Fruit Sweetened Banana Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. Line the pan with overhanging parchment and spray the parchment.
• Mash the banana in a medium bowl with a fork. Add the sugar, butter, yogurt, orange juice, vanilla and egg and whisk.
• Mix together the baking soda, salt and 1 1/2 cups of the flour in a bowl. Fold the dry mixture into the banana mixture with a spatula. Toss the peaches and blueberries with the remaining 2 tablespoons flour and fold into the batter. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then use the overhanging parchment to transfer the loaf to a rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and vanilla pudding mix. In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar and shortening until light, scraping sides of the bowl often. Add the eggs one at a time, beating smooth after each addition. Mix in the milk.
• Add flour mixture and mashed bananas alternately to creamed mixture, beating until smooth after each addition. Fold in nuts if desired. Pour batter into a lightly greased 8x4 inch loaf pan.
• Bake in a cold, (non-preheated) oven set to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake for 50 minutes, then cover with foil to prevent burning and bake for additional 10 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the crown comes out clean. Leave in pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Butter your (pans). This will make a huge loaf of bread or a small loaf and six muffins.
• Add oats to yogurt and water. You could substitute 1 cup buttermilk here.
• Mix the flour, salt, baking soda, ginger, Herbs.
• Beat the eggs.
• In another bowl mash the bananas and add to the eggs.
• Cream the butter with the molasses. Add mixture to eggs/bananas.
• Dump applesauce, apple pulp, yogurt/oats and nuts to the wet mixture.
• Mix the wet with the dry as thoroughly as possible.
• Pour batter into pan(s).
• Sprinkle pumpkin seeds and a little more Herbs de provence on top.
• Bake at 375 for 45 minutes to an hour until inserted toothpick comes out clean.