Toms Buttery Banana Bread Food

TOM'S FAVORITE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter and flour(or line with parchment paper)loaf pan.
• Whisk together dry ingredients in small bowl. Mix bananas, milk, vanilla and vanilla nut extract in another bowl.
• Beat butter and sugar in mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add one egg at a time, mixing until incorporated. Then alternate mixing in dry ingredients in two batches starting and ending with dry ingredients.
• Stir in nuts, if using. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes, (checking at 1 hour) until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

BUTTERY BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Lightly grease loaf pan or put liners in muffin pan.
• In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In large bowl, add 2 bananas and sugar. Whip for a good 3 minutes until light & fluffy. Add melted butter, eggs and vanilla; beat well scraping sides. Mix in dry ingredients until just blended. Mash other 2 bananas so they still have a bit of texture and fold into.
• Pour batter into loaf pan or muffin cups.
• Bake for 1 1/4 hours if in loaf pan. Approx 15-20 minute if large muffins. Check with toothpick.
• Cool for 10 minutes then turn out loaf or pull muffins out of pan to cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar.
• Optional, toast bread slices.

MOMMA CALLIE'S BANANA NUT BREAD WITH HONEY BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and put a rack on the middle shelf. Butter and flour a 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
• In a separate small bowl, mash the bananas with a wooden spoon, leaving a bit of texture.
• In another large bowl, use a hand electric mixer or stand mixer to cream the 1/2 cup of butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time. Stir in the mashed bananas, sour cream and vanilla and beat until just combined. Add the dry ingredients and gently stir in pecans. Pour the batter into the pan and put on a sheet tray.
• Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes in the pan then turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling. Slice and serve with Honey Butter.
• Mix the butter and the honey together in a small bowl with a wooden spoon. Serve with the banana bread.

APPLE-BUTTER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease and flour bottom and sides of a 9x5 pan only about 1/2 inch up sides of pan and set aside.
• In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg until blended and set aside.
• In a medium bowl combine eggs, banana, apple butter, sugar and oil and blend.
• Combine egg mixture to flour mixture, stir just until moistened and pour into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350° about 45 minutes or until bread tests done with a toothpick.
• Cool bread in pan for about 5-10 minutes and then remove from pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
• It's best to refrigerate before serving.
• *** NOTE: For nut topping, mix sugar and flour together and cut in cold butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles course crumbs. Stir in nuts and top bread before baking.

NANA'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and spray bottom of a 9 inch round pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Add granulated Sugar and brown sugar; Beat until well blended.
• Add egg, egg whites and vanilla; blend.
• Mix in the mashed bananas, and beat the mixture on high speed for 30 seconds.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder.
• Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with the cream, ending with the flour mixture.
• Mix in the walnuts.
• Pour batter evenly into prepared 9 inch round pan (or loaf pan).
• Bake until golden brown, and toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean (About one hour).

BEST BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Remove odd pots and pans from oven.
• Preheat oven to 350º / 180º.
• Cream together butter and sugar.
• Add eggs and crushed bananas.
• Combine well.
• Sift together flour, soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Add vanilla.
• Mix just until combined. Do not overmix.
• Pour into greased and floured loaf pan.
• Bake at 350º / 180º for 55 minutes.
• Keeps well, refrigerated.

BUTTERY BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preaheat oven to 350F.
• Cream together softened butter and sugar in a mixer at medium speed until lightly fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time, waiting a few moments after each addition to give time to blend.
• Add the dry ingredients alternatively to the mixer with some of the banana, allowing each to blend before adding some of the other.
• When all is mixed, fold in the chopped nuts.
• Grease sides and bottom of a 9x5-inch loaf pan and add batter to it.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour or until it tests clean with a toothpick.
• Cool on a rack 10 minutes, then remove from pan to finish cooling.
• Dust with confectioners sugar (if desired), or you may use your favorite glaze (optional).
• Store unused portions in refrigerator, wrapped in foil.