banana bread recipe - the best one

Name: BANANA BREAD RECIPE-THE BEST ONE
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) granulated sugar; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 1/2 cup(s) butter or margarine (one stick); 3 - ripe bananas, very ripe is great; 2 - eggs, beaten; 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 2 cup(s) all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup(s) nuts - pecans or walnuts, chopped

(45 ratings)

Loaf of Banana Bread - The Best One ready to be sliced.

review

Blue Ribbon Recipe by

Sheila Harper

@sbhdawn

Chadron, NE

I remember the winter afternoon when my grandmother (Ruby Vaughan) found this recipe in the Omaha World-Herald newspaper when we lived in Chadron, NE about 1958. We had never heard of banana bread before but thought it sounded very good and so easy to make. She made this recipe soon after and it was just wonderful. It has a rich golden color, unlike so many other pale banana breads I have seen since. There were many winter evenings that she would make this wonderful bread and a pot of tea, and this would be our supper! My grandfather, Fred Vaughan worked for the railroad and worked nights..

Blue Ribbon Recipe

When the season arrives, you need to whip up a batch of this simple banana bread. It's insanely delicious. Firm, dense, yet moist. There are no fancy ingredients and spices, so it has a bold banana flavor. Cut a slice and enjoy. With or without the frosting, it's so good.

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew

(45 ratings)

yield 8 lg slices

prep time 10 Min

cook time 1 Hr

Ingredients For banana bread recipe - the best one

1 c

granulated sugar
1/2 tsp

salt
1/2 c

butter or margarine (one stick)
3

ripe bananas, very ripe is great
2

eggs, beaten
1 tsp

baking soda
2 c

all-purpose flour
1/2 c

nuts - pecans or walnuts, chopped

How To Make banana bread recipe - the best one

Test Kitchen Tips

Every oven is different. In ours, this banana bread took 90 minutes to bake (1 hour uncovered, 30 min covered in foil so the top would not burn). We also added some sliced bananas on top while baking for the presentation. Powdered sugar frosting wasn't listed so we used 1 cup sifted powdered sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, 1 tbsp plus 1 tsp milk.

1
Cream sugar, salt, and butter (or margarine) with a beater.

2
Then add the 2 eggs and 3 mashed bananas to the above mixture and blend well.
3
In a separate bowl, add baking soda plus the flour. Sift and mix.
4
Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture (of sugar, salt, butter, and banana mixture). Mix all until just blended. Then add the chopped nuts.
5
Pour batter into a greased loaf pan. Bake at 325 degrees for about 1 hour or until brown. You can stick a toothpick into the center and if it comes out clean, it's done. Do not overbake. Start checking with a toothpick as soon as it starts looking a little brown which will be at one hour.
6
I like to drizzle a little powered sugar frosting over the top while it is still warm, or just spread a little butter over the top instead. I prefer, the drizzle of frosting; however. It is a wonderful bread and the best banana bread I have ever eaten. My grandmother clipped it out of the Omaha World Herald newspaper around 1958.
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