A Slice of Heaven (Banana Bread)

by Shawn September 07 Recipes and Culinary Fun

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This is my favorite banana bread recipe.

It’s dense, full of banana flavor, and very yummy. Feel free to smear butter or cream cheese on it!

Grab a cup of coffee and kick back.

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup mashed bananas (I often will add another 1/4 cup for extra banana intensity)
  • 1 1/2 cup white sugar (I usually only use a cup)
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Directions

  1. For the best EVER banana bread the first trick is to use super ripe - almost black bananas. You can even keep them in the freezer when they are over ripe until you are ready to use them.
  2. Then preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  3. Spray a 9x5 inch loaf pan with oil or butter.
  4. Blend eggs, buttermilk and bananas.
  5. Sift together sugar, flour, baking soda and salt. Add to banana mixture and sir in pecans. Whisk well.
  6. Pour into prepared loaf and bake 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
  7. Cool, top with cream cheese and eat!
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Shawn

Shawn

Shawn is a second generation Adirondackee, parent, and now ADK’s active owner. Her parents bought Adirondack Camp in 1979 and she is proud that she is the reason Camp became coed in 1980. Shawn left her international energy consulting gig to join the ADK team full time in 2015. Shawn loves to hear the sounds of laughter rippling across the peninsual in the summer. She is an avid reader, traveler and baker (pumpkin muffins are her favorite). When she is not on the peninsula, Shawn lives in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA with her husband Kevin,their children Zan, Arion and Amy, chocolate lab Moka and their two sweet felines, Olive and Curry.

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