Banana Bran Bread Recipes

ALL BRAN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degree C.
• Combine dry ingredients and add egg, water, milk and banana.
• Mix until well combined.
• Spoon into a greased loaf tin.
• Bake in oven for 30-45 minutes or until cooked when tested.
• Note- the original recipe says to cook for 45 minutes but mine was done at 30 minutes, so I suggest testing at 30 minutes so it dosn't overcook.

BANANA BRAN BREAD | BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit. Place a parchment paper on loaf pan and Grease the loaf pan with spray/butter
• In a wide bowl add wheat flour, all-purpose-flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; mix well and set aside
• In a separate bowl add cereal, banana, eggs and vanilla; mix well. Let the mixture sit for 5 minutes or till the cereal softens
• In Separate bowl beat butter and sugar on medium speed till both are combined well
• Add small quantity of flour, cereal mixture and mix well. Keep doing this till you add all the flour mixture and wet ingredients
• Add the almonds and give a final mix. Transfer the mixture into a loaf pan and bake for 30 -32 minutes or till the fork/pick comes out clean
• Remove from pan and serve it warm or cold

BANANA BRAN BREAKFAST BREAD

Steps:

• To make buttermilk if fresh is not available, combine 1 tbsp (15 ml) of white vinegar with milk.
• Preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C).
• In a large bowl, stir together bran, both flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, beat together buttermilk, brown sugar, butter, eggs, bananas, orange juice and peel.
• Fold into dry ingredients just until moistened.
• Stir in raisins and walnuts and spoon batter into a buttered 9"x 5" (23 x 13 cm) loaf pan.
• Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• For the adventurous:Add dried cranberries instead of raisins.

BANANA BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a muffin pan or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar together until fluffy. Add bananas, milk, vanilla and eggs; mix well. Stir in flour, bran, baking powder, soda and salt; blend just until moistened. Stir in walnuts. Pour batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool in the cups for 5 minutes, then remove muffins and place on a wire rack to cool completely.

BANANA BRAN ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Stir together the pumpkin, banana, egg, and egg whites in a large bowl. Beat in maple syrup, sugar, and vanilla; the batter should be a bit frothy. Stir in zucchini; set aside.
• Mix flour, bran, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and allspice in a separate bowl. Gradually add the flour mixture to the zucchini mixture, stirring just to moisten all ingredients. Over-mixing the batter will make it tough.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into squares.

BANANA BRAN BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease or spray 2 8" x 4" loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, mash bananas.
• Add eggs, vanilla, and applesauce and blend.
• Mash the bran cereal (not flakes) and mix with flour.
• Add remaining dry ingredients (except baking soda) and stir well.
• Dissolve baking soda in milk. Put this in a container bigger than one cup. It will foam up a lot. [make sour milk by adding 1/2 teaspoon of vinegar].
• Add milk mixture to rest of ingredients and mix well.
• Fold in nuts and pour into greased pans.
• Bake for about 1 hour and 5 minutes depending on your oven. Start checking for doneness at 55 minutes. (especially with Pyrex pans)
• For a moist bread, a toothpick should come out almost clean. Totally clean will mean a dryer loaf.
• After removing from oven, let cool for 15 minutes and remove from pans. Bread will freeze nicely.