Marks Banana Bread Recipes

MARY'S BLUE RIBBON BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Sift dry ingredients together.
• 2. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar well.
• 3. Add eggs and beat well until light and fluffy.
• 4. Add vanilla.
• 5. Mix banana pulp with sour cream.
• 6. Add pulp alternately with dry ingredients to butter, sugar, and eggs mixture on slow speed.
• 7. Scrape sides as needed.
• 8. DO NOT OVER BEAT. Beat only until combined. I then stir with a wooden spoon to make sure it is all combined.
• 9. Grease and flour a loaf pan, 9X5X3. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
• 10. Test with a cake tester. Do not test in the crack. Test off to the side. It should come out clean, but be careful not to over bake. You want a loaf of moist banana bread.

BANANA BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

MARK BITTMAN'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9″x5″ loaf pan.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the flours, salt, and baking powder; set aside.
• With an electric mixer, cream the butter with the sugar, then slowly beat in the eggs, bananas, and vanilla.
• Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and beat just until combined (do not mix it up too much), being sure to scrape down the edges of the bowl a few times. Gently fold in the chocolate chips (if using).
• Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 45 to 60 minutes (mine takes about 55 minutes), until nicely browned.
• A toothpick inserted into the center of the bread will come out fairly clean when it is done, but because of the bananas this bread will remain moister than most.
• Cool on a rack for 15 minutes before removing from the pan.

THE BEST BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x5 inch pan.
• Cream margarine and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs, then bananas. Add flour and soda, stirring just until combined.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 1 hour (or till toothpick comes out clean). Remove from pan and let cool, store in refrigerator or freeze.

BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan. Using electric mixer, cream butter until smooth and fluffy. Add sugar and cream together 2 minutes more. One at a time, mix in eggs. Mix in bananas until only small lumps remain.
• Stir dry ingredients together and mix into banana mixture just until combined. Pour into prepared pan. If making topping, stir ingredients together and sprinkle over batter.
• Bake about 55 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool in pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack and let cool completely before wrapping tightly for storage.

MARTHA STEWART'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
• With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs, beating well.
• Sift the dry ingredients together and combine with butter mixture.
• Blend well.
• Add the bananas, sour cream, and vanilla.
• Stir well.
• Stir in the nuts and pour batter into pan.
• Sprinkle with floured chocolate chips.
• Bake 1 hour until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Turn out onto rack to cool.
• Enjoy!

MARK BITTMAN'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9- by 5-inch loaf pan.
• Mix together the dry ingredients. With a hand mixer, a whisk, or in the food processor, cream the butter and beat in the eggs and bananas. Stir this mixture into the dry ingredients; stir just enough to combine (it's okay if there are lumps). Gently stir in the vanilla, nuts, and coconut.
• Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 45 to 60 minutes, until nicely browned. A toothpick inserted into the center of the bread will come out fairly clean when it is done, but because of the bananas this bread will remain moister than most. Do not overcook. Cool on a rack for 15 minutes before removing from the pan.