As American as Banana Bread

I was never a banana bread person.

Then I guess I must have caught on to the fact that Germans don’t eat banana bread.  Banana bread is very American.

So naturally, I clung to it.  I started buying extra bananas just hoping they’d get brown before we could eat them.  If Martin has caught on, he has not said anything.  He likes banana bread.  He even bought me two of the above baking dish from Amazon for our anniversary.

I absolutely love their bright and bold color.  You probably didn’t know people could get so addicted to intense, bright dishes, did you?  White-smite, I say!  Let’s have some fun at our house.  (Here are our dishes in Germany in case you’ve missed them.  Warning: lovely bright alert!)

I lean toward following this recipe.  I couldn’t even wait to take a picture before we started slicing it up.  Sheesh!

It took me a while to pick these baking dishes.  A lot of stores seem to be carrying red ceramic dishes, but I picked these for both their shape and price.  (And with the gift card we received!)

Now they give me plenty of opportunities to make and give banana bread.  I’ve learned a few things about banana bread over the years:

  1. Fun dishes make it more fun to make and eat.
  2. The perfect hostess gift for American expats is banana bread.
  3. A scoop of peanut butter in banana bread batter is beyond fabulous.
  4. I can’t say point #3 very fast.  Can you?