Christmas Banana Bread Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix the egg, sugars, butter, sour cream, and vanilla. Add the bananas, mash into the mixture.
• Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and mix. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar, flour, and egg.
• Pour half of the bread batter into a 9x5 inch (22cm x 12cm) pan, pour the cream cheese filling, smooth into corners, top with remaining batter.
• Bake at 350°F / 180°C for about 50 mins. Baking times may vary, so keep an eye on the bread.
• Allow to cool for 15 mins.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and margarine until light and fluffy. Stir in the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Blend this mixture into the egg mixture, alternately with the buttermilk; stir just to combine. Fold in the mashed bananas; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes our clean, about 60 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F Butter and flour one 8 ½ x 4 ½" loaf pan.
• Cream the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs and beat until combined. Beat in the bananas.
• Combine the flour, spices, salt and baking soda in another bowl, then fold in the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture just until combined; do not over mix.
• Pour into the pan and bake until a tester stuck in the middle of the banana bread comes out clean, 50-60 minutes.
• Let cool on a rack before removing from the pan.

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar in large mixing bowl.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Gradually addo to creamed butter.
• MIx in bananas; fold in walnuts, chocolate and cherries.
• Pour into greased 9" x 5" x 3" loaf pan. Bake at 350 F for 60 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to wire rack.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Beat in bananas just until combined. Stir in the walnuts, chocolate chips and cherries., Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 70-80 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

Steps:

• A couple of hours before baking, let the bananas thaw completely on a plate at room temperature.
• Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F. Spray an 8-by-4-inch loaf pan with nonstick spray and line with parchment, leaving 1-inch overhang on the long sides.
• Whisk the cake flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; Set aside.
• Trim the stems and tips from the thawed bananas then transfer the unpeeled bananas to a high-power blender or food processor; blend until smooth, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl; add both sugars, the eggs, butter and vanilla extract. Whisk until well combined. Fold in the dry ingredients until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips, if using.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan and bake until puffed up, golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and let cool completely on the rack.