Hartsons Moist Banana Strawberry Nut Bread Recipes

STRAWBERRY-BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9- by 5-inch loaf pan.
• Roughly chop 1/2 cup of the walnuts, and finely chop the remaining 2 tablespoons, keeping them separate.
• Whisk together the flour, sugar, roughly chopped walnuts, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a medium bowl.
• Whisk together the oil, eggs, vanilla and zest. Fold in the bananas and strawberries. Fold the oil mixture into the flour mixture until just combined (it's OK if there are some lumps). Transfer the batter to the prepared pan, and sprinkle the top with the finely chopped walnuts.
• Bake until the bread is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edges, and let cool completely in the pan on a rack. The bread can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

STRAWBERRY BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F degrees. Spray two 9x5 loaf pan with nonstick spray. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, using a KitchenAid Stand Mixer with paddle attachment cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• In a small bowl, beat eggs using a fork. Add eggs to sugar mixture and beat until combined. Add mashed bananas and mix until combined.
• Sift all dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add sifted dry ingredients to banana mixture and mix until flour is just combined. DO NOT OVER MIX! Fold in floured covered strawberries.
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pans and bake at 375*F for 15 minutes. REDUCE heat to 350*F and bake for an additional 30 minutes until edges are slightly brown or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool completely before removing from loaf pans.

STRAWBERRY NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 2 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the center. Beat together the eggs and oil and pour them into the well. Stir just enough to moisten the ingredients. Fold in the strawberries and nuts. Pour mixture into prepared pans; fill containers no more than half full.
• Bake in a preheated oven about 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 20 to 30 minutes before removing from pans. Move to a rack to cool completely before slicing.

STRAWBERRY BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease 2 loaf pans.
• Beat together butter and sugar.
• Add eggs and mix well.
• Add milk, flour, baking powder, and salt; mix.
• Stir in bananas, strawberries, and nuts.
• Pour batter into two prepared pans.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes.
• Let cool 30 minutes before removing from pans and slicing.

HARTSON'S MOIST BANANA - STRAWBERRY - NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Grate butter if refrigerated, microwave 20 seconds until soft, or use room temperature butter.
• Chop a basket of strawberries (about 2 cups). Important: Do not over chop strawberries. You will want the chew of the Strawberry to come through and deliver the strawberry flavor.
• Chop, lightly, pecans in food processor or use meat tenderizing mallet to break pecans into smaller pieces. Important: Do not over chop pecans. You will want the chew of the pecan to come through.
• in LARGE bowl, combine powdered sugar, salt, baking soda, chopped pecans and only TWO of the three cups of flour together. Set aside third cup of flour. The bowl used should be large enough to combine all ingredients together later.
• Separately, beat three eggs. Add vanilla, milk, and butter. mix gently together.
• ADD Step 5 (wet mixture) into large bowl used earlier to combine dry ingredients. Fold and mix lightly until combined and smooth.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• ADD bananas and mix (if bananas have not been blended yet, use a mashing utensil such as one used for mashing potatoes). Do not over mix bananas. You will want small chunks of banana for texture and flavor.
• ADD strawberries to mix and lightly fold.
• Combined mixture should be slightly fluid. ADD remaining flour in small parts until mixture maintains a light form. It should fall off a spatula, a little more formed than making pancake batter.
• Coat well, two bread loaf pans (metal or glass will do).
• Place mixture in equal parts into two loaf bread pans (see pan size in finished loafs picture).
• Place both filled pans in center oven. Bake 50 minutes. REDUCE oven temperature to 325 and continue to cook 30-40 minutes.
• Remove from oven, Cover with cloth and cool. Serve warm or cold.

EXTREME BANANA NUT BREAD 'EBNB'

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
• Sift flour, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl.
• Cream sugar and butter together in a separate bowl. Stir in bananas, eggs, and walnuts until well blended.
• Pour wet ingredients into flour mixture and stir just until blended. Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a paring knife inserted into the crown of each loaf comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let loaves cool in the pans for at least 5 minutes. Turn out onto a cooling rack, and let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Slice and serve. For more intense flavor, wrap each loaf in aluminum foil to keep in the moisture, then refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.