Comments | what_a_crock: Banana Nut Bread

marythebandnerd in what_a_crock

Banana Nut Bread

Nov 19, 2006 12:31

I made this last night. It was done around eleven o'clock, and it was gone within twelve hours, during most of which my hubby and I were asleep. (Hence, the lack of picture-age.) It's moist and dense and so yummy... I couldn't believe it came out of a slow cooker. I plan to try it again today, subbing a can of pumpkin for the banana and adding ( Read more... )

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zette November 19 2006, 18:39:01 UTC

That sounds fantastic- I've been using a crock pot for a million years and still have not used it for baking. Wow! Let us know how the pumpkin substitution works out, would you? YUM

marythebandnerd November 19 2006, 22:04:30 UTC

Definitely try it! It's really awesome.
I will--I'll try to post about it tonight or tomorrow, if I get around to making it today. I've got at least six different pumpkin-y dessert things planned for this week. Yay for pumpkins. :D

soulview November 19 2006, 18:43:48 UTC

Did it come out baked flat instead of in a loaf?

marythebandnerd November 19 2006, 22:06:43 UTC

Kind of. My slow cooker's a 4qt oval, so it was an approximately 2 or 3 inch thick oval with a hump on top.

marythebandnerd November 19 2006, 22:26:30 UTC

But, y'know, if you had a loaf pan that would fit inside your crock, it might work to bake something in that. I haven't really looked into the Bread 'N Cake Bake Pan, but since the heat in an oven is indirect, I imagine cooking bread in a pan inside a slow cooker (but for longer because the temperature's lower) would probably work. Another experiment for me to try out sometime (assuming my loaf pan will fit in there)! :D

soulview November 19 2006, 23:36:57 UTC

Mmm, it won't last long so it doesn't really matter... haha.

what? seriously? thinkaboutme83 November 19 2006, 20:19:51 UTC

Oh my god, you can bake bread in a crock pot? this is news to me. A whole new world has opened up in my kitchen!

Re: what? seriously? marythebandnerd November 19 2006, 22:08:46 UTC

I'd heard of making cakes (specifically chocolate ones, for some reason--maybe because they're usually less delicate?) in slow cookers before, but when I found the recipes on the Crock Pot website, I *had* to try this.

Really, it's amazing stuff! Let me know if/when you try it out. :D

ktann November 20 2006, 01:04:20 UTC

Wow, this sounds so good! Please let us know how the pumpkin turns out, it sounds delicious. I started googling for bread recipes in the crockpot and could only find recipes for putting the batter in jars or cans with foil in the bottom of the crock. :(

marythebandnerd November 20 2006, 03:17:27 UTC

The pumpkin version is "baking" right now. It should be done in either an hour or two (jeez, could they be more vague on the time? :P). The batter was a *lot* thicker with the pumpkin, so I'm not sure how it'll turn out yet. Smells grea, though! :D

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marythebandnerd November 20 2006, 03:20:14 UTC

That could be really good. :D