My ongoing quest to use a different cookbook every day brought me to this one that I picked up in Newfoundland back in June.
As a typical ex-pat Newf, I see the word Purity and I gravitate toward the object. It's a thing with us.
I had some ripe bananas sitting on the counter, just enough for banana muffins or banana loaf and figured I would find a recipe in this cookbook.
Unfortunately for me, I had forgotten that I had tried this recipe previously and was not a fan. One must consider that when this cookbook was originally compiled, times were a tad more frugal. Did you notice the very light hand with the sugar and the fat?? Blech! And the heavier hand with the baking powder. Double blech!
Now, they look okay when the come out of the oven.
But NOT to my taste. I like my banana muffins a bit sweeter, a bit more dense. I have a recipe from one of my Mom's elderly neighbours that I normally use for banana muffins. I think I'll be going back to it.
I DID try the muffins to be sure I didn't like them. AND....I was correct. But, inspiration came to me in the form of a couple of dollops of Nutella.
MUCH better!
And, so I don't make the same mistake again, I have made appropriate notes in my cookbook.
Does anyone else out there write in their cookbooks? I think it is a VERY important habit to adopt.
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