Banana Nut Bread
by Lisa Shull
Ingredients:- 1 3/4 c flour
- 2/3 c sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 c butter (1 stick)
- 1 c mashed bananas (~ 2 large ripe bananas)
- 1/2 c chopped nuts
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- optional: 1 tsp grated lemon peel
Servings: 12 Cook: 55 min Preheat: 350°F
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9"x5" loaf pan.
- In large bowl, mix first 5 ingredients. With pastry blender or wire whisk attachment of electric mixer, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Stir in bananas, nuts, eggs (and lemon peel) just until flour is moistened. Spoon batter evenly into prepared pan, making a shallower trough down the middle for even baking.
- Bake 55 minutes or until bread passes the toothpick test. Cool bread in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes; remove from pan and finish cooling on wire rack. Wrap and refridgerate overnight for easier slicing.
- 240 calories per serving
- Me: making 3 breads by making 2 x 1 1/2 in mixer w/o bowl overflowing.
2 batches using the following measurements:
2 2/3 c flour, 1 c sugar, 1 1/2 tsp bk pwdr, 3/4 tsp salt,
3/8 tsp bk soda, 1 1/2 sticks butter, 3 bananas, 3/4 c nuts,
3 eggs.
