Baking out the Blues - the story continues

It has been another long tough week and all I wanted to do with myself this weekend was bake, again. Baking and cooking is my outlet. It keeps me on my feet, allows me time to let my mind relax, and it's just fun to be creative and adventurous with food. Sometimes I do get disappointed when all my time and effort results in a flop, but most of the time I'm really happy with the product, and that gives me confidence to continue to challenge myself and grow as I practice my skill.

Last week I baked like crazy. This week no so much. It was one of those weeks where every night I didn't know what to make for dinner and that just kills the cooking spirit for me. Mostly when that happens we eat cold cereal or I just say fend for yourself. That just adds on to the flusterment because then I feel like I didn't do my most important job for the day. I feel like a failure for the day if I didn't cook dinner. I think it's because I enjoy that routine for me-time.

Anyways....

After last week I wanted to pull out my crockpot because I've been trying to be more energy-conscious. I baked some black beans in the crockpot  for a gluten-free brownie recipe I wanted to try out. That result was really disgusting in my opinion. Instead of using flour in the brownies you use black beans. I wouldn't recommend that one. I was going to throw that away, but Brett had me keep them for a lesson he's giving his Sunday school class. I hope for that reason they will be a success, for whatever he uses them for.

My big baking success this weekend was the banana bread I baked in my crockpot. I am trying to learn how to bake with my crockpot, and I really like it.

 

You just have to get some kind of baking dish inside of a big crockpot (I used my little crockpot dish here; you could certainly use a loaf pan) and then fill the larger pot with a little water. Cover the whole thing and cook on high for 2 hours.

 WA LA!

Super moist and light. Melts in your mouth. Wish I had some walnuts in this bread. I don't know if I could eat oven-baked banana bread again.