Amish Banana Bread Recipes

EASY AMISH FRIENDSHIP BREAD BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C). Grease a 9" x 5" loaf pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, add eggs and mash bananas with the back of a fork until smooth.
• Add starter, butter, sugar, and vanilla and continue to mix.
• Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt. Include cinnamon if using. Mix until just combined.
• Fold in chocolate chips or nuts if using.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bang pan gently on the counter to settle the batter and release any excess air.
• Bake for one hour or until the bread loosens evenly from the sides and a toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool for 15-20 minutes before slicing.
• ENJOY!

AMISH BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9- x 5-inch loaf pan.
• Place oil in a large bowl. Gradually add sugar while beating lightly. Add eggs and continue beating. Add mashed bananas and beat just until moistened; set aside.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add dry mixture to banana mixture and beat just until moistened. Add milk and vanilla, and continue beating just until mixed then pour into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake 50 to 60 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan on a wire rack for about 10 minutes. Turn out onto rack and cool completely.

AMISH FRIENDSHIP BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease 2 - 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, mash together the shortening and bananas, then stir in the starter, eggs, milk, sugar, and walnuts. Sift together the baking powder, baking soda, salt, and flour. Fold into the banana mixture. Divide batter evenly into the prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool loaf until it loosens evenly from the pan, about 10 minutes, before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

BANANA FRIENDSHIP BREAD

Steps:

• To the batter add 2 bananas, 3 eggs, 1-1/2 tsp baking powder, 1 cup oil (or ½ oil & ½ applesauce), ½ tsp baking soda, ½ cup milk, ½ tsp vanilla, 1 cup sugar, 2 cups flour, ½ tsp salt, 1 cup chopped nuts (optional).
• Note: It is easier to mix if you combine the dry ingredients (except for sugar and mashed bananas) in another bowl then add it slowly to the batter.
• Grease bottom and sides of 2 large loaf pans or spray with Pam. Mix ½ cup sugar and 1-1/2 tsp cinnamon in a small bowl. Dust the insides of each of the pans with half of the mixture, making sure to cover the bottom and sides well.
• Pour batter evenly into the 2 pans and sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture over top of the batter.
• Bake for approximately 1 hour (until toothpick comes out clean.) Cool until the bread loosens from the pan easily. Turn onto serving dish. May be served warm or cold. Enjoy.