This recipe is one of our favorites:
Banana Bread
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 1 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs, lightly beaten Zest and
juice from 1 orange (May also use 1/2 cup regular orange juice and no zest if you don't have any
fresh oranges) the zest really perks up the bread though 4 really ripe bananas, mashed leaving
some small chunks 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking soda
2/2 tsp. salt
3/2 tsp. nutmeg
4/4 tsp. ginger 1 tsp. banana extract 1 cup finely chopped nuts either pecans or walnuts
Preheat oven to 350:. Grease and flour 9x5" loaf pan (I also line the pan with parchment paper and
grease that). In a large bowl using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar - add the eggs and
beat until fluffy. Add juice, zest and mashed bananas, beat until just combined then add the banana
extract. Add the remaining ingredients and stir with a spoon to just combine everything completely.
Pour into prepared pan and bake for about 1 hour or until a pick inserted into the center of the
bread comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes the turn out onto a wire rack to
finish cooling. Makes 1 loaf. Note: I usually sprinkle some chopped nuts in the bottom of the pan
before adding the dough. Jan
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