Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Banana Bread

Happy Hump Day, everyone! Thanks for checking out our midweek feature! Before we get down to business I want you all to know how much we are really enjoying this. Josh is enjoying his culinary freedom and I'm enjoying taking different approaches to the artistic side of things. It really is a win win win situation (the third win because we get to share it all with awesome people!). Today is a great day to be putting everything together too - the sun is still rising and it looks like the perfect spring day out of the bay window to my right, and the Lana Del Rey station playing on Pandora is right on key this morning. Enough of this. What do you say we move onto the food?!

This week we're putting a little spin on mom's classic banana bread recipe with some Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Beer - a brew with flavors of ripe banana and spicy clove.

Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Banana Bread

2 c. Sugar

2 1/2 c. Flour

1/2 tsp Salt

3/4 c. oil

3 Eggs

1 tsp Vanilla

1 1/3 tsp Baking Soda

1/4 c. Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Beer

4 lg. Bananas

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. 

In a large bowl, mix sugar, flour, and salt. Mixing by hand, add oil, eggs, vanilla, baking soda, and beer. It is best if you dissolve the baking soda in the beer. Mash the bananas separately and add to the batter. We separated the batter between two medium sized loaf pans (whichever you use, be sure to coat with butter or any nonstick pan spray!). Bake for about 50 minutes to an hour.

With this recipe, the loaves may appear darker before they are actually done so be sure to test with a toothpick and when it comes out clean you will know your bread is ready! 

Let the bread cool for a little before removing from the pans. Once you have removed the bread from the pans, slice and enjoy!

This is a great recipe that you can play with a little too - add some nuts or chocolate chips, and this bread tastes great warmed with butter or even cream cheese. Remember, food is an art and you can create so much more than you know!

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