Banana Bread With Candied Pecans Food

CANDIED PECAN CRUSTED BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Lightly spray a 9x5 inch loaf pan with vegetable spray
• In a large bowl, mix together: flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs, one cup of pecans, diced, and mashed bananas until blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into the loaf pan and top generously with the reserved cup of whole candied pecans.
• 3. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

BANANA EXPLOSION BREAD WITH NUTMEG CANDIED PECANS

Steps:

• 1. In a medium non stick skillet melt butter on medium low heat. Add pecans, vanilla sugar, and nutmeg. Stir to combine. Continue to cook for 2 minutes. Turn off heat and allow to cool while preparing banana bread.
• 2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 5 loaf pan with cooking spray.
• 3. Mash 2 bananas. It should equal about 1 cup.
• 4. Dice the 3rd banana. I find it easiest to cut down the center length wise, give it a quarter turn and slice again. Then dice.
• 5. Measure 1 1/2 cup flour. In a bowl add diced banana. Add 1 Tablespoon of the measured flour over diced bananas and gently stir to coat bananas
• 6. To the remaining flour add baking soda and salt. Stir to combine.
• 7. In a mixing bowl cream butter until fluffy about 3 minutes.
• 8. Add mashed bananas and continue to mix on medium speed about 3 minutes.
• 9. Add sugars and mix until well combined and creamy.
• 10. Add eggs, sour cream, vanilla and banana extract. Mix until well combined.
• 11. Add flour mixture all at once. Mix only until moistened.
• 12. Add diced banana and toasted pecans. Mix on low until incorporated.
• 13. Pour batter into greased loaf pan and bake for 30 minutes. Rotate pan and bake for an additional 30 minutes checking frequently for color. If your bread reaches desired brownness before cooking time is over, cover with aluminum foil gently and continue to bake.
• 14. Remove from oven and test with a toothpick. If more time is required cook an addition 10 to 20 minutes checking frequently. I added this step because everyone's oven cooks differently.
• 15. When done allow to cool in pan 10 minutes. Then remove from pan and allow to cool on a wire rack. Once warm to the touch but not hot, wrap in aluminum foil and cool in the fridge for at least an hour or two before slicing.

CANDIED PECAN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Slightly grease loaf pan(s).
• Peel and puree the bananas.
• Cream together butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon and banana puree.
• In a seperate bowl sift together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• Add dry ingredients a little at a time to creamed mixture.
• Crush the pecans and the walnuts so there are no large pieces.
• Stir the nuts into the batter.
• Bake at 325 for 1 hour if using regular loaf pans and 35 minutes if using mini loaf pans.
• Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes.
• Take a toothpick and poke holes in the loaf. Mix the melted butter, cinnamon and sugar mixture and brush on loaf.
• Wait till pan cools completely and remove the banana loaf.

PECAN-CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9-by-5-inch metal loaf pan.
• Whisk the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together in a large bowl.
• Lightly beat the egg in a medium bowl with a fork or a whisk. Add the banana and mix to combine. Stir in the sour cream, vanilla and melted butter. Stir the sour cream-banana mixture into the flour mixture until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips and pecans until just combined but with a few lumps still in the batter. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and smooth out into an even layer.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 1 hour, 5 minutes to 1 hour, 10 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack for 20 minutes. Run a thin knife along the sides of the pan to loosen the bread and unmold it. Serve warm or at room temperature.

BANANA BREAD WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF and lightly grease a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• Mash 2 of the bananas with a fork in a small bowl so they still have a bit of texture. With an electric mixer fitted with a wire whisk, whip the remaining bananas and sugar together for a good 3 minutes; you want a light and fluffy banana cream. Add the melted butter, eggs, and vanilla; beat well and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Mix in the dry ingredients just until incorporated; no need to overly blend. Fold in the nuts and the mashed bananas with a rubber spatula. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Give the pan a good rap on the counter to get any air bubbles out.
• Bake for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Don't get nervous if the banana bread develops a crack down the center of the loaf; that's no mistake, it's typical. Rotate the pan periodically to ensure even browning.
• Cool the bread in the pan for 10 minutes or so, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before slicing. Toast the slices of banana bread, dust with confectioners' sugar, and serve.

BANANA BREAD WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and lightly grease a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• Mash 2 of the bananas with a fork in a small bowl so they still have a bit of texture. With an electric mixer fitted with a wire whisk, whip the remaining bananas and sugar together for a good 3 minutes; you want a light and fluffy banana cream. Add the melted butter, eggs, and vanilla; beat well and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Mix in the dry ingredients just until incorporated; no need to overly blend. Fold in the nuts and the mashed bananas with a rubber spatula. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Give the pan a good rap on the counter to get any air bubbles out.
• Bake for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Don't get nervous if the banana bread develops a crack down the center of the loaf; that's no mistake, it's typical. Rotate the pan periodically to ensure even browning.
• Cool the bread in the pan for 10 minutes or so, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before slicing. Toast the slices of banana bread, dust with confectioners' sugar, and serve.

BANANA-PECAN BREAD

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees (set oven rack to second-bottom position).
• Grease a 9 x 5-inch baking pan and line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl beat the butter with sugars and vanilla until light and fluffy (about 3-4 minutes).
• Add in eggs, sour cream and mashed bananas; mix well until combined.
• In a small bowl sift together the bread flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture and mix with a wooden spoon until JUST combined (do not overmix!).
• Stir in pecans.
• Transfer the mixture to prepared baking pan.
• Bake for about 55-70 minutes or until the loaf tests done (tent foil over the top of the loaf if browning too much).

HOLIDAY BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Thoroughly grease a 5 x 9-inch loaf pan.
• Sift the flour, measure, and sift with the baking powder and salt onto a piee of waxed paper. Add the nuts, raisins and candied fruits, and mix until well coated with the flour.
• Cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time until lthik and pale-lemon colored. Alternate additions of flour and fruit mixture and the mashed bananas, stirring after each addition until well blended. Begin and end with flour mixture.
• Spoon into prepared loaf pan and bake in preheated oven for about 60 minutrs or until bread pulls away from the sides of the pan.
• Let cool about 20 minutes before turning out on a rack to cool well.

CHOCOLATE CHIP PECAN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; butter and flour 9x5x2 1/2 inch loaf pan.
• Whisk first four ingredients in bowl to blend, add chocolate chips and pecans.
• Beat butter until fluffy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating well until blended.
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Beat in mashed bananas, lemon juice and vanilla.
• Beat in flour mixture.
• Pour into loaf pan, cook 1 hour and 5 minutes.