Prize Winning Banana Bread
From krumkake 18 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 12
This recipe won 1st place at the Nicollet County Fair in 1981 and it stills remains our family favorite for banana bread. I’ve modified it ever so slightly over the years, but the end result remains moist and flavorful.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, softened shopping list
- ¼ cup vegetable oil shopping list
- 1 cup white sugar shopping list
- ½ cup brown sugar shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 1½ cups mashed ripe bananas (I use 3 medium well-ripened bananas) shopping list
- ½ cup sour cream shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 2 cups flour shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
- ½ teaspoon salt shopping list
- additional brown sugar for top of batter shopping list
How to make it
- Mix together butter, oil, sugars and eggs.
- Add mashed bananas, sour cream and vanilla, stirring together well.
- Mix in flour, baking soda and salt, stirring until it is well blended.
- Pour into 1 greased large loaf pan or 3 small loaf pans (I always use 3 of the 7 3/8 x 3 5/8 inch loaf pans - I think it gives the best results).
- Sprinkle additional brown sugar generously over top of batter, using your hand to gently pat some of it into the batter.
- Bake at 325 degrees: large loaf pan for about 1 hour, smaller loaves for about 45 minutes.
- Allow bread to cool in pans for about 20 minutes, then run a sharp knife around the edges, tap the pan on the counter several times to release the bread from the bottom of the pan, then invert pan over a wire rack and let the bread fall onto the rack to finish cooling completely.
- Variations and Suggestions: Add any of the following – miniature chocolate chips, toffee bits, shredded coconut, chopped pecans or macadamia nuts.
- Try toasting your banana bread – spread hot toasted bread with butter and even add a sprinkling of cinnamon and sugar and some slices of banana, or top with a combination of honey and peanut butter, or spread hot toasted bread with some Nutella…the possibilities are endless!
- Use slices of banana bread to make your French toast. Just dust the finished product with some powdered sugar, or a little powdered sugar glaze, or spread on some Nutella, and maple syrup is good on it, too…you’ve gotta try it!
3 small loaves - you will see how the center tends to fall in, creating a ridge of brown sugar when you cut the slices!
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Reviewed by 32 people-
Tried this recipe for the first time today. Totally yummy! My bread took 1hr and 20min to bake, but totally worth the wait! Thanks for the great recipe!
babygirl247
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Wow! I am excited to try this award winning recipe! Thank you!! This is much better than my healthy http://www.101lowcarbmeals.com/easy-banana-bread
MexicanCasserole
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Yum! This is an excellent recipe, thanks for sharing KrumKake.
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