Banana Bread By Verondear I Made It

Banana Bread by Verondear

notyourmomma 9 years ago
Made a loaf following this recipe, with a few changes to use what I had on hand.

Banana Bread

I had white sugar, no brown sugar and searched specifically for a white sugar recipe. Used three large bananas.

I had one cup of steeped crushed pistachio nuts with a scant 1/8 cup of half and half left in the nut mix from an ice cream base, so I added it to the banana batter. Waste not, want not. I added an extra 1/4 cup of nuts and 1/4 cup of craisins (low sugar).
I used an 1/4 cup of Maker's Mark bourbon and a 1/2 tsp of vanilla to stir in the baking soda instead of water. I didn't use any additional water. It fit in one 9 x 5 well greased glass pyrex loaf pan.

Smells wonderful. I pinched a crusty corner and it is good!!!
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frankieanne 9 years ago said:

Bourbon banana bread. Yum. :) It looks fabulous. Did you use shortening or butter? I know - after all the other stuff you listed that is what I want to know! :-)

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notyourmomma 9 years ago said:

I used butter. I had shortening, but it smelled OLD and funky. It made a very tall loaf. Liv said it was delicious and the bourbon flavor was very faint. The basic recipe would work beautifully. I hate banana bread where I get a bit of soda that did not mix in and this method guarantees that a sneaky lump of baking soda isn't present in the finished loaf.

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NPMarie 9 years ago said:

Pretty loaf of banana bread! I want some!

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mommyluvs2cook 9 years ago said:

Lol, I didn't know shortening could go bad! This looks so good and I love all your additions. I know what you mean with the baking soda clumping, had it happen really bad once, yikes! :)

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chuckieb 9 years ago said:

Oh my! Please pass a slice or five. :) YUM! Very nice Tina!

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