Hi, Bold Bakers. If you're anything like me, you always have a freshly baked
loaf of banana bread in your house. It's great to have to slice with a cup of tea.
But did you know you can take this simple banana bread and transform it into three completely
different amazing desserts, bread and butter pudding, a trifle and even french toast.
I am going to show you how
all of these written recipes can be found on my website we are going to start out with my
banana bread pudding. So to make your banana bread pudding, this is the first thing you do.
slice up your banana bread and cut it into nice small cubes. The smaller the cubes, the easier it
is for it to soak up the custard. Then place all your cubes of banana bread into a buttered dish.
Then in a separate bowl we are going to add in some bananas. Now you can get a masher
or you can use a fork which is mash up your bananas until they're really nice and fine.
Then into this we're going to add in our eggs, brown sugar, milk, cream, vanilla extract,
and a little bit of salt. And then just whisk all these ingredients together.
Now bring back in your banana bread and pour over your custard. What you want to do now is let this
soak for a minimum of 30 minutes I like to leave it as long as I can let that banana bread soak up
all that custard. Bake your banana bread pudding a 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 180 degrees Celsius for
roughly 50 to 60 minutes. Oh my gosh, I'm so excited for this smells amazing. If you push
down in the middle, it's firm underneath your finger you can tell that it's like fully cooked
through. It's lovely and bubbly. Oh my gosh. Absolutely delicious. You'll know when it's
done. It's golden brown on top and it's kinda like puffy. It's absolutely gorgeous. But you
know what, I'm not even going to wait for this to cool down. I'm just going to scoop myself some
get some vanilla ice cream action in there. And go for it. Oh my god, heaven. Sweet call sturdy,
baked warm, comfort foods. Absolutely delicious. And like pairing with vanilla ice cream.
This is this is just a hug for your soul. That bread pudding was absolutely delicious but I
want you to save room because right now we are going to make banana bread french toast. slice
up your banana bread around three quarters of an inch thick. You want thick slices for this one.
Then set them over to the side and in a bowl we are going to add in our egg yolks, milk, vanilla,
cinnamon, and salt. Then with the whisk just with these all together.
So lay your slices of banana bread into your custard. You want to let these soak for quite
some time, maybe 10-15 minutes, then flip them over and let them soak up on the other side. Also,
because the banana bread is thick, it does need a little bit longer to soak.
When you're ready to cook your french toast, put your pan onto a medium heat.
I did some butter let it get nice and Sisley and then lay in your slices of banana bread.
Let it cook for two to three minutes before moving it. Then flip it over when it's lovely and golden
brown and let it cook for another two minutes on the other side. Because your bread is thick,
you do want to make sure that you cook it all the way through. So give it a little bit more
extra time if you need to. So straight out of the pan. This banana bread is already amazing,
but we're going to make it even better with a little bit of maple syrup.
fresh strawberries. And why not a dusting of powdered sugar.
This simple breakfast looks really great, but let's see how it tastes.
Oh my gosh.
Why didn't I ever think of frying banana bread earlier.
It is warm it is really more used as kept shape. It's easy for like cutting into the maple syrup
on top of some strawberries a little bit of sugar. This is this is like the ultimate breakfast This
is next level french toast. Honestly the next time you get a loaf of banana bread, give it a fry up.
Okay, we are going to transition from breakfast to dessert here because the next thing we're going to
make is a banana bread trifle into your individual glass or dish adding your cubes banana bread.
Then on top of that to a generous layer of caramel sauce. So this is my signature salted caramel
sauce. And that recipe is on the website. Followed by some Crème Anglaise, some freshly sliced banana
and a big old dollop of whipped cream.
Now save room in the glass because we're going to repeat those layers again.
Banana Bread, caramel, Creme Anglaise bananas, whipped cream on top.
Do a little bit extra on top for garnish on your trifle is ready. Look at that,
taking a few simple ingredients, layering them all up. And you end up with this masterpiece.
And the best thing about this is that there's no waiting around. You can just dig right in.
I grew up with trifles. So not one bit surprised that I absolutely love this
and has different textures. It's really soft you have the kind of the texture from the banana bread
and from the fresh bananas in there. Then you've got this lovely silky creamy Crème Anglaise,
whipped cream and caramel sauce. I mean, heaven in a glass and all for me.
Thank you so much for watching. All the written recipes can be found on Bigger Bolder baking.com
and follow me on social media. I want to see what you make with your banana bread.