This recipe is delicious but don't do as I did and pour the tsp of
baking soda into the flour cannister instead of the sifter. Luckily it
all landed on the flour scoop instead of all over the flour.

Banana Bread from "Beard on Bread"

2 c. sifted all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter (1/4 lb.)
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed very ripe banana (2 or 3 bananas)
1/3 cup milk with 1 tsp. lemon juice or vinegar added
1/2 cup chopped nuts (I use pecans)
My additions:
finely grated rind of 1 orange
splash of vanilla
Note: I use a mixer but you can mix it all by hand.


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Sift flour, soda, and salt together, set aside. Cream the butter till
fluffy, add sugar and mix well. Add eggs, rind, and bananas, blend
thoroughly. Slowly and alternately fold in the flour and curdled milk.
Blend well after each addition. Stir in the nuts then pour batter in
to lavishly buttered 9x5 inch loaf pan. Bake 60 minutes or until the
bread springs back when lightly touched in the center.

Cool on a wire rack and remove from pan after about 10-15 minutes. Let
cool completely before wrapping for storage.

gloria p

On Sun 06 Jul 2008 01:30:15p, Gloria P told us...

> This recipe is delicious but don't do as I did and pour the tsp of
> baking soda into the flour cannister instead of the sifter. Luckily it
> all landed on the flour scoop instead of all over the flour.
>
> Banana Bread from "Beard on Bread"
>
> 2 c. sifted all purpose flour
> 1 tsp. baking soda
> 1/2 tsp. salt
> 1/2 cup butter (1/4 lb.)
> 1 cup granulated sugar
> 2 eggs
> 1 cup mashed very ripe banana (2 or 3 bananas)
> 1/3 cup milk with 1 tsp. lemon juice or vinegar added
> 1/2 cup chopped nuts (I use pecans)
> My additions:
> finely grated rind of 1 orange
> splash of vanilla
> Note: I use a mixer but you can mix it all by hand.
>
>
> Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
> Sift flour, soda, and salt together, set aside. Cream the butter till
> fluffy, add sugar and mix well. Add eggs, rind, and bananas, blend
> thoroughly. Slowly and alternately fold in the flour and curdled milk.
> Blend well after each addition. Stir in the nuts then pour batter in
> to lavishly buttered 9x5 inch loaf pan. Bake 60 minutes or until the
> bread springs back when lightly touched in the center.
>
> Cool on a wire rack and remove from pan after about 10-15 minutes. Let
> cool completely before wrapping for storage.
>
> gloria p
>

Thanks for posting this, Gloria. Copied and pasted into Mastercook.

I hate recipes that call for 2-3 bananas with no equivalent cup
measurement. I'm glad this recipe states both.

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Wayne Boatwright
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Sunday, 07(VII)/06(VI)/08(MMVIII)
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Cats must try to bat a sandwich or
Fudgesicle out of mom's hand.
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On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:39:41 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>I hate recipes that call for 2-3 bananas with no equivalent cup
>measurement. I'm glad this recipe states both.

After two or three hundred batches of banana bread, you soon learn
that plus or minus a banana makes little difference.

I would deep six the milk and vinegar and just use full fat
buttermilk. Much better results will follow.

On Sun 06 Jul 2008 01:49:14p, Billy told us...

> On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:39:41 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>>I hate recipes that call for 2-3 bananas with no equivalent cup
>>measurement. I'm glad this recipe states both.
>
> After two or three hundred batches of banana bread, you soon learn
> that plus or minus a banana makes little difference.

Perhaps so, but I haven't made that many batches. When I've used recipes
without an exact measurement, I usually end up with a sodden mess in the
middle, and if I baked it any longer, the exterior would have ben burnt.

> I would deep six the milk and vinegar and just use full fat
> buttermilk. Much better results will follow.

I was thinking about that myself.



--
Wayne Boatwright
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Sunday, 07(VII)/06(VI)/08(MMVIII)
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I'm not crazy. I just have a unique
sense of reality.
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Gloria P > wrote in
:

> This recipe is delicious but don't do as I did and pour the tsp of
> baking soda into the flour cannister instead of the sifter. Luckily it
> all landed on the flour scoop instead of all over the flour.
>
> Banana Bread from "Beard on Bread"
>


Thanks for that. I was wondering what to do with some of the leftover
bananas I've got in the freezer :-)



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Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


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