banana nut bread

Okay, so I was reading Amanda's to do list & she made banana nut bread today! YUMMY! So, I have some old bananas & I'd LOVE to make some banana nut bread w/them! But, here's the thing...I don't have a recipe! Sad, huh?! lol So, who's got a great recipe that they'd be willing to share?

this one is pretty similar to the one Ive always made. Of course mine is in a cookbook which is buried in a box right now because I havent baked anything in a long time that requires a recipe LOL

http://southernfood.about.com/od/bananabread/r/bl30426m.htm

google recipes...there's lots of good, free recipe sites online. That's where I get all my good baking recipes. I make a super yummy zucchini bread that is basically banana bread but with zucchini instead (got the recipe online somewhere). It's mostly flour and oil and zucchini.

Here are two I like: :thumbup:


Banana Nut Bread

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

* 1/2 cup butter, melted
* 1 cup white sugar
* 2 eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
* 1/2 cup sour cream
* 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
* 2 medium bananas, mashed


DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl, stir together the melted butter and sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla, mix well. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt, stir into the butter mixture until smooth. Finally, fold in the sour cream, walnuts and bananas. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
3. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool loaf in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.



Frosted Banana Bars: (in case you wanted a sweet recipe )

INGREDIENTS

* 1/2 cup butter, softened
* 1 1/2 cups white sugar
* 2 eggs
* 1 cup sour cream
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
* 1 (16 ounce) container cream cheese frosting


DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 9x13 or 10x15 pan
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the sour cream and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter. Finally, mix in the mashed banana. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
3. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow bars to cool completely before frosting with the cream cheese frosting.

I :wub::wub::wub: Joy The Baker's Recipes for um... everything. There are a few banana bread recipes on her site. Cranberry Banana, Chocolate Chip Banana, Banana Almond Bread. I have made them all, and they all rock! :thumbup:

Oh, and this??? Evil good!!