One of my favourite quick recipes is my mini banana breads. I make them with walnuts and without walnuts. Depends if you want them or not. Tonight I made them with walnuts.
My son saw the nice ripped perfect bananas and asked if we could make them. So here we are lol, good thing we had enough to just make 8. If you are making anything to do with a banana recipe it is so important to wait until your bananas are slightly browning because that's when you get the best flavours. I actually go to the clearance at the back of the store when I am making a major batch and get them that way because they are perfect. When I go through baking spurts its usually for several people. So I need to make a lot. If you are in a hurry and only have green bananas that ok, just add more sugar after everything is mixed. Add small amounts until you are happy with the taste. Also you can make a whole big loaf of banana bread just cook it all in one pan. I just love this pampered chef mini stone because the sizes are perfect for my kids to pull out of the freezer and cut into small pieces to have a snack. And its so much healthier knowing what my kids are eating. They would rather have this than junk, so that makes me feel so much better as a parent having some control over what they eat. A big hit for breakfast or lunches at school, or a quick evening snack. I also use margarine in pretty much all my recipes. Don't use the cheap stuff, does not turn out well at all. I have been using the kind from Costco for 10 years now and won't use anything else. Its called Golden Gate Crystal margarine. Not sure if its sold anywhere else. Once I tried the cheap no name stuff and threw out so many cookies was terrible. I wont bake and give it away unless I am completely happy with it. Use a higher priced margarine in the grocery store if you aren't a Costco member.
Also you can add 2 cups of chocolate chips instead of nuts to this recipe. They taste yummy with chocolate in them as well.
I have tried other kinds of nuts like pecans but find walnuts taste the best with bananas.
Recipe
Pre-heat oven to 350F
Ingredients
3 ripped bananas
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1tsp. salt
2 cups walnuts, chopped into pieces
1) Blend together the bananas, butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Then add in the flour, baking soda and salt. When everything is well mixed add the walnuts, gently mix.
2) Make sure your pan is lined with butter so the banana bread mixture doesn't stick to the pan.
3) Poor in mixture until it fills the pan half way.
4) Cook for 30 minutes.
5) Check with a tooth pick if clean then its done if not then cook for a couple minutes longer.
6) When cooked put on cooling rack to cool.
Batter with everything mixed
Bread cooling on rack
Enjoy hot with a nice cold glass of milk, a tea or coffee. Or you can wait until it cools, still tastes amazing. I also put them in freezer bags and freeze them.
Please if you try and of my recipes give me your feedback on how you liked them and maybe how you improved on them.
I hope you enjoy them as much as we do! This is one I make often and is a family favourite.
I would love to try your recipes...You can drop some off anytime!! I'll let you know what I think!! ;) I am loving your blog..great job, you're an old pro!!
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