Banana Bread With Dates Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, beat together the oil and sugar.
• Add the egg and mix well.
• In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• In another bowl, combine the bananas, water and vanilla extract.
• Add banana mixture to the oil and sugar mixture alternately with the flour mixture, combining well after each addition.
• Stir in dates and nuts (if desired).
• Turn mixture into a greased and floured 9" x 5" loaf pan.
• Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes then remove from pan and let cool on wire rack before slicing.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease 2 loaf pans.
• In a large bowl cream together butter, sugar, Splenda, vanilla, orange extract, and eggs.
• Put into your blender 2 peeled bananas and half the can of pears (not juice). Puree.
• Stop blender and add cinnamon and enough pears to equal 2 cups of puree total. Blend again until all is smooth.
• Add the flour, soda and salt to the bowl of creamed butter and sugar mixture.
• Now add the fruit puree and the sour cream to the mixture and mix well.
• Fold in chopped dates.
• Scoop half the batter into each loaf pan and bake for about 1 hour.
• After 1 hour test center of loaf with a toothpick, if it comes out clean your bread is done, if not bake another 10 minutes and try again.
• Cool for at least 30 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8x4 inch loaf pan. Use an electric coffee grinder or food processor to grind 1/2 cup flax seed; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat together banana, oil, sugar and eggs. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground flax seed and 1/4 cup whole flax seed. Gradually stir flour mixture into banana mixture. Fold in dates. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 55 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the loaf comes out clean.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray a 9x9-inch baking dish with cooking spray (do not use a loaf pan).
• Mash bananas in a bowl. Add sugar and applesauce and mix well. Mix in eggs, baking soda, and baking powder. Add flour 2 tablespoons at a time. Fold in dates and walnuts. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 60 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.