Mama Huang's Cookbook

Ingredients:

1 1/2 C AP flour
1/2 C WW flour
1 t kosher salt
1 1/2 t bp
3/4 C sugar

1 stick unsalted butter at room temp.
2 eggs
3 very ripe bananas, mashed

1 t vanilla extract
1/2 C chopped walnuts
1/2 C dried unsweetened coconut

Preparation:

Heat oven to 350 deg.
Grease a 9″x5″ loaf pan.
Mix together the dry ingredients, including the sugar in a bowl large enough for the final mixing of all the ingredients.
With a whisk, cream the butter and beat in the eggs and bananas in a smaller separate bowl. Stir this mixture into the dry ingredients, just enough to combine the ingredients (OK to have small lumps).
Gently stir in the vanilla, nuts and coconut.
Pour batter into loaf pan and bake for 45-60 mins, until nicely browned. A toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf will come out fairly clean when it is done, but because of the bananas this bread will remain moister than most. Do not overcook.
Cool on rack fro 15 mins before removing from pan.

by Alison Roman NYT Cooking

Ingredients:

2 C AP flour
3 T sugar
1 1/2 t bp
1 1/2 t bs
1 1/4 t kosher salt
2 1/2 C buttermilk
2 lg eggs
3 T unsalted butter, melted
canola oil for pan

Preparation:

Heat oven to 325 deg.
Whisk all dry ingredients together in a bowl.
Using the whisk, make a well in the center, pour  the buttermilk into the well
followed by the cracked eggs and the melted butter.
Starting in the center, whisk everything together, moving towards the outside of the bowl, until all ingredients are incorporated. Do not overbeat (lumps are fine).
The batter can be refrigerated up to 1 hr.
Heat a non-stick skillet on low for about 5 minutes.
Add 1 T canola oil.
Turn heat to med-low, and using a desired size measuring cup, ladle batter into skillet.
Flip pancakes after bubbles rise to surface and bottoms brown, 2-4 mins.
Cook until other sides are lightly browned.
Remove pancakes to a wire rack inside a baking sheet, and keep in heated oven until all batter is cooked and you are ready to serve.

4 servings

1 pack mini cucumbers from Sam’s (cut each into 8 long slim pieces)

1 T salt to get cucumber softened & juice out

2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup vinegar
1 T sesame oil
5  minced clove garlic

Sugar & vinegar ratio can be less sugar