Moist Banana Bread Recipe

Those bananas are on their last leg. You’ve watched them sit on your kitchen counter… changing colors from a sunny yellow to a dingy brown. There’s even that little squishy part on the bottom. We’ve all lived this nightmare.

Would you believe me if I said you could do something with those mushy brown bananas? No… not garden fertilizer. Some of the best (and moist) banana bread I’ve ever made was from the brownest banana in the bundle! It may sound strange… gross… or even unsafe to eat those rotting bananas, but they are safe (and tasty in bread).

My mom and I have been baking banana bread using this recipe for as long as I can remember. It makes a great holiday gift because you can buy those disposable foil loaf pans. They’re inexpensive and you can easily wrap up your loaves in some festive cellophane wrap (tied with a ribbon) for an extra touch.

It’s a cheap way to say happy holidays… or if it’s not a holiday season, it’s just a good way to remind someone that you’re thinking of them. My neighbors, especially, love these loaves!

Yield: 16 servings (note: the mini foil loaves will only have 8 servings)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• 1 ½ cups mashed banana (about 3 bananas)
• ½ cup plain low-fat yogurt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Non-stick cooking spray

Directions:

1) Preheat over to 350 degrees .Combine flour, baking soda and salt and blend with a whisk. Set aside.

2) Place sugar and butter in a large bowl and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about one minute).

3) Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add banana, yogurt and vanilla and beat until blended. Add flour mixture and beat at low speed just until moist.

4) Spoon batter into an 8 ½ x 4 ½ -inch loaf pan coated with non-stick cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until wooden pick inserted comes out clean.

5) Cool 10 minutes in pan or on a wire rack. Remove from pan and cool completely on a wire rack. Enjoy!

I especially love this bread right out of the oven and a glass of milk! For fun variations to this delicious recipe try adding a cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips or a cup of your favorite nut (I like pecans in this recipe.)

You can make the bread plain as well. To distinguish the loaves, sprinkle a little bit of your “special ingredient” on top of the loaves, like the chocolate chips or the pecans. Yum! I think you too will find that this moist banana bread recipe is completely worth the wait for the brown bananas!

Top 10 Cookie and Cake Recipes

In the world of cooking, recipes are critiqued and reviewed so that only the best survive; that is the favorite recipe.

These recipes usually have some secret ingredient, a special technique used, or they are just plain good. Of course, for all people their favorite recipes are different. So whos to decide whats good and whats not?

You are! 

Because each person has their own particular tastes and desires, no recipe has ever been named everyones favorite recipe. But this section has some of my favorite recipes and perhaps they will become some of your favorite recipes too.

There are all different kinds of recipes, each of them having their own special flair which makes them irresistible.

Some of my favorite recipes have been passed down through many generations. Making those recipes is a family tradition and everyone learns how and knows the story behind the favorite recipe.

Other recipes I have clipped out of magazines, books, and newspapers and many of them have become my treasured favorites! Oh, this reminds me of a good tip. In case you are unaware, in many newspapers there is a food section. This section usually has good cooking ideas, baking tips, great recipes, and even product reviews!

Also, these favorite recipes have been cooked in my kitchen many, many times. Some of them have specific alterations which I routinely make to the recipe because that is the way that my family likes them.

You can try the recipe as is or you can try some of the alterations too.

Like for example, say it is your favorite recipe for a chocolate chip cookie? Well after making the recipe a few times you can add more chocolate chips or half chocolate chips and half white chocolate chips, or maybe you can add nuts.

By making these subtle (sometimes even drastic) changes, your favorite recipe for the chocolate chip cookie is now your own. You can change a good recipe from something you like, into something that you will love and proudly call one of your favorite recipes!

So basically, in this part of my web site, I will post MY favorite recipes in hopes that you will enjoy them also. Some are classic, while others are more original. Either way, they all are fantastic. A is something close to your heart, something of your own; so take my recipes, enjoy them, and then make them your own!