Light Banana Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Move oven rack to low position so that tops of pans will be in center of oven. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans, 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2 inches, or 1 loaf pan, 9x5x3 inches.
• Mix sugar, applesauce and margarine in large bowl. Stir in egg product until well blended. Add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened. Stir in nuts. Pour into pans.
• Bake 8-inch loaves about 1 hour, 9-inch loaf about 1 1/4 hours, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans and place top side up on wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour, before slicing. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 8x4 inch loaf pan and set aside.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• In another bowl, mash the bananas and stir in the eggs and sugar. Stir in the flour mixture and mix until just combined, then fold in the chopped nuts (optional). Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55 to 65 minutes or until bread tests done. Remove from oven and cool on a rack for 10 minute, then remove from pan and cool completely. Slice and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x5 inch pan.
• Cream margarine and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs, then bananas. Add flour and soda, stirring just until combined.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 1 hour (or till toothpick comes out clean). Remove from pan and let cool, store in refrigerator or freeze.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease and flour 2 standard loaf pans.
• Mash the bananas until smooth and lump free, stir in the lemon juice then set aside.
• Cream the butter and sugar together. When smooth add the eggs and vanilla extract. Beat for 1 minute then stir in the mashed bananas, mixing thoroughly. Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined, then stir in the milk.
• Divide the batter between the two pans, then bake for 50 - 60 minutes or until tested done.

Steps:

• Combine the first five ingredients in a large bowl; beat at medium speed of a mixer until smooth.
• Combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt in a bowl, stirring with a whisk.
• Add flour mixture to banana mixture, stirring JUST until moist.
• Spoon batter into an 8x4-inch loaf pan that has been coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes in pan on wire rack; remove from pan.
• Cool completely on rack.

Steps:

• Mash bananas (I like to puree mine).
• Cream shortening, sugar and egg yolks and add to bananas.
• Add soda dissolved in hot water.
• Add nuts, vanilla and banana extracts.
• Sift flour and salt together and add to mixture.
• Fold in beaten egg whites(stiff).
• Put in greased 9 x 5 loaf pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 45 to 55 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.
• Makes one large loaf.

Steps:

• Grease bottom of 9x5 loaf pan.
• Combine sugar and margarine, beat until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, beat.
• Add bananas, milk, and vanilla, blend well.
• Combine flour, nuts, baking soda, and salt.
• Add to banana mixture, mix well.
• Pour into greased pan, bake at 350 for 55 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl; beat well.
• Combine banana, oats, and milk; add to sugar mixture, beating well.
• Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir with a whisk.
• Add to sugar mixture; beat just until moist.
• Spoon batter into a 9 X 5 loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan.
• Cool completely on wire rack.