Banana Nut Bread Whole Wheat Food

MARK BITTMAN'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9- by 5-inch loaf pan.
• Mix together the dry ingredients. With a hand mixer, a whisk, or in the food processor, cream the butter and beat in the eggs and bananas. Stir this mixture into the dry ingredients; stir just enough to combine (it's okay if there are lumps). Gently stir in the vanilla, nuts, and coconut.
• Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 45 to 60 minutes, until nicely browned. A toothpick inserted into the center of the bread will come out fairly clean when it is done, but because of the bananas this bread will remain moister than most. Do not overcook. Cool on a rack for 15 minutes before removing from the pan.

WHOLE WHEAT BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl cream butter and sugar together until very light and creamy.
• Beat in egg.
• Add vanilla extract and blend, set aside.
• Into a medium bowl or on a sheet of wax paper sift together whole wheat, unbleached flours and baking soda.
• In a small bowl blend buttermilk and mashed banana.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with the banana mixture to the butter mixture.
• Stirring just enought to combine well.
• Stir in walnuts and chocolate chips, raisins if you like.
• Turn into a greased and floured 9 x 5 loaf pan or bundt cake pan.
• Bake for 50-55 minutes on middle rack.
• Until tooth pick comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan for 5- 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan and cool on rack.
• After it is cooled just a light dusting with icing sugar if you like.

WHOLE WHEAT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Melt butter.
• Put the butter, sugar, bananas and eggs in a blender. Blend until nice and smooth.
• Now transfer to a mixing bowl.
• In a separate bowl, stir together flours, salt, and baking soda.
• Add dry ingredients to banana mixture alternately with hot water.
• Stir in chopped nuts.
• Cut a piece of waxed or parchment paper the size of the bottom of your loaf pan.
• (This helps the loaf come out in one piece while still warm).
• Put the paper in the loaf pan and spray the pan well with non-stick spray.
• Scoop the batter into the pan.
• Bake in a preheated 325 degree F oven for one hour and 10 minutes.
• Test with a cake tester to make to make sure it's done.
• Sometimes it takes a little bit longer.
• If the top gets too brown, cover it with a piece of aluminum foil so it doesn't get too much darker.

BANANA NUT BREAD WITH YOGURT AND WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR

Steps:

• Stir together flour, baking powder and soda. Set aside.
• With electric mixer, beat sugar and yogurt. Add eggs, one at a time, and milk, beaintg until smooth after every new addition.
• Add flour mixture and banana alternately to creamed mixture. Fold in nuts.
• Turn batter into lightly greased 8x4x2-inch loaf. Bake for 60-65 minutes at 350degrees.

WHOLE WHEAT BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, beat oil and honey together. Add eggs, and mix well. Stir in bananas and vanilla. Stir in flour and salt. Add baking soda to hot water, stir to mix, and then add to batter. Blend in chopped nuts. Spread batter into prepared pan.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Cool on wire rack for 1/2 hour before slicing.