Banana Bread

Ingredients:

2 Cups flour

3/4 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoons salt

3/4 cup sugar

6 tablespoons butter softened

2 large eggs

2 cups mashed over ripe bananas (about 5 large)

1/2 cups chopped walnuts or chocolate chips (optional)

1/4 cup water

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour 9" by 5" baking pan. Combine flour, soda, and salt in small bowl. In mixing bowl beat sugar, butter, and eggs just till blended. Increase speed to high and beat 5 minutes until light and creamy. Reduce speed to low and add bananas and water, beat until well mixed. Slowly add flour mixture to wet mixture, mix just until blended. (stir in walnuts now if using) Spoon batter into loaf pan. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes until toothpick inserted to center of bread comes out clean.Cool completely on wire rack.

Note: Don't over stir once dry ingredients are in or you'll get a dry and dense loaf... 
You can also add chocolate chips to the batter instead of walnuts

Basic Crepes

Ingredients:

3 large eggs

1 1/2 cups milk

2/3 cups all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoon melted butter

Directions:

In a blender at medium speed mix all ingredients until completely smooth and no lumps then refrigerate batter overnight or at least one hour. Right before cooking whisk batter  thoroughly. In a 10 inch nonstick pan heated over med high. Brush pan with butter then pour scant 1/4 cup batter to coat pan. Cook crepe for 1 1/2 to 2 min until top is set and the bottom is lightly browned. (kind of like pancakes) Flip and cook about 30 sec or so till done.

Rosemary potato pancakes

4 medium potatoes, peeled, shredded, & drained of liquids

2 tbsp sour cream

1 tbsp flour

1 egg

1/2 chopped onion

1 tsp rosemary

salt and pepper

Mix and fry. You can top with Parmesan cheese and a dollop of sour cream ;)

Sweet Bread

Ingredients:

1 cup milk

1 large egg + 1 egg yolk

2 tbs butter

1/2 cup sugar

3/4 salt

3 cups bread flour

2 1/2 tsp dry yeast

Directions:

Warm the milk to about 110 degrees then add the sugar and the yeast don't mix, let sit for about 15 min.

In a large bowl mix dry ingredients. Make a well in the flour mixture and then add the wet ingredients. The dough will be very sticky.

After mixing, cover and let it sit in the bowl to rise 1-2 hours. Punch down then put into a round cake pan to rise again. Bake at 375 for 30-35 minutes.