Very Best Banana Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter one 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
• Whisk together the flour, pecans, granulated sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon salt and nutmeg in a large bowl. Whisk together the eggs, melted butter, buttermilk, brown sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl; stir in the mashed bananas. Fold the banana mixture into the flour mixture until just combined (it's OK if there are some lumps).
• Pour the batter into the buttered pan and lightly tap the pan on the counter to evenly distribute the batter. Bake until browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out completely clean, about 1 hour. Let the bread cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cream butter and sugar; mash bananas, beat 2 eggs and add to the bananas with vanilla and buttermilk; mix well and add to creamed butter and sugar; sift together flour, soda and salt; add to banana mixture, beat well; pour into 2 greased and floured 9x5x3-inch loaf pans; bake 45 to 50 minutes (I find this bread needs over an hour) or until bread pulls away from sides of pan; add topping.
• To prepare Topping: Melt butter in saucepan; add sugar and milk; cook until syrupy (like honey); remove from heat and add chopped pecans; pour over bread spreading to all the corners and place under broiler until bubbly and brown.
• Watch closely (this takes around 1 minute- maybe even less!).

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Spray two 9 X 5 inch loaf pans with non-stick cooking spray.
• Using your food processor, puree the bananas, then remove the puree to another bowl and set aside.
• No need to clean the work bowl of your food processor, just add together and blend well the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla.
• Takes about 1 minute.
• Measure and mix together, in a separate bowl, all the dry ingredients except the nuts.
• Return banana puree to processor work bowl.
• Add dry ingredients and blend, pouring in the coca cola as mixture is blending together.
• Blend until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Blend in nuts by hand.
• Divide mixture between the two loaf pans.
• Place loaf pans on a baking sheet in the oven.
• Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes OR until loaves test done in the middle with a toothpick.
• Let cool about 10-15 minutes then turn loaves out of pans to finish cooling.
• These loaves keep well or can be frozen.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, combine the eggs, bananas, oil, buttermilk and vanilla; add to flour mixture, stirring just until combined. Fold in nuts. , Pour into a greased or parchment-lined 9x5-in. loaf pan. If desired, sprinkle with additional walnuts. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours. Cool in pan for 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

Steps:

• Remove odd pots and pans from oven.
• Preheat oven to 350º / 180º.
• Cream together butter and sugar.
• Add eggs and crushed bananas.
• Combine well.
• Sift together flour, soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Add vanilla.
• Mix just until combined. Do not overmix.
• Pour into greased and floured loaf pan.
• Bake at 350º / 180º for 55 minutes.
• Keeps well, refrigerated.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Brush 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with additional Country Crock® Spread; set aside.
• Combine mashed bananas, Country Crock® Spread, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla in large bowl with wooden spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients until blended. Spoon into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes on wire rack; remove from pan and cool completely.

Steps:

• Mash bananas.
• Add sugar, oil, eggs, sour cream, vanilla, baking soda, and flour. Mix until well combined.
• Pour into greased bread pans until 1/2 full, reserve half of batter.
• Combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon.
• Sprinkle generously 1/2 of cinnamon/sugar combination onto batter.
• Pour rest of batter into pans.
• Sprinkle rest of cinnamon/sugar on top of batter.
• Bake at 350 for approximately 1 hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray one 9x5 inch loaf pan with non-stick spray coating.
• Blend together the eggs, buttermilk, oil and bananas.
• Sift together the sugar, flour, baking soda and salt. Add to banana mixture and stir in pecans. Mix well.
• Pour into prepared loaf pan and bake 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.

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.

Steps:

• Cream butter, sugar, bananas and egg.
• Mix all the dry ingredients together EXCEPT for the cinnamon and 2 tsp of sugar.
• Add the dry ingredients alternatively with the sour milk. Try to end with dry ingredients. Add vanilla.
• Preheat oven to 325.
• Now -- heres the yummy trick- mix the cinnamon and 2 tsp sugar. Then grease the loaf pan and instead of dusting with flour, dust the pan with the cinnamon sugar mixture. Then pour in the batter and bake for 1-1.5 hours until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle.
• Notes:
• Sour milk is 3/4 cup of milk with one tablespoon of milk removed and replaced with one tablespoon of white vinegar.
• I like to make my banana bread in a larger cake pan so it cooks faster.