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Gluten Free Banana Nut Bread by PAM®

One of my husband’s favorite things to eat is banana bread. Unfortunately for him I don’t make it that often because my monkeys love banana’s. Something weird happened at my daughters birthday though. None of the girls ate the bananas and then my kids didn’t touch them either. Next thing I knew they were too brown for the kid’s. So what do you do with brown banana’s? Make banana bread of course!

This month with Allrecipes I was also working with PAM®, a kitchen staple in my house as their product works perfectly to keep things from sticking. They have a wonderful banana nut bread recipe that looked like I could easily make gluten free so I went to work. The Banana Nut Bread recipe has no sugar and uses honey as a sweetener instead. I was intrigued. Many quick bread recipes are loaded with sugar and some are simply too sweet. The only way around this is to play with the amount of sugar or try sugar substitutes and hope for the best. Using honey instead of sugar was a welcome change and ultimately a delicious change. The banana bread was not as sweet as most other banana bread recipes but not as sweet is not a bad thing. This banana nut bread recipe has a good ratio of sweet to balance with the banana that turns it into something special.

Make up a batch of this Gluten Free Banana Nut Bread yourself the next time you find yourself with some banana’s that are a bit too ripe! You won’t be disappointed!

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Gluten Free Banana Nut Bread by PAM®
 
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Recipe type: Breakfast, brunch, bread, quick bread
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Ingredients
  • PAM® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
  • 1¾ cups Gluten Free All Purpose Flour Blend
  • 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup honey
  • ¼ cup Pure Wesson® Canola Oil
  • 2 eggs or ½ cup Egg Beaters® Original
  • 3 medium very ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray; set aside. Stir together flour, xanthan gum, baking soda, cinnamon and salt with wire whisk in medium bowl; set aside.
  2. Stir together honey and oil in medium bowl until well combined. Add Eggs or Egg Beaters; mix well. Add banana and vanilla; mix well. Blend in flour mixture and nuts. Spread batter in prepared pan.
  3. Bake 55 to 60 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 20 minutes before removing from pan. Store leftovers in airtight container up to 3 days.

**recipe adapted from Allrecipes.com Banana Nut Bread by PAM®**

Johnsonville Amazing Muffin Cups

Easter is almost here! Although it is later this year how can it be that it is time for Easter already? I know many people who are having their oh crap moments and wondering what are they going to do for the day.  From putting together Easter baskets to planning Easter Brunch and dinner. This year I can say I am thankful for Johnsonville Sausage.  If you have read some of my other social media postings  then you may already know that my family loves Johnsonville Sausage. It is seriously some awesome sausage.  Well, I have discovered yet again another Johnsonville recipe that my family loves and it is perfect for Easter brunch! Johnsonville’s Amazing Muffin Cups are the perfect addition to any Easter brunch. They have a base of hash browns that are topped with sausage, cheese, red pepper, green onions and eggs. Sounds pretty good, huh?  Add some fresh fruit and you are all set to go with an amazing Easter brunch.

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Amazing Muffin Cups

from Allrecipes.com

Ingredients

  • 12 links Johnsonville® Original breakfast sausage
  • 3 cups frozen country style shredded hash brown potatoes, thawed
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • 6 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 cups shredded 4-cheese Mexican blend cheese
  • 1/4 cup chopped red bell pepper
  • chopped fresh chives or green onion

Directions

  1. Prepare sausage according to package directions. cool slightly and cut into 1/2-inch pieces; set aside.
  2. In a bowl, combine hash browns, butter, salt and pepper; divide evenly into 12 greased muffin cups. Press mixture onto sides and bottom of muffin cups.
  3. Bake at 400F for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven, divide sausage pieces into muffin cups.
  4. In a bowl, combine eggs, cheese and bell pepper. Spoon mixture evenly into muffin cups. Sprinkle with chives or onion. Return to oven, bake 13-15 minutes or until set. Serve.

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Easy Peasy Bisquick Free Sausage Balls

From the time I heard of Sausage Balls I knew I wanted to make them. I had one problem though, I never had Bisquick in my house. I just never buy it or think to buy it. I do keep self rising flour in the house though and I wondered if I could somehow use that. After a bit of trial and error I created some Easy Peasy Bisquick Free Sausage Balls and my family was in love. These little balls of cheese and sausage heaven are the perfect addition to your brunch and make awesome appetizers for game day parties. Try them out for yourself! One bite and you will fall in love with them yourself.
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Easy Peasy Bisquick Free Sausage Balls

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground pork sausage (regular or hot)
  • 8oz cream cheese, softened
  • 1 1/4 cup self rising flour
  • 2 cups Cheddar-Monterrey Jack cheese, shredded

Directions

1.Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2.In a large bowl mix sausage, cream cheese, flour and shredded cheese.
3.Once well combined form into walnut size balls.
4.Place sausage balls on a parchment lined baking sheet.
5.Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes or until the sausage balls are browned and no longer pink inside.