Best Special Banana Bread 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.

SPECIAL BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray two 9x5 inch loaf pans with non-stick cooking spray.
• Cream the shortening and sugar until light. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
• Sift together the flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Add to the shortening mixture and mix to combine.
• Thoroughly mash the bananas. Stir bananas into the batter then stir in the walnuts. Pour the batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until a wooden skewer inserted near the center comes out clean. Check with a wooden skewer every 15 minutes after 45 minutes of baking. It can take up to 65 to 70 minutes to cook.

SPECIAL BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except for brown sugar and beat on medium speed for 30 seconds.
• Pour batter into greased loaf pan and generously sprinkle top with brown sugar.
• Bake at 350 F for 55-65 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
• Remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
• Slice when cool.

LIGHTENED-UP SPECIAL BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and sugar until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture just until moistened. Fold in 1/2 cup pecans. , Transfer to two 8x4-in. loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with remaining pecans. Bake 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. , In a small bowl, whisk glaze ingredients; drizzle over loaves. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

SPECIAL BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Fold in 1 cup pecans. Transfer to two greased 8 inch x 4 inch loaf pans. Sprinkle with remaining pecans. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 to 1-1/4 hours or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. In a small bowl, whisk the glaze ingredients; drizzle over loaves. Cool for 10 minutes before removeing from pan.

SPECIAL BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• 1. In large mixing bowl, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar. Mix until light and fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time beating well after each egg. Add bananas and vanilla, mix well.
• 2. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt to creamed mixture. Fold in 1 cup of pecans. Transfer to 2 greased loaf pans. Sprinkle with remaining pecans. Bake at 350F for 1 to 1 1/4 hrs. Cool for 10 minutes in pan. Remove bread and place on wire rack. Drizzle glaze over bread.
• 3. Orange Glaze: Whisk glaze ingredients and pour over bread.

SPECIAL BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add bananas and vanilla; mix wel. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture. Fold in 1 cup of pecans.
• Transfer to two greased 8 x 4 x 2 inch loaf pans. Sprinkle with the remaining pecans. Bake at 350 for 1 to 1 1/4 hours or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• In a small bowl, whisk the glaze ingredients; drizzle over loaves. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

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.

SPECIAL BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one 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 two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Sprinkle with remaining pecans.
• Bake loaves, covering with foil if they darken too rapidly, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 1 to 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 paper under racks to catch excess.
• Cool completely.