Sunday, March 2, 2014

Banana Nut Bread




As with most of my recipe alterations, this one came from not having the right amounts of ingredients. I didn't have enough white sugar, or butter but the results were delicious, so it all worked out in the end. I am always nervous about making alterations when baking, because they always say it is a much more specific science, but I have never had any disasters so far.

Banana Nut Bread
4 ripe bananas (mine were previously frozen and then thawed), mashed
1/4 cup melted butter
1 tbs melted margarine
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 and grease loaf pan. Mix first 7 ingredients together in a mixing bowl using a spoon. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture, then fold in (to avoid any clumps). Add the flour last, about a half cup at a time, and fold in. Pour into the loaf plan. Sprinkle chopped pecans over the top. bake for 65 minutes, then allow to cool for 15 before removing from the pan to finish cooling.
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