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Breads · Breakfast

Banana Bread

Source
Recipe Keeper (handwritten, p. 93)
Cook
350°F, 55-60 min

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups flour
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup mashed ripe banana (2-3 medium bananas)
  • 1/3 cup shortening, butter, margarine, or oil
  • 2 Tbsp milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts

Steps

  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine 1 cup of the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  2. Add mashed banana, shortening, and milk. Beat with a mixer on low until blended, then on high for 2 min.
  3. Add eggs and the remaining flour; beat until blended. Stir in nuts.
  4. Pour batter into an 8x4x2 loaf pan. Bake at 350°F, 55-60 min.

Notes

  • A second, much simpler “shortcut” banana bread appears on p. 169 (built from a box of yellow cake mix) — kept as a separate recipe: see banana-bread-cake-mix.md.
The original: Banana Bread
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