Nobody likes to see a couple of bananas go bad. Nobody. Recently my mom bought a bunch of the perfect fruit (i.e. bananas) for my nephew to snack on. I do not like real bananas. I do love artificial banana flavor (see: Now N Laters, Slurpees, & Laffy Taffy). However, the idea of bananas has grown so appealing to me that I'm trying to learn to love them. Reasons why I should love bananas:

* totally portable
*high in potassium
*can be eaten with peanut butter
*go well in smoothies

So when I saw that pair of bananas getting brown spots I decided to put them to good use. While I don't subscribe to any magazines, (let us mourn the slow death of print media), I do frequent Barnes & Noble and read through a few while drinking the smallest drip coffee available. Why buy the magazine when you can get the coffee for almost free? And a month or so ago Food Network's magazine had a section with an infinitely adaptable quick bread recipe. I loved the idea of being able to tweak the ingredients according to my mood and pantry so I broke down and bought the magazine. Over all the recipe was simple and the results were very satisfying.

My chosen mix-ins (PB not shown).

The dry stuff... cinnamon AND nutmeg!

Wet ingredients to be mixed separately.

All the wet stuff including the mashed bananas.
I stirred in the peanut butter during this time as well.

Add in the mix-ins....

put it in a pan.

I know there are no apples in this break but I liked the look of them in the shot.

And some for the road... a big thank you to my friends who always welcome a homemade baked good.