This Sh*t is Bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S

Bananas: whether you love them or hate them, you can’t deny that banana bread is delicious! Warm out of the oven, paired with a little butter spread on the top, with some ice cream or with your morning coffee (as I’m doing right now….) banana bread is a homemade, baked-good staple.

I was really excited that my baking blog project inspired my roommate to whip out her mom’s banana bread recipe so we could bake a bed-time snack. After Ginny determined that the bananas sitting on-top of our fridge were at prime mushy-ness, she called her mom to get the recipe, and we got to baking!

(For this recipe, you’ll need a bread pan)

Awesome Banana Bread

Ingredients

3 very ripened, mashed bananas

2 Eggs (use one if you want the bread to rise less)

1 1/4 cups sugar

1/3 cup shortening or butter

1/3 cup milk

1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

2 1/4 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Optional

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 cup chopped pecans

Baking time!

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
• Cream the sugar and shortening together
• Add eggs
• In a separate bowl, mix together milk, baking soda, flour, salt and vanilla (and cinnamon and pecans if you’d like)
• Add all ingredients together, and mix well.
• Pour into a greased bread pan
• Bake for 45 minutes, or until the center is no longer gooey.

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And it the words of Ginny… Y.U.M. Easy to make, not too many ingredients, and so good! You’ll never look at a banana the same way again!

Do you guys have any favorite banana bread recipes? Or any bread recipes, for that matter? (I’m currently on the hunt for a good zucchini bread recipe!) Please, leave a comment or email me at: itsacakewalkblog (at) gmail (dot) com

Happy baking! It’s a cake walk!