Banana bread

[mousme]

Okay, LJ folks. I need a kick-ass banana bread recipe. I know you all like banana bread, and I know many of you must have good recipes.

I have five medium-sized bananas sitting on my kitchen counter, and they're going to turn gooshy soon, so I'm going to make banana bread. (Hey, they were on sale at 19 cents a pound, how could I resist? I've already eaten three)

Anyway, recipes ho! :)

Comments

[griffen.livejournal.com]

Woot, and I just made banana bread yesterday! :)

OK, here's the recipe:

2 cups flour
3/4 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

4 large overripe bananas
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Optional: 1/2 - 3/4 cup chocolate chips, crushed/chopped nuts, and/or golden raisins

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Mix with a fork and set aside.

In another bowl, mash bananas until mushy. Add milk, egg, and vanilla, and any of the optional ingredients, and mix until completely blended.

Add dry ingredients to banana mixture. Mix until just combined.

Grease an 8-inch loaf pan. Pour batter into loaf pan.

Bake for one hour or until a knife comes out almost clean from the center. Cool on a wire rack, in the pan, for 10 minutes. Then turn bread out of pan and allow to cool completely.

[griffen.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's from The Newlywed Cookbook, by Robin Vitetta-Miller, by the way.

[meallanmouse.livejournal.com]

Banana Nut Bread

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cups butter, softened
1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, packed
2 large eggs
3 cups ripe bananas, mashed
1tsp vanilla extract

Optional : 1 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

Preheat oven at 325 F. Grease two 9 x 5 loaf pans. In a medium bowl combine flour, soda and salt with a wire whisk; set aside. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Add eggs, vanilla and bananas. Beat at medium speed until thick. Add flour mixture and walnuts. Blend until just combined. Pour batter into pans. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes (not sure on that baking time, better check as of forty-five). Bread is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

(Nuts are optional, chocolate chips can be used too!)

[swestrup]

My favorite Banana Bread is based on a recipe from "The New York Times Natural Foods Cookbook" which has been out of print since the late 70's:

1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar or raw sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cup unsifted stoneground whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon sea salt
1 1/4 cups mashed ripe bananas (2 large or 3 small)
1/4 cup buttermilk or yogurt

Preheat oven to 350.
Cream butter and sugar together until light and creamy. Beat in the egg.
Sift together the flour baking soda and salt.
Combine the bananas and buttermilk together, stirring just enough to mix.
Add dry ingredients alternately with banana mixture to butter mixture, stirring just enough to combine well
Turn into an oiled 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until done.
Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool on a rack.
Can also make 1 1/2 dozen muffins which bake for 20 minutes.
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Dang, that's made me hungry!

[swestrup]

Oops! I forgot to mention that we often add 3/4 cup of walnuts.

[sultrysong.livejournal.com]

Get Lu's! Get Lu's! (Then bring the result to my house.)

[joenotcharles.livejournal.com]

http://www.gbsfood.com has two - I haven't tried them, though.