Braided Banana Date Nut Bread Abm Food

BANANA DATE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, beat together the oil and sugar.
• Add the egg and mix well.
• In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In another bowl, combine the bananas, water and vanilla extract.
• Add banana mixture to the oil and sugar mixture alternately with the flour mixture, combining well after each addition.
• Stir in dates and nuts (if desired).
• Turn mixture into a greased and floured 9" x 5" loaf pan.
• Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes then remove from pan and let cool on wire rack before slicing.

BRAIDED BANANA DATE NUT BREAD (ABM)

Steps:

• Place all bread ingredients in bread machine pan in order as suggested by your manufacturer.
• Select dough cycle.
• When cycle is complete, remove dough to floured surface.
• If necessary, add extra flour and knead to make dough easier to handle.
• Divide dough into 3 equal pieces and roll each piece into a 15" rope.
• Braid the 3 ropes together, pinching ends to seal.
• Place on greased baking sheet, cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
• Combine topping ingredients in a small bowl and sprinkle on bread.
• Bake at 375° for 25 to 30 minutes or until done.
• Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.

BANANA BREAD WITH DATES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan .
• Add well-blended flour mixture and mix just until combined. Do not overmix.

OUR FAVORITE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x5" loaf pan with butter and dust with flour, tapping out any excess.
• Combine banana, sour cream, and vanilla in a medium bowl. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
• Using an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar on medium speed in another large bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 1/2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time and beat on medium speed until fully combined, about 1 minute each. Add banana mixture and beat until just combined, about 30 seconds. Add dry ingredients in 2 batches, beating on low after each addition and scraping down sides of bowl if necessary, until fully incorporated, about 20 seconds per batch. Fold in walnuts. Transfer batter to prepared pan and smooth top with a spatula.
• Bake, rotating halfway through, until batter is set, top is dark golden brown and starting to crack, sides are starting to pull away from pan, and a tester inserted into center of bread comes out clean, 60-65 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack at least 15 minutes. Run a butter knife around perimeter of pan to loosen loaf, then tap pan gently on its side until loaf releases. Transfer to a cutting board or plate and let cool completely before slicing.

BANANA NUT RAISIN BREAD FOR ABM

Steps:

• Place milk, butter, bananas (no need to mash, the machine will do it for you!), flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and yeast in the AMB, in the order the manufacturer recommends (I did it in the order listed).
• Select basic setting, press start. If your bread machine has a fruit/ nut setting add the raisins and nuts at the signal, or around 5 minutes before the kneading cycle has finished.