Gold Medal Flours Best Ever Banana Bread Recipes

GOLD MEDAL FLOUR'S BEST-EVER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottoms only of 2 (8X4 inch) loaf pans.
• In large bowl, mix sugar and butter. Add eggs, bananas (increase recipe by one banana), buttermilk and vanilla; beat with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
• Stir in flour, baking soda, salt and nuts (if using) just until moistened. Pour batter into pans.
• Bake for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool about 1 hour before slicing.

GOLD MEDAL FLOUR'S BEST-EVER BANANA BREAD RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Heat an oven to 350 degrees F. Grease bottoms of two 8 x 4 inches loaf pans. In large bowl, mix sugar and butter. Add eggs, bananas (increase recipe by one banana), buttermilk and vanilla; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda, salt and nuts (if using) until the mixture becomes moistened. Distribute the batter evenly into the two pans. Bake for one hour or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans to cooling rack. Let the bread cool for about an hour before slicing.

GOLD MEDAL FLOUR BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350 deg. F,; Grease bottoms only of 2 (8x4-inch) loaf pans or 1 (9x5-inch) loaf pan. 2. In large bowl, mix sugar& butter. Add eggs, bananas, buttermilk & vanilla; beat with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda, salt & nuts just until moistened. Pour batter in pans. 3. Bake 8-inch loaves 1 hour, 9-inch loaf 1 1/4 hours, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool about 1 hour before slicing. 2 loaves (16 slices each) High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Increase flour to 2 3/4 cups. In step 1, heat oven to 375 F. In step 2, add 1/4 cup water with buttermilk. Bake 8-inch loaves about 1 hr. 5 mins., 9-inch loaf about 1 hour 30 minutes. ******************* Sugar Glaze* Optional 3/4 Cup Confectioners Sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 3-4 tablespoons milk Squirts of lemon (optional) or Squirts of Eaglebrand milk Add milk & vanilla slowly & gradually to the sugar, & and stir / whisk slowly. When you achieve the thickness you want stop! Add walnuts on top of bread, then (Pour zigzag using a spoon) glaze top of Banana Bread. Let cool & set.

BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Move oven rack to low position so that tops of pans will be in center of oven. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans, 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2 inches, or 1 loaf pan, 9x5x3 inches.
• Mix sugar and butter in large bowl. Stir in eggs until well blended. Add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened. Stir in nuts. Pour into pans.
• Bake 8-inch loaves about 1 hour, 9-inch loaf about 1 1/4 hours, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans and place top side up on wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.