Banana Bread

Tonight I tried a new recipe for Banana bread. I bought this amazing cookbook by the owner and baker of Flour Bakery in Boston, and it is full of all these decadent recipes. I decided to start off with the banana bread since I had a bunch of bananas that were fully ripe. Anytime I make any type of bread I always just cream the eggs and sugar together for a minute or two, but with this recipe it states to mix for 4 minutes until the egg mixture is fluffy and airy. This makes sense to make a great base for the bread so it's not overly dense. Well the bread came out great and my house now smells wonderful. I hope I can keep the family away from it until tomorrow....doubt it.

In addition to making the banana bread I also made a brioche dough. I am planning on making sticky buns tomorrow and in order to make anything with brioche dough you need to make it the day before so the dough can proof overnight. This is not a dough you can make in a few minutes there are multiple steps and each part takes at least 5 minutes. The dough was probably mixing for over 30 minutes. I don't think my Kitchen Aid (my baby) has even turned so hot from mixing before. The dough looked like the description in the book. I guess tomorrow I will find out if it turns out good. Pictures will follow.