Super Special Banana Bread Two Ways Recipes

SPECIAL BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas and vanilla. In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Fold in 1 cup pecans. , Transfer to 2 greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Sprinkle with remaining pecans. Bake loaves, covering with foil if they darken too rapidly, until a toothpick inserted in each center comes out clean, 1-1-1/4 hours. Cool 10 minutes before removing to wire racks., While loaves are still slightly warm, whisk glaze ingredients. Drizzle over loaves, using a baking pan or parchment under racks to catch excess. Cool completely.

VERY BEST BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325
• Beat the butter and sugar together until light and creamy
• Add in the eggs, one at a time, blend well
• Stir in the buttermilk, vanilla and mashed banana
• In a separate bowl sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon
• Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir to combine (low speed or use a spoon until just combined)
• Grab two loaf pans
• Line them with parchment paper (alternatively you can butter and flour your loaf pans)
• Pour an even amount in to each pan
• Bake for 65-75 minutes, turn the pans 180 degrees in the oven half way through cooking (so turn once the first 35 minutes have passed)
• Use a toothpick to check for doneness, center should come out clean, if it is still gooey continue cooking in 5 minute increments
• Remove from the oven, rest 10 minutes, transfer to a wire rack to cool
• Serve with butter, while the banana bread is still warm!

SUPER-SPECIAL BANANA BREAD TWO WAYS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°. Grease or spray 2 loaf pans. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar in one and dust as you would with flour. Sprinkle brown sugar in the other and dust.
• In a large bowl, mash bananas with a masher or by well washed hands.
• Mix next 11 ingredients (through pudding mix) by hand, first dissolving soda in buttermilk-- use a larger container as it will foam up quite a bit.
• Divide batter mixture in half. To one half add walnuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Pour into pan dusted with cinnamon sugar. To the other half of batter add chocolate chips. Pour into brown sugar dusted pan.
• Bake at 325° for 30 minutes. Sprinkle tops with cinnamon sugar or brown sugar.
• Bake an additional 30 minutes, or until toothpick comes out ALMOST clean. Totally clean will mean a dryer loaf.
• Let cool 15 minutes after removing from oven and remove from pans. Or, bake in tin foil pans and let cool, cover with foil, slide into freezer bags and freeze.