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Best Banana Bread Recipe


Best Banana Bread Recipe
My favorite indulgence ever. Modified a recipe in my grandma's old cookbook.

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Ingredients
  • In order of appearance:
  • 1/2 cup of butter ( i use the 50/50 blend with olive oil)
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup of milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 2/3 tablespoon of fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 1/5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon of soda
  • 2/3 teaspoon sea salt
  • 4 tablespoons of cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons of nutmeg
  • 2 cups of freshly mashed overly ripe bananas

Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350'F
  2. cream together shortening and sugar
  3. add eggs and beat well
  4. add vanilla
  5. in a seperate small cup combine milk and first mention of baking soda and fresh lemon juice
  6. stir these ingredients together than add to shortening sugar egg mixture
  7. in a third bowl combine flour, 2nd mention of baking soda, sea salt, cinnamon and nutmeg
  8. add flour into cream mixture a lot at a time
  9. alternatively add mashed bananas, blending well after each addition
  10. keep chunks of banana
  11. pour into wellgreated 7X7-inch loaf pan
  12. bake for 45 minutes or until knife comes out of center clear (maybe a little mashed banana may show but if there is sugary cream mixture on the knife as well, then it isn't ready)
  13. yummmmm enjoy with green tea!

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