banana beer bread

1 x ganary bread mix
1 x white bread mix
2 desert spoons cinnamon
3 bananas
80g pecan nuts
1 dozen fresh dates
50g sugar
generous squirt of maple syrup
1 bottle pear cider
water to suit

heat the oven to gas mark 6 and oil a couple of loose bottomed cake tins
mix the dry ingredients, chop the dates bananas and pecans and add.
mix in the pear cider and enough water to make a runny dough.

pour 1/2 the mixture into the tins, pour on a swirl of maple syrup, then add the rest of the mixture and bake till the bottom sounds hollow (45 mins approx). if the bottom and sides need to brown a little turn the cakes upside down on the loose bottoms and give them a little longer- this isn;t an exact science. Tastes yummy.

Easiest Bread Ever

I found this no knead bread recipe at Cocounut and Lime. I've tried it out a few times and it seems to be a very forgiving mixture. here it is altered a bit for UK readers.

Oil baking tray
Bake at 400 F 200C Gas Mark 6

1 lb (500g) flour.
1 0z (7g) yeast
1 1/2 tsp salt
goodly grind of black pepper
liberal sprinkle of paprika
1 bottle of beer ( I used Innis and Ginn cos it's on my list of Vegan Friendly beers)
1bunch of spring onions

I also added

chilli flakes
red onion
chopped olives
chopped red pepper

Mix together the dry ingredients, stir in the beer to make a dough.

I found it was improved by leaving to rise for about and hour though it did work without this.
Its a very runny mixture so I poured it into the tray and shaped it there with oiled hands. I used strong white bread flour with about a fifth of gram flour for added richness. It also works with a bread maker bread mix (added just some extra yeast, black pepper and the beer) and it came our much better than using the mix in the bread maker, though not as "loaf shaped".

I plan to try adding sunflower and pumpkin seeds to the next batch, instead of the onions and olives. I'll let you know how it turns out.