Banana/Blueberry Bread Recipe

Makes  9" square pan:

Preparation Time: 30 minutes

Baking Time: 30 minutes

3/4 cup softened unsalted butter

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 cups flour (I use King Arthur light whole wheat)

1 tsp baking powder

5 banana's mashed

1 cup blueberries mashed

1. In a large mixing bowl add butter and sugar, mix. Add eggs, make sure you mix well.  If the butter was melted in a microwave, make sure the butter temp isn't too hot or else the eggs will cook which is bad.
2. Add  banana's and blueberries, mash.  I use a potato masher in the bowl with the butter and sugar.
3. Add flour and baking powder (others recommend that this be done separately, but I'm lazy and try and mix it all in one bowl).  If the baking power is unevenly mixed, you'll get poorer results.
4.  Coat the pan with (spray) shortening
5. Bake at 350 (my oven isn't perfect so I use 360) for 40 minutes (or until a dipped toothpick comes out clean) 

Came up with this recipe yesterday 7/19 on the fly and came out great. Got a thumbs up from the kid crowd as well.

Cold Spring Travel Distances and Times to Manhattan. 


Red Light in Cold Spring to 87 (Nyack) is 27.3 miles and takes 32 minutes with no traffic.


Red Light in Cold Spring to George Washington Bridge is 44.2 miles and takes 48 minutes with no traffic.  To the tip of Manhattan it's 46.4 miles and 53 minutes.


Red Light in Cold Spring to Manhattan to 18th St and 9W is 56.2 Miles and takes 1 hr 10 minutes without any traffic. With light traffic on the 9W, it takes 1 hr 33 minutes.

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Data is as follows:

Exit	Time	Miles	Traffic
Cold Spring Light (start)	7:31	0	N
Palisades 13	7:57
9	8:03	27.3	60
N	8:08	31.5	60
4	8:12	36	64
2	8:14	38.9	64
1	8:19	44.2	64
GWB	8:24	46.4	64
Cross Bronx 13	8:26	49.3	N
W95th	8:30	52	N
79	8:31	52.7	N
42	8:34	54.7	N
30	8:36	55.2	N
18	8:38	55.9	N
9th Ave	8:40	56.2	N
18th & 8th (end)	8:41	56.4	N
16th & 8th (start)	18:04	58.2	N
Boat Basin	18:18	61.4	N
96th	18:25	62.3	N
125th	18:32	63.5	40
135th	18:37	65.2	slow
GWB	18:46	67.7	ok
9E	19:06	86.4	ok
15	19:16	96.6	fast
Garrison Lib	19:30	110.1	fast
Cold Spring Light (end)	19:37	114.1	fast