Apple Butter Banana Bread Recipes

APPLE-BUTTER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease and flour bottom and sides of a 9x5 pan only about 1/2 inch up sides of pan and set aside.
• In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg until blended and set aside.
• In a medium bowl combine eggs, banana, apple butter, sugar and oil and blend.
• Combine egg mixture to flour mixture, stir just until moistened and pour into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350° about 45 minutes or until bread tests done with a toothpick.
• Cool bread in pan for about 5-10 minutes and then remove from pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
• It's best to refrigerate before serving.
• *** NOTE: For nut topping, mix sugar and flour together and cut in cold butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles course crumbs. Stir in nuts and top bread before baking.

BANANA PEANUT BUTTER & APPLE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
• In a mixer, cream peanut butter and sugars, and beat in eggs.
• Add sour cream, bananas and vanilla; and mix with a large spoon until blended.
• In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon. NOTE: Add an extra 3 tablespoons flour in high altitude areas.
• Gradually stir in to peanut butter mixture.
• Gently stir in apples.
• Spoon into greased bundt pan (or use a loaf pan).
• Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes.

BANANA APPLE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease two 7x3-inch loaf pans.
• In a bowl, whisk together 2 3/4 cups of flour, 2 teaspoons of cinnamon, the baking soda, and salt until thoroughly combined. In a separate mixing bowl, beat the melted butter with 2 cups of sugar until smooth, and mix in the eggs, one at a time, followed by the Greek yogurt and vanilla extract. Stir in the flour mixture just until incorporated.
• Fold in the bananas, apples, and chopped walnuts until combined; do not overmix. There should be small chunks of banana visible in the batter. Pour half the batter into each prepared loaf pan.
• Mix the brown sugar, 1/2 cup of white sugar, 1 tablespoon of cinnamon, 1/4 cup of flour, and 3 tablespoons of softened butter together in a bowl until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle half the crumb topping over each loaf. Garnish each loaf with banana and apple slices.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, then remove and cover each pan with aluminum foil. Return to oven, and bake an additional 15 or 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaves comes out clean. Allow to cool before serving.

APPLE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
• Cream butter and sugars, and beat in eggs.
• Stir in sour cream, bananas and vanilla.
• In separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda and cinnamon.
• Gradually add to butter mixture.
• Gently stir in apples and nuts
• Spoon into greased bread pan and bake 1 hour.