Family Favorite Banana Bread Recipes

LARGE FAMILY BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and grease the bottoms of 4 large bread pans.
• In a large bowl, cream together sugar and butter. Add in eggs, bananas, milk, and vanilla.
• Add in flour, soda, and salt. Stir to moisten the ingredients, being careful not to overmix the batter. Lastly, fold in nuts (if using).
• Pour batter into the bread pans and bake 50-60 minutes, until nicely browned on top and pulling away from the sides of the pans.
• Remove bread from pans to a wire cooling rack. Cool completely before storing.

FAVORITE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease& flour 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder& salt in medium size bowl.
• Beat together butter and sugar until light colored, then beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Stir in vanilla, then stir in flour mixture, a little at a time with the banana& milk.
• Add 2/3 cup nuts, and pour batter into pan.
• Sprinkle remaining nuts on top.
• Bake for 1 hour& 20 minutes or until done (when a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean).
• Cool bread in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Loosen around the edges and cool completely on rack.
• Wrap tightly& store at room temperature.
• TIP: Make sure the bananas are ripe, or the bread will be dry& crumbly.
• The riper the bananas, the moister the bread.
• Bread is better the next day.
• Freezes well- up to 6 months.