.

100. Basbousa



Now remember, all of the sweets that are in bold font are the ones that I have eaten over the course of my lifetime - so obviously, they are not all vegan (since I have only been a vegan since March 2007). But I still had fun realizing/revealing just how much sugar I have consumed over the years, haha! :0)