Banana Fruit Mini Loaves Food

CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 3 (5 3/4x3-inch) mini loaf pans; set aside.
• Combine sugar and butter in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add eggs; continue beating until well mixed. Add bananas and vanilla; beat at low speed until well mixed. Stir in all remaining ingredients.
• Spoon batter into prepared pans. Bake 33-38 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 5 minutes; remove from pans. Cool completely. Spread sliced bread with Butter with Canola Oil, as desired.

MINI BANANA BREADS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms only of 10 (4 1/2x2 1/2x1 1/2-inch) mini loaf pans with shortening or cooking spray.
• In large bowl, mix sugar and butter with spoon. Stir in eggs until well blended. Add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla; beat until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened. Stir in nuts. Divide batter evenly among pans, filling each with about 1/2 cup batter.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 2 hours. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.

BANANA-WALNUT MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas. , Combine the flour, cardamom, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg; gradually add to banana mixture just until moistened. Fold in walnuts. , Pour into six greased 4-1/2x2-1/2x1-1/2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 22-26 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , In a small bowl, combine the spread ingredients. Serve with bread. Refrigerate leftovers.

MINI WHOLE WHEAT BANANA BREADS WITH CHOCOLATE CHIPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat the sides and bottoms of 4 mini loaf pans (5 3/4 by 3 1/4 by 2 1/4 inches) with nonstick cooking spray.
• Whisk together both flours, the baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside 1 tablespoon of the dry mixture in a small bowl.
• Using a fork, mash 2 1/2 bananas with both sugars in a large bowl until the mixture is mostly smooth with a few small pieces of banana. Add the oil and egg and stir until combined. Stir in the dry ingredients until just combined and then stir in the milk. Toss the chocolate chips with the reserved flour mixture and fold into the batter. Divide the batter among the prepared mini loaf pans. Thinly slice the remaining 1/2 banana and place 4 to 5 slices in an overlapping line down the center of each mini loaf on top of the batter.
• Bake until the tops of the loaves are golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool the breads in the pans for 10 minutes and then turn each pan upside down to release the breads. Cool completely, banana slice side up, on a wire rack.
• Cook's Notes: To freeze for later use, wrap each loaf first in plastic wrap and then foil. Take out the frozen loaves the night before using and thaw in the refrigerator.
• You can also bake the batter as 1 large loaf in a greased 9-by-5-inch metal loaf pan for 55 to 60 minutes, covering the bread in the last 10 minutes with a piece of foil if it browns too quickly. Cool in the pan 10 minutes and then turn out and cool completely on a wire rack.

EMILY'S BANANA-NUT MINI LOAVES WITH CHOCOLATE CHIPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray an 8-count mini loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Mix sugar, applesauce, egg, and vanilla in a large bowl with a wooden spoon. Add in bananas, walnuts, and chocolate chips and stir to combine. Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt and stir until completely mixed. Spoon batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick or fork inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Allow to cool for at least 30 minutes.

BANANA BLUEBERRY MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350.
• Grease and flour bottoms only of 4 mini loaf pans.
• (I use nonstick and skip this step)/ In a large bowl combine oil and sugar.
• Beat in bananas, yogurt, vanilla and eggs blending well.
• Add flour, salt and baking soda and mix just until moistened.
• Gently fold in blueberries.
• Pour into pans.
• Bake 40-50 minutes.

MINI BANANA BREAD LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Combine flours, oats, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a medium bowl. Mash bananas into the dry ingredients.
• Combine sugars and margarine in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Mix in milk and vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture and raisins; mix well. Pour batter into 4 mini silicone loaf pans. Place loaf pans on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

BANANA FRUIT MINI LOAVES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, beat eggs and sugar. Add bananas; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to egg mixture. Fold in fruit, raisins and walnuts. Transfer to three greased 5-3/4-in. x 3-in. x 2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.