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Favorite Banana Bread

A favorite banana bread made with ripe bananas, butter, sugar, eggs, and nuts. Serve this quick bread with butter or cream cheese spread for breakfast, brunch, a mid-day snack, or dessert.

This banana bread recipe has a light, delicate crumb and has quite a bit of banana flavor because you use 3 large bananas in the recipe.

The chopped nuts are optional, but do add a nice amount of flavor to the bread.

This quick bread tastes good either warmed up or served cold. It is a family favorite in our house and this recipe gets made around our house quite frequently.

Fresh dairy butter makes a great spread or just eat it plain. This recipe for cream cheese spread makes a tasty topping as well. Fresh fruit also serves as a nice complement to a quick bread for a brunch menu.

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Favorite Banana Bread Recipe

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This recipe is from my mom's recipe box collection.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Bake Time: 60 minutes

Ingredients:

1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter (at room temperature)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 Tablespoons boiling water
2 eggs
1-1/2 cup mashed bananas (about 3 large extra ripe bananas)
2 cups flour
1/2 cup finely chopped nuts (optional)

Instructions:

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2: Grease a 9" x 5" x 3" loaf baking pan.

Step 3: In a medium bowl, cream the sugar, butter,salt until smooth.

Step 4: Add eggs, and stir to incorporate.

Step 5: Dissolve the baking soda into the 3 tablespoons boiling water. Add to the wet mixture and mix well.

Step 6: Stir the banana mash into the wet mixture and mix well.

Step 7: Add flour and nuts. Mix well.

Step 8: Place in greased baking pan and bake for 1 hour.

Makes 8-12 servings.

**To test for doneness, insert a toothpick into the center of the loaf 5 minutes before baking time is over. When the toothpick comes out clean, the bread is done. You can also visually check if the bread is done by looking for a nice medium brown color and also checking that the bread has pulled away from the edges of the baking pan.

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