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Blend dry ingredients in one bowl.
In another bowl blend sugar, oil, eggs, add mashed bananas. Then fold gently-into flour mixture.
Grease loaf pan before putting the batter in it. Sprinkle topping on and put in the oven. Crushed pecans make it good, too.
Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 hour.
Enjoy.
Source: Can't remember where it came from. It's been so long ago.
By Sally from Cincinnati, OH
It really is a Never Fail Banana Bread!
Beat margarine and sugar. Add remaining ingredients. To sour milk, add 1 Tbsp. lemon juice to milk.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour in 1 loaf pan or 2 small loaf pans about 45 minutes.
Check for doneness with toothpick, comes out clean if done.
Source: My Aunt Mabel, Wyoming
By Ann/latrtatr from Loup City, NE
This banana bread is soft and moist and so good. I want to share the recipe with my Thrifty Fun friends that can't have wheat flour.
Mix dry ingredients and set aside. Beat eggs well. Add bananas and butter. Add dry ingredients and stir until well blended. Add chopped nuts. Stir lightly. Grease bottom only (not sides) of loaf pan. Sprinkle bottom of pan lightly with cornmeal. Pour batter into pan and bake in 350 degree F oven for 60 to 70 minutes or until bread tests done. Cool on a rack.
Source: the "Alaska "Sourdough" Cookbook", 1976
By Copasetic 1 from North Royalton, OH
This is the best ever!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream butter and sugar. Mash bananas. Beat the eggs and add to the bananas with the vanilla and buttermilk. Mix well. Add to creamed butter and sugar mixture. Sift together flour, soda, and salt. Add to banana mixture, beat well. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9x5x3 inch loaf pans. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until bread pulls away from sides of pan. Cool.
By Jodi from Aurora, CO
This is one of my family's favorites.
This simple banana bread recipe is a great way to use up older bananas. My toddler loved it as much as I did.
Cream cheese, bananas, and pecans make for such wonderful muffins or bread loaves.
I found this banana bread recipe online but changed it up to make it healthier and better suit my taste. It makes one large loaf or 2 small loaves. Makes a great gift too!
A recipe for homemade banana bread. By Suzanne S.
A refreshing flavor to making good ole banana bread. Received comments such as "This is banana bread?" and "It tastes different". When it is baking, the aroma is wonderful. Family favorite.
Mix all together, adding banana, melted butter and pecans last. Put in loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour.
A delicious variation on banana bread that you are sure to enjoy.
The best and easiest and lightest banana bread.
Mix all ingredients together. Bake in a greased bread pan for 40 minutes at 350 degrees. This freezes well...
When I make this recipe for us, I cut the recipe in half and I either make 1 loaf, or approximately 10 muffins.
One of the easiest, most flavorful banana bread recipes ever!
My favorite quick bread!
My all-time favorite quick bread!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In large bowl, whisk eggs and oil. Stir in banana and vanilla. Add baking mix, sugar and walnuts; mix well. Stir in chocolate chips, if desired.
Recipe for Blueberry-Banana Bread. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease bottom of 9x5x3 inch pan. Mix bisquick, oats, sugar, bananas, milk and eggs in large bowl just until moistened. Gently stir in blueberries. Pour into pan.
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I am looking for a banana nut bread recipe for my bread machine. Does anyone have one that doesn't use wheat flour as an ingredient?
imaqt1962
Not sure if when you say "wheat flour" you are referring to all wheat products or all flour products. You might try swapping out the flour in the recipe for a bran of some sort - wheat, rice, etc. I would think you may need to use less bran than flour. Happy experimenting and good luck.
Banana Nut Bread is a quick bread that doesn't typically require yeast so your bread machine most likely won't make one. By quick bread I mean the dough is more like a batter that doesn't need to rise because there are baking powder/and or soda in it to help it rise. Your best bet is a good old-fashioned recipe that's baked in the oven.
Banana Nut Bread for the Bread Machine Recipe #96521
I got this recipe from my sister-in-law and it is to die for! Banana bread is a long time favorite in my house and this recipe won us all over....even grandma.
Banana Pecan Bread
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 extra large eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup mashed bananas
1/3 cup pecans or walnuts, finely chopped
1 servings 1 loaf Change size or US/metric
1 hour 5 minutes 1 hr prep
1. Into baking pan measure flour, sugar, baking powder, soda, and salt.
2. Add oil, eggs, sour cream, and vanilla.
3. Insert pan securely into unit; close lid.
4. Select"Cake" setting; press"Start.
5. "When beep sounds after about 5 minutes, add mashed banana and nuts.
6. Press"Start" again.
7. The"Complete" light will flash when cake is done.
8. (follow your machine's instructions).
9. Using hotpads, remove pan from unit.
10. Turn bread out onto cooling rack.
11. Cool; slice thinly to serve.
12. Makes 1 5x4-inch loaf.
13. Banana-Chocolate Chip Bread: Prepare bread as above through"Cake" setting.
14. When beep sounds, add mashed banana and 1/3 cup chopped chocolate chips.
15. Omit nuts.
16. Continue as directed.
I did try this recipe, our boys came home for the weekend and this turned out terrible, I dont know what I did wrong but it never did bake into a bread.
jamish
Would there be any changes required if I am to use egg substitute?
I am looking for an easy recipe for banana bread that can be used in a bread maker.
Thanks,
Michelle
Banana Bread - Quick Bread for Machines
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 eggs
2 bananas, peeled and halved lengthwise
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DIRECTIONS:
Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine.
Select the Dough setting, and press Start. Mix the bread for 3 to 5 minutes until the bananas are mashed and all ingredients are thoroughly combined. If necessary, use a rubber spatula to push the dough from the sides of the bread pan. When 3 to 5 minutes have passed on the clock display, press Stop. Do not continue mixing. Smooth out the top of the loaf with the rubber spatula.
Select the Bake setting, and press Start. The Bake cycle time may vary with machines, but should be about 50 minutes. To test the bread for doneness, insert a toothpick into the center top. Remove the toothpick. If the bread is done, the toothpick will come out clean. If there is dough on the toothpick, reset the machine on Bake and continue to bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes. Test again with the toothpick to assure the bread is completely baked. Remove the pan from the machine, but allow the bread to remain in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove the bread to cool completely on a wire rack.
hint: make sure the dry ingredients don't go over the reccomended amount for your machine.
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Banana Nut Bread for Machines
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup margarine, softened
2/3 cup milk
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup mashed bananas
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
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DIRECTIONS:
Spray bread machine pan with vegetable oil spray.
Premix ingredients in order listed. Place mixture in bread machine pan.
Select the Quick Bread/Cake cycle. Press Start. Check after 1 minute to see if mixture is well blended.
Cook until cake cycle stops. Remove pan, and cool completely before removing bread from pan.
Ingredients:
* Small Loaf (1 lb)
* 1 cup sliced ripe banana
* 1/3 cup buttermilk
* 1 1/2 tbsp oil
* 1 1/2 tbsp honey
* 1 1/3 cups White Flour
* 2/3 cup Whole Wheat Flour
* 1 tsp salt
* 1 1/4 tsp bread machine yeast
Directions:
SELECT loaf size. ADD ingredients to machine according to manufacturer's directions. SELECT white cycle and light crust setting.
By Anna
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This is a quick and easy recipe.
Grease and flour 2 loaf pans or spray with Baker's Joy. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
Mix all ingredients until combined. Divide between the two pans and bake 40-45 minutes or until loaves test done.
By indianlady from Boonville, NC
Combine butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla in bowl until thoroughly mixed. Add mashed bananas, cream or buttermilk, flour, soda, and salt. Beat until blended. Bake in greased pans in 350 degree oven until knife blade comes out clean or center springs back. You can add the little red and green candy cherries to this recipe for a festive, Christmas look!
By Robin
Make into 2 small loaves. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
By Robin
Grease bottom only of loaf pan (9x5x3 inch) Mix sugar and butter together. Add in eggs and stir until smooth. Add bananas, buttermilk, vanilla. Mix until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda, salt just until moistened. Add nuts if desired. Pour into pan and bake about 1 1/4 hours at 350 degrees F or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool completely before slicing.
By IMAQT1962 from ILLINOIS
Cream together first four ingredients. Add remaining ingredients and mix together. Place in 2 greased and floured loaf pans. Bake at 325 degrees F for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
By Robin from Washington, IA
By Robin from Washington, IA
Cream sugar and margarine. Add eggs and cream again. In blended add milk, soda, and ripe bananas. Blend until smooth. Pour mixture of bananas into the sugar, margarine and eggs. Mix. Stir in flour and mix. Grease the bottoms only of a loaf pan and fill with mixture. Let bread rest in pan for 20 minutes before baking. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Bread is ready when a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. Bread may be wrapped in foil and frozen.
By Robin
Post your banana bread tips and recipes below...
When I make banana bread I add any other fruit that is less than at its peak. Diced apples, berries or pears work well. Use yogurt for part of the oil. Freeze overripe bananas in their peels until you get around to making banana bread.
(06/13/2005)
By Linda
Freeze any fruits that are getting close to their prime, on a sheet of wax paper on a cookie sheet. Making sure none are close enough to stick together. Once they're all frozen, toss them all into a freezer bag. Where you can grab a serving just to eat on while watching TV (frozen banana chunks taste like ice cream! blueberries are good like this, even watermelon!), or grab a handful to toss in the blender when making smoothies! Experimentation is essential, what I might like, you might not. I've frozen pear, bananas, cantaloupe, watermelon, all kinds of berries. On the watermelon, don't let it thaw completely, but to eat it when still icy, it's good. Thanks to whomever ever put this idea in my head!
Happy Summer! (06/13/2005)
By badwater
With regard to freezing overripe bananas until you are ready to use, I say plan to do this before baking banana bread or muffins. Once thawed, there is a tremendous amount of juice, and so much flavor, that the finished product just explodes with flavor when you eat it. I rarely make my banana muffins with old bananas that are just lying around. Freeze them first - you won't be sorry. (07/07/2005)
By mrsmutt
The best banana bread recipe is in the Fanny Farmer cookbook. It has no fats or oils and is a moist, delicious bread. I make it without nuts most of the time. Aunt Sharon from Texas (07/08/2005)
By Aunt Sharon
I have tried a lot of banana bread recipes, but my favorite is based upon on a recipe in the cookbook entitled, A Slob in the Kitchen. I buy a date bread mix. I follow the directions on the box except I replace the liquid with buttermilk, add two very ripe mashed bananas, and stir in a cup of pecan or walnut pieces before baking. This is sooo good! (07/20/2005)
By SusannL
My banana bread is always dark on the bottom and the center never seems fully cooked what is the reasoning for this (06/20/2007)
By Gloria
If you ever TRY Pampered Chef products for baking you'll never want to go back to metal. The outer and bottom crust bakes a nice light brown color and is NEVER rock hard! They make a loaf pan and I use mine for breads. Wouldn't use anything else (06/27/2007)
By Heather, Ky
Gloria, you might try cooking your banana bread in a larger pan. This will make the loaf thinner, and may help it bake more evenly. Alternatively, place another empty baking sheet on a rack just below your banana bread. It should help shield the bottom of your loaf from the direct heat of the oven element. Cheers, and happy baking!
PS -I agree that the Fanny Farmer recipe is the best ever! (08/06/2008)
By Lisa
Instead of using margarine and flour to prep your loaf pans, try spraying with Pam and coat with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon. It gives an added zip and crust to any sweet breads (08/12/2008)
By Marie
I found this on Allrecipes and have made one or two minor changes:
EXTREME BANANA NUT BREAD (or muffins*)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour (or line with parchment paper) two 9 x 5 inch loaf pans.
Sift the flour, salt, and baking soda into a large bowl. In a separate bowl, cream together the butter (or margarine) and sugar until smooth. Stir in the mashed bananas, eggs, and walnuts until well blended. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry mixture, and stir just until blended. Divide the batter evenly between the two loaf pans.
Bake for 60 to 70 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted into the crown of the loaf comes out clean. (I cover loosely with foil if it starts browning before the center is done.)
Let the loaves cool in the pans for at least 5 minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack, and cool completely. Wrap in aluminum foil to keep in the moisture. Ideally, refrigerate the loaves for 2 hours or more before serving.
*For muffins, preheat the oven to 375 and bake for about 20 minutes. Use cupcake/muffin liners so you don't have to grease the muffin tins. (08/12/2008)
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