Best Better Banana Bread Recipes

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Grease the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of an 8x4x2-inch loaf pan; set aside. In a medium mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Make a well in the center of the dry mixture and set aside.
• In another bowl combine egg, bananas, sugar, cooking oil, and (if desired) lemon peel. Add egg mixture all at once to dry mixture. Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy). Fold in nuts if desired.
• Spoon batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with some cinnamon sugar (like you would use for cinnamon toast). Bake in a 350 degree oven 50-55 minutes or till a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove loaf from pan and cool on rack.

BETTER THAN GRANDMA'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• 1. cream sugar, butter, vanilla extract and salt
• 2. add eggs, bananas and applesauce. beat just till mixed.
• 3. add flour, baking soda and spices. mix lightly. add nuts and mix just till blended.
• 4. pour into greased loaf pan. bake in preheated 325 degree oven for 60 to 70 minutes till golden brown and knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• 5. remove from pan immediately and cool. drizzle with powdered sugar icing if desired.

BETTER THAN GRANDMA'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix first six ingredients in a large bowl.
• Melt butter and set aside to cool.
• If the bananas aren't overripe, slice and add to butter in a saucepan while it melts and the will soften and be easier to mash.
• Lightly beat 2 eggs in a medium size bowl and add the yogurt, vanilla, banana and butter and mix.
• Carefully fold banana mixture into the dry ingredients with a rubber spatula until mixture is combined. do not overmix.
• Pour mixture into a greased 9x5x3 regular loaf pan or a greased and floured non-stick loaf pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 55 minutes or until toothpick comes away clean on lower middle oven rack.
• Cool for 10 minutes before moving to wire rack.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

BETTER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (F) and adjust a rack to the center position.
• Lightly butter and flour a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan (regular or nonstick).
• Whisk together the first four ingredients in a large bowl and set aside.
• Place the eggs, sour cream, butter and vanilla in the bowl of a food processor.
• Process until the mixture is homogenous, about 30 seconds.
• Break up the bananas into 1 inch pieces and add them to the food processor.
• Pulse until the bananas are broken up but not quite puréed with small chunks remaining (about six 1 second pulses).
• Add the banana mixture along with the optional mandatory nuts to the dry ingredients.
• Using a rubber spatula, fold together until the dry ingredients are just moistened and no streaks of flour remain.
• Transfer to the prepared loaf pan and bake until the top is a dark golden brown with a cracked, domed top, and a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 55 to 60 minutes.
• (Start checking bread after 45 minutes.) Cool for 5 minutes before removing bread from pan.
• Continue to cool on a wire rack for several minutes more.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.