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[Sooner]

I don't have a really stand-by recipe I love.  Do you have one you would be willing to share?

Some of them make soggy, wet bread that never really cooks, then there are some that make really dry crumbly bread.  I want a good moist loaf, but not soggy!!! 

If you have a great one, please share with us!  

[Annabellethecat66]

I just buy the box mix (Pillsbury, I think) and add fresh bananas and the liquid banana flavoring (for extra taste) then I sprinkle the top with a mixture of cinnamon and a little sugar.  A lot of people like them.

I make small one's for Christmas and give friends Christmas baskets.

When it gets closer I'll tell you guys how easy it is to make what looks like an awesome basket thingy.  I'm not real handy so if I can do it anyone can.

[qualitygal]

I have 2.  One my husband liked tried it 10/3/10.  The other I wrote "good" on and made it in 2/17/10.  I'll do the first one my husband liked. 

1 C. sugar

1/2 C. margarine

2 eggs

1 & 1/4C. bananas, mashed (2 large ones)

1 & 1/4 C all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking soda

* I added crushed walnuts.

Cream sugar & margarine together; add eggs & banana mixig well.  Stir in flour, salt & baking soda; blend thoroughly.  Pour into a greased & floured 9 x 5 loaf pan; bake at 350 degrees, for one hour to one hour fifteen minutes until done. 

Cool in pan for 15 minutes, remove to a wire rack and cool completely. 

[house_cat]

Yes!  Here's mine.. I've been using it for 35 years and I haven't found a better one.  

I also sprinkle the top liberally with cinnamon sugar before baking - it makes the most delicous crust.  Lately I've been baking it in a round Temptations baker - or a round layer cake pan.  We cut it more like a pie than a loaf, but DH and I prefer it this way.  

ETA: the original recipe called for chopped nuts, but DH doesn't like nuts, so I've rarely made it that way.

[NJgirl 1205]

I do not recall where I got this but I have been making it for the past 5 or 6 years to constant raves.  People beg me to make it and I have given the recipe out countless times.  It is super quick and easy to whip up in a few minutes.  No fuss, just mix it up and bake it off.

1/2c salted butter, softened
1c sugar
2 eggs
1c mashed bananas
1/2t vanilla
1/2c sour cream
2c sifted all-purpose flour
1t baking powder
1/2t salt
1t baking soda
Mix until smooth like a thick cake batter.

For topping mix in a separate bowl:
1/2c chopped pecans (optional but I always use them)
1/2c sugar
1/2t cinnamon

-In a greased loaf pan put most of the topping mix in the bottom. 
-Add mixture of bread batter.
-Add remaining dry topping to top of bread batter
-bake at 350 for 1 hour

[Big Joanie]

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@Sooner wrote:

I don't have a really stand-by recipe I love.  Do you have one you would be willing to share?

Some of them make soggy, wet bread that never really cooks, then there are some that make really dry crumbly bread.  I want a good moist loaf, but not soggy!!! 

If you have a great one, please share with us!  

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I will gladely share mine ...the one thing I will tell you is that the banannas

can't be rotten enough... the more rotten the better ....If I have some that

are not quite good enough to eat but are not ready to make bread I put

them in the freezer .. that does it for sure ....

Banana Bread:

1 3/4 cups flour

2/3 cup sugar

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. baking soda

1/2 cup shortening ( I use crisco-  butter or margarine is too liquid )

1 cup mashed banana

2 eggs .. slightly beaten

350 degree oven

Combine first 5 ingredients

With pastry blender cut in shortening

Stir in bananas and egg ....do not over mix ..mix should be lumpy

bake 55 minutes to 1 hour .. when knife comes out clean ....

Good Luck ....

[Big Joanie]

My family thinks its pretty fabulous....

[software]

The problem is usually not the recipe, it's the overcooking or undercooking.

I use @Annabellethecat66 's recipe, never get a complaint.   I add coarsely chopped pecans.

It also depends on the pan used.

Here's the recipe my mom used.   She made many loaves at the holidays and perfected it for her pans and her oven.   It's from Southern Living

1/2 cup shortening

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup mashed ripe bananas 

1/4 cup chopped nuts

2 cups AP flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

Cream shortening & sugar until light and fluffy.

Add eggs, beat well

Stir in bananas, mix well

Stir in nuts

Sift dry ingredients together and stir in.

Pour into a greased loaf pan, bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes

The variables in this recipe can be the moistness in the bananas.   Your ripe bananas may have more of less moisture than my ripe bananas, which will effect the outcome.  Also the recipe doesn't indicate the size of the loaf pan or whether it's glass or ceramic or metal.   Which again will effect the outcome.

Like most baking, it's really a trial & error.  

[Nightowlz]

Here's one that was posted on the forums with rave reviews. I have not tried it yet. I just need to buy extra bananas so I will end up with 6 very ripe bananas to use.

I think I found it.........

Banana Nut Bread

It starts off with Amish Friendship bread, but keep reading....

Maybe this is the one you're looking for?  It was originally posted by TiesThatBind and is one of the all-time-favorite Banana Breads posted here.

fuzzbe2000 posted 03/18/2010

Here's one that is really good!  Many of us here on Recipe Swap have tried it.  This was originally posted by ties that bind .................Penny

Banana Sour Cream Bread

....... you're probably thinking, 'Oh no! Another banana bread recipe!'  But this one is a little different: the sour cream makes this one so moist it melts in your mouth. The flavor is just wonderful! This one is great for gift giving and holidays. Loaves freeze well.

1/4 cup white sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3/4 cup butter

3 cups white sugar

3 eggs

6 very ripe bananas, mashed

1 (16 ounce) container sour cream

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 teaspoons baking soda

4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup chopped walnuts (optional) 

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F . Grease four 7x3 inch loaf pans. In a small bowl, stir together 1/4 cup white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Dust pans lightly with cinnamon and sugar mixture. In a large bowl, cream butter and 3 cups sugar. Mix in eggs, mashed bananas, sour cream, vanilla and cinnamon. Mix in salt, baking soda and flour. Stir in nuts. Divide into prepared pans. Bake for 1 hour, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

fuzzbe2000 posted 03/18/2010

On 3/18/2010 LotusLvr said:

Fuzz......that sounds really good....but, is the sugar amounts correct? You have it listed twice......1/4 cup then 3 cups...... sounds like a lot of sugar?

Yes, that is right.  The 1/4 C of sugar is mixed with the cinnamon and used for dusting.  I see that Chicagoan agrees with me (and many others) as to how good this is.  My biggest problem is getting the bananas to ripen fast.  Any tips?  I've tried leaving them in a paper bag.............didn't work!

Penny

[Big Joanie]

Put the bananas in the freezer ...that will do it ...they sometimes

even come out liquid ...but thats when they make the best bread ...