Im writing this and munching on some at the same time! Oh so yummy. My kids love banana nut bread as much as I do. for an added treat I always put some local honey on top. Now I usually make only one or two loaves a year but this year has been very different. Only by a freak chance. So every morning Istop at this local lil country store, Thomas Terrace(well known in my area). I love there tea and hotdogs! Ever heard of Moore's Chili? This is its roots. Now one morning last week I was in there(as always) and they had a ton of bananas they were going to throw out! I was like no they are super ripe and perfect for banana bread. I just used the last few the day before to make a loaf. So they sold me close to 50 for $1.00!!!! Major savings! So i took them home and made a dozen and half of loaves. It was alot of baking and took me two days. in no way was I letting that much food go to waste. So i took one back to the store and handed out some to friends and family. Keep one out for us and the rest were put in the freezer for other times. Didn't want to get burnt out on such a good thing. Plus i will have some for fall and winter. At least I don't have to make any for awhile. I have a very simple recipe for it that I would like to share. A good friend gave me a harder one that I haven't tried yet. So once I do I will blog it as well. So if you get the urge to make banana bread after this im giving you mine! Its never failed me>
Banana Nut Bread
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
6 or 8 ripe bananas mashed
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup chopped nuts(I use walnuts)
1)prehaet oven to 350
2)cream shortening,sugar, and cinnamon together in mixing bowl. Add bananas,baking soda,and flour> Mix well(this can take some work,I just keep adding bananas till its right)Stir in nuts
3) Pour batter in greased loaf pan. Bake for one hour, our until browned on top. I double chck with a toothpick trick.
Told you it was super easy! When im doing morethen one loaf I just double it and can get 3 loaves out of it. Of course i also own 5 loaf pans. Hope this inspires everyone to go bake some. Oh and you have to try it with local honey!!!!!!
That does sound super easy. I was wondering if you could substitute butter for the shortening.
ReplyDeleteI think you can. I know you can sub shortening for butter. So maybe you can do it the other way around. I would look it up because whenever you sub the measurements are always different. Let me know what you find out and if you do sub let me know how that turns out!
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