DIY Project: Potted Banana Bread
The next couple of days on SMP are going to be SO fun. It’s finally time to show off all of the fabulous DIY favor projects that our readers have crafted and I have to say, these are some of the best we’ve seen. The first, was sent to us by Heather and is coined, “Potted Banana Bread”
So cute! Here is the breakdown and instructions…
Supplies
-ingredients for bread (any quick bread…doesn’t have to be this recipe)- grocery store
-medium sized terra cotta flower pots- Walmart $.45 each
-wax or parchment paper-grocery store
-pretty ribbon- craft store
Directions
(yields five medium potted loaves…multiply according to however many guests you’re expecting )
-buy meduim-sized terra cotta flower pots ($0.45 @ Wal-Mart). Make sure to take off any stickers and wash well. Stuff a small ball of wax paper into the drain hole in the bottom of the pot.
-make bread acording to directions: Kona Banana Bread
2 c. sugar
1c. butter (or 1/2 c butter, 1/2 c. Crisco)
3 eggs
6 very ripe bananas
2 tsp. baking soda
2 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 c. broken walnuts
Mash bananas in separate bowl. Cream together butter, sugar, and eggs. Add bananas and beat well. Add dry ingredients and mix only until smooth. Stir in chopped nuts. SEPARATE INTO 5 MEDIUM SIZED FLOWER POTS). MAKE SURE THEY’RE GREASED WELL. Put flower pots on a cookie sheet and bake @ 350 degrees for about 50 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean when poked in.
-Let cool on a cooling rack
Cut 8.5×8.5 squares of wax paper. Put over the top of the bread, and fasten with pretty ribbon.
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Love this idea! And, as a quick side note, Heather writes a pretty fantastic blog called The Coterie that you should definitely check out!
SO much more to come!
This is sooo cute. Cake in flower pots :-)
I just knew cake in preserving jars...
wow, this is so great, I had no idea you could use terra cotta planters to cook! :) Love the presentation!!
Absolutely adore this idea. Ridiculously cute.
Hey!! Thanks for posting this!! It's so fun to see my project up there!!
A great and delicious idea that can work as party favors at showers or even a tea party!
MMMmmmm!!!!!!
I would line the bottom with parchment paper instead of a ball of wax paper. that would plug the hole and no melted wax problems during baking.
This is so awesome. Somehow putting usual things in unusual vessels is just awesome. I want to make it and then do a knitted sleeve for the pot to add some color. I probably won't get around to it but a girl can dream!
What brilliance! I hope you don't mind if I share on my blog soon. Banana bread is such a great "welcome to the neighborhood gift," and somehow the pots make it so much more house-warm-y. Thanks!!
There was a restaurant in Columbus OH that was known for its flowerpot bread-just like this but regular bread-cant remember the name-I had forgotten all about that place til now-thanks for the reminder-love the idea
P.S. I bake with wax paper all the time-never have melting
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can you do this with cak as well?
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