Chocolate Chip Espresso Banana Bread. Does anything about that sound bad in the least? We sure didn't think so, so we dusted off those mini-loaf pans we'd used last winter for holiday gifts for the neighbors and decided to give this recipe a try! It was delish in every way! We've already made it a second time!

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup bananas
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. milk
1 egg
1 1/2 c. flour
1 1/2 t. instant coffee powder
1 1/2 t. baking soda
1 t. salt
1/2 - 1/3 c. chocolate chips

Combine ingredients & distribute into mini-loaf pans. Makes 3 loaves. (The picture below is from a double recipe.)

I baked it for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

I found this recipe on a "From Scratch" website. I've got to admire the people who have multiple children, AND cook from scratch AND take time to blog about it AND, in those blogs, mention that they also think it's a great idea to have their own gardens, grow their own vegetables, and raise their own livestock!

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
2 t. oil
3/4 c. warm milk

Combine ingredients and knead until firm and soft. This took me about 5 minutes. Then I let it rest for 20 minutes.

I formed it into 8 balls and let them rest for another 10 minutes.

Then I rolled each ball as thin as I could (I was aiming to make 8" tortillas and usually got about 6-7") and then cooked them on a dry skillet for about 30 seconds on each side until lightly browned & usually a little bubbly. These weren't quite as flat as store-bought tortillas, but they tasted great and worked really well in a quesadilla casserole I made.