Mama's Banana Bread Recipe
Best Banana Bread Recipe
I always bake a number of these Banana Breads during the holidays, wrap them in colored plastic wrap and give them as gifts to friends and relatives. They look forward to homemade bread and it is a personalized gift that shows how much you care.
Rather than walking up and down the mall, fighting the crowds, and trying to decide what to buy for the holidays, why not bake a few Banana Breads and see the smile it brings to the faces of your friends and relatives.
Banana Bread Recipe
Ingredients:
2 C. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
3 ripe bananas
½ C. shortening
1 C. sugar
2 eggs
½ C. milk
½ C. chopped walnuts (optional)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Sift together: flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
Cream together: shortening, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs, one at a time until mixture is thick and lemony.
Blend together the bananas and milk. Add to the egg mixture.
Add the flour mixture slowly. Mix well.
Stir in the walnuts.
Bake in a greased loaf pan for one hour. Check with a toothpick inserted in the center. If the toothpick comes out clean, the banana bread is done. If there is batter on the toothpick, bake at five minute intervals, testing after each, until done.
Tip pan on its side on a cooling rack. This helps the banana bread keep its height. Remove from the pan while still warm.
This delicious Banana Bread also freezes very well, so double the recipe and make two. Freeze one for when you have unexpected company and eat the other one with a cup of coffee or tea. I cut up the banana bread into serving pieces and freeze them. Then I take a slice out of the freezer and have it with my breakfast coffee. It is an easy, yummy breakfast treat.
Resource: Personal Recipe File
Published by Karen Curley
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5 Comments
Post a CommentYum!!!!
I just bought a whole bunch of bananas and need a way to store them. This'll do just fine.
I am going to print out your recipe. It is great to pull a slice from the freezer and warm it slightly. Always happy to get a tried and true recipe, so thanks much for sharing.
Sounds delicious!
Love the idea of skipping the mall... I avoid ours like H1N1 this time of year. Would much rather give (or receive) banana bread any day : )