Dads Banana Bread Recipes

QUICK & EASY BANANA BREAD RECIPE (CLASSIC BANANA BREAD)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Mash bananas with a fork.
• Soften butter in a microwave.
• Stir eggs, bananas and butter together.
• Mix in remaining ingredients. Stir until the batter is fully mixed.
• Optional - If you want to enhance this easy "basic" banana bread, you can stir in 1 cup of your family's favorite dessert ingredient (i.e. chocolate chips or chopped walnuts) after you have mixed the batter.
• Pour the finished batter into a nonstick bread pan. Smooth out the top of the batter within the bread pan.
• Bake in the oven for 65-70 minutes or until golden brown.
• Take out of oven and let the banana bread cool down in the bread pan for 10 minutes. Do not remove the banana bread from the bread pan during this 10 minute cool down period. Use oven mitts as the bread pan will be very hot coming out of the oven.
• After 10 minutes, remove the banana bread from the bread pan. Place the banana bread on a cooling rack in order to completely cool. This cool down may take 1-2 hours. Gently slide a silicon spatula between the banana bread and the bread pan walls if the banana bread is stuck in the pan.

DAD'S BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan, or line a muffin pan with cupcake liners.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time, followed by the bananas.
• Mix in the self-rising flour and flax seed meal until just incorporated; fold in the walnuts.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes for muffins, or 1 hour for a loaf. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

BREAD MACHINE - BANANA BREAD RECIPE (CLASSIC VERSION)

Steps:

• Prep Time - 10 minutes
• Baking Time - 1:40 hours
• Bread Machine Settings - Sweet Quick Bread, Light Color, 2 lb
• Beat the eggs.
• Mash bananas with a fork.
• Soften the butter in microwave.
• Add the eggs, butter & bananas into the bread pan and then add the other ingredients. Try to follow order of the ingredients listed above so that liquid ingredients are placed in the bread pan first and the dry ingredients second. Be aware that the bread pan should be removed from the bread machine before you start to add any ingredients. This helps to avoid spilling any material inside the bread machine. The bread machine should always be unplugged when removing the bread pan.
• Put the bread pan (with all of the ingredients) back into the bread machine, close the bread machine lid and then plug in the bread machine.
• Enter the bread machine settings (Sweet Quick Bread, Light Color) and press the start button. FYI - Before making this recipe, please read the tips section below for more information regarding the sweet quick bread setting used to make banana breads. The setting may be called "quick bread", "quick bread/cake", "cake", etc. However, some manufacturers use the "quick bread" setting are for rapid sandwich-type breads that use yeast (and not for quick breads such as banana bread that use baking powder/soda). Therefore, this setting can be very confusing... but the tips section below will help you to find the right setting to use on your machine. You need to enter the correct banana bread setting used by your SPECIFIC bread machine model or the banana bread could be under or overcooked.
• Optional - If you want to add chopped walnuts or mini chocolate chips to enhance this basic banana bread recipe, please add them after the first bread machine mixing cycle and before the second mixing (final mixing).
• When the bread machine has finished baking the bread, unplug the bread machine, remove the bread pan and place it on a wooden cutting board. Use oven mitts when removing the bread pan because it will be very hot!
• Optional - Use a long wooden skewer to test if the banana bread is completely cooked. Wear oven mitts as the bread pan will be hot. See the tips section for more details on this classic "toothpick" test.
• After removing the bread pan from the bread machine, you should let the banana bread stay within the warm bread pan on a wooden cutting board for 10 minutes (as this finishes the baking process) before you remove the banana bread from the bread pan. Wear oven mitts.
• After 10 the minute "cooldown", you should remove the banana bread from the bread pan and place the banana bread on a wire cooling rack to finish cooling. Use oven mitts when removing the bread.
• Don't forget to remove the mixing paddle if it is stuck in the bread. Use oven mitts as the mixing paddle could be hot.
• You should allow the banana bread to completely cool before cutting. This can take up to 2 hours. Otherwise, the banana bread will break (crumble) more easily when cut.

SIMPLE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 8x4 inch loaf pan and set aside.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• In another bowl, mash the bananas and stir in the eggs and sugar. Stir in the flour mixture and mix until just combined, then fold in the chopped nuts (optional). Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55 to 65 minutes or until bread tests done. Remove from oven and cool on a rack for 10 minute, then remove from pan and cool completely. Slice and serve.

DAD'S FAMOUS BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix flour, sugar, and soda together.
• Beat in Oil, eggs, and bananas.
• Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
• Put in greased bread pan. Should be 3/4 of the way full.
• Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees. (the top of the bread will crack -- but it is not done yet.

DAD'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease bottom only of 9 by 5 or 8 by 4 inch loaf pan.
• In large bowl, blend the first 6 ingredients; beat for 1 minute at medium speed.
• Stir in remaining ingredient just until the dry ingredients are moistened.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• At 350 degrees, bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool for 5 minutes; remove from pan.
• Cut into slices and enjoy! They are great with butter on top!

DAD'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease pan with cooking spray.
• Mash bananas (potatoe masher works great).
• Add all ingredents to mashed bananas and mix well.
• Place in pan and bake until toothpick comes out clean except for maybe some chocolate.

DAD'S BREAKFAST BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, stir together the scalded milk, sugar, margarine and salt. In a small bowl, stir together the yeast and warm water. Let stand 10 minutes, or until foamy.
• Stir the yeast mixture into the milk mixture. Blend in the eggs. Mix in the flour one cup at a time to make a soft dough. Cover bowl and let rise in a warm place until double.
• Heat one inch of oil in a deep heavy skillet to 370 degrees F (180 degrees C). Form large handfuls of dough into flat pancake shapes and fry them in the hot oil, turning once, until golden brown on both sides. Remove from oil to drain on paper towels.

DAD'S BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan, or line a muffin pan with cupcake liners.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs one at a time, followed by the bananas.
• Mix in the self-rising flour and flax seed meal until just incorporated; fold in the walnuts.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes for muffins, or 1 hour for a loaf. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

TONY'S FAMOUS BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, mash the bananas with a hand-help potato masher, leaving them chunky.
• Add the sugar, eggs, and grape seed oil.
• Continue to mash and stir with the potato masher until the ingredients are blended.
• Sift the dry ingredients onto a piece of parchment paper and pour into the banana mixture.
• Using the potato masher, blend gently until the flour is worked through.
• Stir in the walnuts.
• Pour into a 9" cake pan lined with parchment paper.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes, until golden and the tester comes out clean.
• Let cool in the pan for 30 minutes.
• Flip on a wire rack and cool completely.
• Serve with Spiced Rum Creme Anglais.