Easy Banana Bread and Strawberry Banana Bread

I had several bananas which I allowed to turn brown. I used 3 in this recipe, and followed it precisely. I had the oven light on and I watched this raise to a beautiful golden brown. I followed the bloggers tips, I checked it at 50 minutes, and although it looked done, the top was still doughy, so I tent foiled for another 5 minutes. This was so good, I decided to make a second loaf, and instead of a full tsp of vanilla, I stopped about 3/4 of a tsp and topped the tsp off with banana extract. The smell is amazing; the flavor over the top. The commenters are correct on one loaf not being enough, a 4×8 pan is smaller than the loaf pans I usually use, and it works perfectly for this loaf.

Here is the link for the Easy Banana Bread

The Strawberry Banana Bread recipe came from the Taste of Home website. It is titled Raspberry Banana Bread. I froze one of the loaves. I did not have raspberries, so I used strawberries. The smell reminded me of a banana split. I first found this in my TOH’s Bread bonanza cookbook Volume 6, 2003 issue, on page 7. I baked for 60 minutes, here in Indiana.

Here is a link to the recipe: Raspberry Banana Bread

I’ll share a photo of how the banana bread rose above the pan

Blueberry Banana Bread

½ cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup sour cream
½ cup chopped walnuts
3 medium bananas, mashed
1 cup blueberries (coat the berries in flour; about 1 tsp)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.

In a large bowl, cream together the softened butter and sugar. Add the
lemon juice and vanilla, mix well. Add the eggs. Combine the flour, baking soda,
baking powder and salt, stir into the butter mixture until smooth. Mix in the sour cream, walnuts and bananas. Stir in the blueberries. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the
center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool loaf in the pan for 10 minutes before
removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

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