Brown Sugar Banana Nut Bread

Hubby and I love eating banana nut bread. I had been baking it and I already tried different kinds of banana nut bread recipes. However, I love this recipe because i's just simple and doesn't require a lot of ingredients. Hubby bought some bananas a few days ago and they are already very ripe now. He's been eating some of it but he doesn't want to eat them now that they are very ripe. He said it's too soft for him. So it's best to make a banana nut bread. I just baked this a while ago and it's hot from the oven. Try this one and it's really good.

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups all purpose flour
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract
4 very riped bananas, mashed
3 tsp bakig powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven 350 degrees. Lightly grease 9x5 inch loaf pan
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter & sugar until light & fluffy. Stir in the eggs 1 at a time beating well with each addition. Stir in vanilla and banana. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder & salt.
3. Blend the banana mixture into the flour mixture, stir just to combine. Fold in walnuts/pecans. Pour into prepared pan.
4. Bake for 1 hr.

Zucchini Bread

I got 2 big zucchinis from our church last Wednesday courtesy of our pastor's wife. I used it in cooking zucchini bread last Thursday. I asked my hubby to grate it while I prepare the other ingredients. It was my first time to bake zucchini bread. I first tasted zucchini bread when one of our church members gave me one during my birthday a couple of years ago and I love it.

I was so glad that the zucchini bread that I baked came out so good. It's moist and hubby and I love it. I used the following recipe and this yielded 2 zucchini breads. I gave the other bread that I baked to my step-daughter for her birthday. Try this recipe and you will love it.

INGREDIENTS

* 3 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
* 3 eggs
* 1 cup vegetable oil
* 2 1/4 cups brown sugar
* 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 2 cups grated zucchini
* 1 cup chopped walnuts


DIRECTIONS

1. Grease and flour two 8 x 4 inch pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
3. Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in zucchini and nuts until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.
4. Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool.

Banana Royale

Hubby and I love eating banana nut bread. Hubby bought some bananas a few days ago and they are already very ripe now. He's been eating some of it but he doesn't want to eat them now that they are very ripe. He said it's too soft for him. So it's best to make a banana nut bread. I often make banana nut muffins and bread but this time I opted to just make banana nut bread. Both hubby and I love eating it for our snacks. It's really good...yummy. I want to share the recipe. Try it, it's worth the effort.

Banana Royale
Preheat oven 350 degrees.
Ingredients:
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup butter
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 ½ cup flour (all-purpose)
1 cup pecan nuts chopped (optional)
½ cup sour cream
1 tsp baking powder
2 mashed bananas
1 tsp vanilla
1. Mix butter (melted), sugar, eggs, nuts.
2. Dissolve baking soda in sour cream.
3. Add baking powder, mashed bananas, vanilla.
4. Stir in flour.
5. Bake (muffin) 15 mins.
(loaf) 45 mins/40 mins.