Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Banana bread recipe needed
Over the years I've mananged to foil every banana recipe I've tried. Once, I was so proud of the perfect loaf that came out of oven only to watch the insides splat on my cooling rack when I tipped it over to remove it from its pan. I did almost cry on this round. Last night's round was semi successful. The loaf looks pretty, the consistency perfect, flavor good, but unless you have a load of milk to wash it down it isn't so good. Why is my banana bread dry? Do you have the secret?
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Here is one that has worked for my family for years. It's an old Polish recipe:
1 cup mashed bananas (very ripe)
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup margarine (I use butter)
1 1/3 cups white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 1 9x13 pan or 2 7x3in loaf pans
2. Combine banana and sour cream. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and banana mixture. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt; stir into the banana mixture. Spread batter evenly into the prepared pan(s).
3. Bake for 50 minutes (I check it at 45, then usually bake it for 15 more minutes), or until a toothpick or knife inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.
You can also add chopped walnuts to the mixture, giving it a nice added taste. Also you can substitute 1/3 cup of buttermilk for the sour cream, but I think the sour cream tastes better.
Good luck!
Thanks for the Polish banana bread recipe. I haven't tried one with sour cream or cinnamon before. I'll wait for some of my bananas to turn black and give this a whirl.
this is my family recipe. it's not dry when i make it. last banana-related comment. :)
Banana Bread
Mix together:
⅔ cup sugar
⅓ cup shortening
2 eggs (room temperature works best)
Stir in:
3 tbsp. sour milk (if you don’t have any, use milk with 1 teaspoon of white vinegar added to it.)
1 cup mashed bananas
Add:
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
Pour batter into well-greased bread pan. Let stand for 20 minutes before baking. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes.
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