Kathys Banana Bread Food

CATHY'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x13 inch pan, or two 7x3 inch loaf pans.
• Combine banana and sour cream. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and banana mixture. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; stir into the banana mixture. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan or pans.
• Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.

KATHY'S PEANUT BUTTERFINGER® OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Process flour, oats, baking soda, and salt in a food processor until blended.
• Beat peanut butter, brown sugar, white sugar, shortening, and unsalted butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well-blended. Add vanilla.
• Stir flour mixture into peanut butter mixture; add crushed peanut butter candy and stir until just combined. Drop 1-inch spoonfuls of the dough, 2 inches apart, onto baking sheets.
• Bake cookies in the preheated oven until light brown, about 15 minutes.

BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.
• Cream the sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In a small bowl, mash the bananas with a fork. Mix in the milk and cinnamon. In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Add the banana mixture to the creamed mixture and stir until combined. Add dry ingredients, mixing just until flour disappears.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Remove bread from pan, invert onto rack and cool completely before slicing.
• Spread slices with honey or serve with ice cream.

HEALTHY BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment (allow it to come 2cm above top of tin). Mix the flours, bicarb, baking powder and a pinch of salt in a large bowl.
• Mix the bananas, syrup, eggs and yogurt. Quickly stir into dry ingredients, then gently scrape into the tin and scatter with nuts, if using. Bake for 1 hr 10 mins-1 hr 15 mins or until a skewer comes out clean.
• Cool in tin on a wire rack. Eat warm or at room temperature, with low-fat spread.

BANANA OAT BREAD

Steps:

• Combine flour, oats, sugars, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt; mix well.
• In another bowl, combine mashed bananas, oil, applesauce, eggs, and vanilla; mix well.
• Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients until well combined.
• Mix in chopped nuts.
• Pour into 9 x 5 loaf pan thinly coated with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle a thin layer of quick oats on top of the batter.
• Cook at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a cooking skewer or knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• Allow to cool for at least an hour before cutting.

KATHY'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter. Add sugar and cream together well.
• 2. Beat eggs well in a separate bowl and add butter and sugar mixture; mix well. Sift flour, soda and salt together and add to wet mixture.
• 3. Fold in mashed bananas and add nuts.
• 4. Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes. Test for doneness with toothpick. Makes 2 loaves.

KATHY'S MOIST BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F., 375 degrees F. if oven runs hot. Chop pecans.
• 2. Put flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and whisk together. Set aside.
• 3. Mix sugar and butter together on medium until creamy. Add eggs one at a time. Add yogurt and extract. Mash bananas. Now, add bananas and then stir in nuts.
• 4. Spray one or two 9x4 pans. One makes a very big, tall loaf and two makes an average size loaf of bread. I usually make two. Pour into greased pans.
• 5. Bake at 400 degrees F. for 55 minutes to 1 hour or until golden brown and toothpick comes out clean. My cook at 375 if your oven runs hot.
• 6. Cool on racks for about 5 to 10 minutes, remove from pans and continue to cool on racks.

BANANA CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• For the banana cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar. Mix on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt into a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Add the bananas to the butter mixture and mix until combined. Let the mixer do the work of mashing for you. Add the eggs one at a time and mix until well combined. Mix in the yogurt and vanilla. Turn the mixer to low and add the dry ingredients until just combined. Do not overmix.
• Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake until a cake tester or toothpick comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes, then turn onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• For the cream cheese frosting: Using the electric mixer on high speed, blend the cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy, 4 to 5 minutes. With the mixer on low, add the confectioners' sugar and then the vanilla.
• Spread the frosting on top of the cake. Decorate around the perimeter of the cake with raspberries, if desired.

2 BANANA BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 and grease the bottom of a loaf pan.
• Beat together the sugar, brown sugar, and butter until smooth.
• Add the bananas and eggs and beat to combine.
• Add the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt and mix until combined.
• Spread the batter in the prepared loaf pan and bake for 50 to 60 minutes.
• Allow to cool on wire rack, then remove from pan to cool completely.

OATMEAL BANANA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°
• In a large bowl mix oatmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and sugar together.
• In a smaller bowl mix egg, oil and vanilla. Add to dry ingredients and stir.
• Stir in bananas
• Divide into 12 sprayed or paper lined muffin tins..
• In another bowl combine topping ingredients. Sprinkle over muffin batter.
• Bake at 375 for 18-20 minutes

HONEY OAT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Spray 3 4 by 8 loaf pans with non-stick spray.
• Mash bananas in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together margarine, crisco and sugars. Mix in eggs and vanilla.
• Slowly add flour mixture. Mix in 2 1/4 cups of oats by hand.
• Pour half of the batter into the pans. Drizzle half of the honey over batter. Top with remaining batter. Sprinkle 1/4 cups of oats on each pan. Drizzle with remaining honey.
• Bake for 45-55 minutes. Cool on wire racks in pans for 15 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely on wire racks.