"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> Not something I have ever made and it sounds wonderful!!! Please share
>> your recipes???
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> Really? I thought everyone made banana bread at one time or another. :-)
> I use a recipe like this.There are a ton of recipes out there, so I think
> you would have to decide which one you like best.
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> 3 large extra ripe bananas about 1 1/2 cups mashed
> 2 cups all-purpose flour
> 1 teaspoon baking soda
> 1 teaspoon baking powder
> 1/2 teaspoon salt
> 11/2 teaspoon cinnamon
> 3/4 cup white sugar
> 1/2 cup brown sugar
> 1/2 cup softened butter
> 2 eggs, beaten
> 2 tsps vanilla extract
> 1/2 cup buttermilk
> 11/2 cup nuts (if making plain banana bread omit but I like it with nuts
> and also a few golden raisins)
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> Instructions
> Preheat oven to 325.
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> Grease and flour a loaf pan.
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> mash bananas until creamed in bowl
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> In another bowl, mix together flour,baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon,
> and salt.
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> Cream together the butter and sugars.
> Beat in the eggs until combined.
> Fold in the bananas.
> Add vanilla extract and buttermilk.
> Beat until combined.
> Add the dry mixture into the wet mixture.
> Mix until just mixed, don't overmix.
> put into the prepared loaf pan.
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> Bake in middle of oven for 1 hour or so. Toothpick should come out clean
> and bread should be golden on the outside.
> Let cool for a few minutes and then take it out of the pan and place on a
> rack to cool.
> I like mine nice and cold so I refrigerate overnight, but dh likes it
> warm. YMMV

When I worked at the golf course, one of my bosses had a thing for bananas.
People used to complain about golfing with him as he was always pulling
bananas out of his bag to eat. And his office was frequently buzzing with
fruit flies because there were rotting bananas and peels in the trash. He
had so many bananas at home that they never got eaten in time and his wife
was constantly making banana bread. And for some reason, he decided that I
should be the recipient of it.

I'm not much of a bread lover to begin with but I especially dislike banana
bread. And my husband won't eat it either so... I used to take it to my
mother in law. But we couldn't go there every weekend as both my husband
and I sometimes had to work on weekends. So I wound up with quite a little
stash of the stuff in my freezer. I can't remember how how I got rid of it
all.

The funny thing was, my coworkers were jealous because *they* wanted the
bread. So after I found this out, I would try to find a way to give them
the bread without my boss knowing. I didn't want to hurt his feelings.