Making bread tonight and the house is going to smell lovely! Will also make some banana nut bread from all the bananas we save in the freezer for just such an occasion as this...they turn brown, they go in the freezer until we get enough for a double batch of banana nut bread. Got family coming out tomorrow, so will put on a feed.
This banana nut bread recipe comes out perfect EVERY single time, which has earned my ever loving respect for it over the past several years. There have been times in the past where I've had BNB come out too gooey or too dry, but if one follows this recipe exactly, it comes out perfect every single time. I LOVE that.
It's off a website called Simply Recipes:
Banana Bread
3-4 ripe bananas, smashed
1/3 c. melted butter
1 c. sugar(can reduce to 3/4 c. if wanted)
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 c. of all purpose flour
Preheat oven to 350*. With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix it in. Add the flour last, mix. Poor mixture into a buttered 4x8 loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack, remove from pan, and slice to serve.
*** I add pecan nut bits to this recipe, about a cup for a double batch of BB, as we like nuts in our banana bread, and it doesn't seem to change the perfection of the loaf when it comes out. Golden brown, shiny on top like it's supposed to be, with that little split down the middle. Perfectly moist throughout with just a little crust around the edges....Bliss! ****
