Toms Buttery Banana Bread Food

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.

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 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.

BUTTERY BREAKFAST BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Mix all ingrediants and pour into a greased bread pan.
• Bake at 300 for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Test for doneness with a toothpick. Sometimes it will need 10-15 more minutes. Let cool before removing from pan.