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Banana Bread

Last night it was a good cause for celebration as I made my first banana bread in my life. It is so delicious... Above all, it is so easy to make. Here is a recipe that I found online. I put it here and will try this one instead of the one from my cooking bible.

Ingredients
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas (about two of them)
  • 1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts preferred)

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
  2. Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
  3. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
  4. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar.
  5. Stir in eggs, mashed bananas, and nuts into creamed butter until well blended.
  6. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten.
  7. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
  8. Bake in preheated oven for 55 to 60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.
  9. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Another one

Orange rind and juice delicately flavor this bread. For a quick breakfast, spread toasted slices of this bread with reduced-fat cream cheese and top with thinly sliced strawberries, peaches, or kiwi.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup sugar (could be too much..)
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana (about 3 bananas)
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons grated orange rind
  • 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
  • 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
  • Cooking spray

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350º.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.

Place sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 1 minute). Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add banana, rind, and juice; beat until blended. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until moist. Stir in walnuts; spoon batter into an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

Yield

1 loaf, 16 servings (serving size: 1 slice)

Nutritional Information

CALORIES 178(27% from fat); FAT 5.4g (sat 2.2g,mono 1.3g,poly 1.5g); PROTEIN 3.1g; CHOLESTEROL 34mg; CALCIUM 11mg; SODIUM 170mg; FIBER 1.2g; IRON 1mg; CARBOHYDRATE 30.5g

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