Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Always a big hit is my favorite banana bread recipe:

Ingredients

2 c flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 c butter

3/4 c brown sugar

2 eggs, beaten

2 1/3 mashed over-ripe bananas (about 3)

2 c semi-sweet choc chips

Method

1. Grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan. Preheat oven to 350F

2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in eggs and bananas.

3. Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl. Stir wet ingredients and chocolate chips into dry ingredients just until moistened.

4. Pour into loaf pan and bake 60 mins.

Lemon Poppyseed Scones

By far my favorite scones ever. Tart, sweet, and super moist!

2 3/4 c all purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder
1 c sugar
1 tsp salt
Zest of 3 lemons
1 Tbsp poppyseeds

1/2 c butter (or fat substitute)
1 egg
Juice of 3 lemons
1/3 c sour cream

Granulated sugar for dipping.

1. Mix dry ingredients together.
2. Slowly add butter in small clumps to dry ingredients until sandy crumble.
3. Whisk together egg, lemon juice and sour cream. Add to dry just too mix.
4. Form into 9 loose balls, flatten slightly on cookie sheet. Dip top of scones into granulated sugar.
5. Bake 375F for 16 mins or until golden brown