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Banana rolls

 You might have noticed the big hiatus in my baking like the end of this probably Ted Hughes poem where a room full of toys strewn here and there is about a deserted place.

Recently we had a spate of bananas. Didnt want to make banana bread and made somethign referred to as kela rabri without realising it. Made it with boiled milk, condended milk, ripe bananas and bonus coconut. Still there were more ripe bananas to use. Having found this banana roll recipe and confirming that we have yeast. I jumped into the preparation and was happy with the yeast doing its job. Later as we revise notes, I was going through the recipe and forgot that milk and butter went into it. Still it turned out great. I am happy to have broken the quiet spell of baking.

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