Mothers Banana Nut Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Grease an 8x4 inch loaf pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar. Add butter, eggs, nuts, and mashed banana. Beat until well blended.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.

Steps:

• Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together.
• Cream shortening, add sugar, and beaten egg.
• Mix well.
• Mash bananas really well.
• Add the buttermilk.
• Add chopped pecans to the sifted dry ingredients and fold into creamed mixture gradually , alternating with milk and bananas.
• Pour into pan lined with waxed paper, and bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) for 1 hour.

Steps:

• Cream together butter, sugar, & egg yolks until creamy.
• Sift dry ingredients together (flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon & nutmeg). Alternately add the dry mixture to the creamed butter mixture as well as the milk & mashed bananas. Beat the egg whites until a stiff peak forms and fold in with a wooden spoon, (make sure you only use a wooden spoon to do this - this is KEY), next - fold in the chopped nuts also stir in with the wooden spoon.
• Bake in a loaf pan that you have sprayed with olive oil or non-stick spray and dusted lightly with flour at 350° for approximately 45 minutes - insert a toothpick in the center of the loaf to ensure it is not runny, if it is - allow to bake an additional 5-10 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack and serve with cream cheese or your favorite margarine.
• Note: I love to wait a day and then toast a piece in my toaster oven - it is SO good when it gets re-heated and toasty with butter on it and a cup of coffee - YUM!