February seems to me a perfect month to spend with a set of mixing bowls, baking pans, and a nice hot oven. Between the sweetness of Valentine’s Day treats and big, blizzard snowstorms, it is truly the heart of winter in New England. And nothing feels cozier than turning up the oven to warm the kitchen and filling the house with the smell of baking bread.
I became something of a Banana Bread aficionado a few winters ago when I began systematically trying every delicious-looking recipe I found in cookbooks and my favorite food blogs. I have tried adding pecans, crystallized ginger, chocolate chips, walnuts, and sometimes the recipes have even called for lemon juice!
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