Caramel Macchiato Banana Bread
It got cold here fast, started snowing, the wind was blowing. Although it's not winter, it felt like it, so I decided to turn on the oven!
While it was like this outside, I was inside looking for a new recipe to experiment with.
I bought some bananas when Elery's grandkids were here, they like them but decided to take a trip to a local orchard and so ate the fresh apples instead. So.....something with bananas, I never eat them and they were getting pretty ripe. I settled on Caramel Macchiato Banana Bread. I tasted the batter and it was kind of bland, so I added some espresso powder. The recipe already called for caramel chocolate coffee creamer, which I had also purchased while Elery's family was here, his DIL loves the stuff. Anyway, Elery ate the end piece first and said it was OK. I tasted it and it was, indeed, OK. The flavors covered up the banana, but weren't distinct enough to stand on their own, somehow.
I think I should have added some chocolate chips, but I didn't, so instead I used my "go to" addition, a smear of butter:
Better, but still no cigar. Maybe glaze? I made a batch of the caramel topping I posted on the cake mix thread and added that. Of course, I made two loaves, so I needed enough for both.
OK, now the top of the bread is better, LOL, but it still needs some help. I think I'm going to default to a smear of Nutella, and The Princess and Bud will be here tomorrow, so I'm sure they'll happily help me eat it anyway, especially with Nutella!
Annie
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