Banana Pecan Topping Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and lightly grease a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• Mash 2 of the bananas with a fork in a small bowl so they still have a bit of texture. With an electric mixer fitted with a wire whisk, whip the remaining bananas and sugar together for a good 3 minutes; you want a light and fluffy banana cream. Add the melted butter, eggs, and vanilla; beat well and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Mix in the dry ingredients just until incorporated; no need to overly blend. Fold in the nuts and the mashed bananas with a rubber spatula. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Give the pan a good rap on the counter to get any air bubbles out.
• Bake for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Don't get nervous if the banana bread develops a crack down the center of the loaf; that's no mistake, it's typical. Rotate the pan periodically to ensure even browning.
• Cool the bread in the pan for 10 minutes or so, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before slicing. Toast the slices of banana bread, dust with confectioners' sugar, and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325. Grease a 9" x 5" loaf pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter and brown sugar until creamed. Beat in eggs, mashed bananas, and vanilla until creamy.
• In a seperate bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg. Gradually add this dry mixture into creamed mixture and mix well. Batter will get thick.
• Stir in chopped pecans.
• Pour into greased loaf pan. Bake at 325 for 70-80 minutes.
• Makes 1 loaf.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square baking dish.
• Beat superfine sugar and butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beating until each egg is fully incorporated before adding the next. Mix baking soda into sour cream in another bowl and stir into butter mixture until combined.
• Stir bananas into butter mixture; add cake flour and baking powder and mix well. Stir in vanilla extract. Pour banana cake batter into prepared baking dish.
• Mix pecans, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl; sprinkle over cake batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350*.
• cream sugar, butter and bananas till smooth and creamy --
• beat in butter milk, rum (extract) and egg.combine well.
• blend in all remaining ingredients except topping --
• pour into greased and floured 9" square pan -- bake 25-30 minutes or toothpick test.
• cool completely and then spread with frosting --
• PECAN PRALINE TOPPING:.
• bring butter and sugar to boil in pan -- cook over medium het, stirring 1 minute or till slightly thickened.
• let cool 10 minutes.
• beat in milk, powdered sugar and vanilla.stir in nuts.

Steps:

• Prepare Pecan-Crumb Topping: In medium bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon. With pastry blender or 2 knives used scissors-fashion, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in pecans; set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease 13x9"-inch metal baking pan.
• Prepare Banana Cake: In small bowl, mix bananas, lemon juice, and vanilla. On waxed paper, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• In large bowl, with mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugars until light and creamy, 5 minutes, scraping bowl often. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. On low speed, alternately add flour and banana mixtures, beginning and ending with flour mixture; beat until smooth.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan and spread evenly. Sprinkle with crumb topping. Bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large, heavy skillet pan. Cook the bananas in the hot butter, stirring, for about 2 minutes, or until bananas begin to soften.
• Add the sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Cook until the sugar dissolves and begins to caramelize, about 2 to 3 minutes; add the vanilla.
• Add pecan halves just before serving.
• Serve warm or at room temperature, on ice cream, gingerbread, bread pudding, or pound cake.