[artisticmind]

3 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2cups sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
3 bananas mashed
1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 cup water
1 tsp. cinnamon
4 eggs, slightly beaten
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup oil
walnut pieces topping, if desired


Heat oven to 350*. Mix all ingredients except the walnut pieces until moist. Pour into loaf pans and top with walnut pieces. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.

If using the small aluminum breadpans (the one time use ones), they are usually sold in 3-packs and there should be enough batter to fill the 3 pans half full. If using bigger pans you should get at least 2 loaves.


I couldn't find a good banana recipe online that i liked so i converted my grandma's pumpkin bread recipe to a banana bread recipe. I've coverted it before to make zuchinni bread (just use this recipe and interchange the bananas for shredded zuchinni) so i figured why not? For the mashed bananas i broke them up into pieces and used 1/3 cup of the water and a hand mixer to break them up and make a "soup." out of them. You may want to add an extra banana or two total, depending on how much banana flavor you'd like. 3 is okay and has the banana flavor to it but i think an extra banana next time around will be even better.
Also most recipes i saw online called for butter which i obviously didn't use. A lot of reviews of recipes out there i saw said to add butter or sour cream to add and maintain moisture to the loaves. Next time i will mix a small tub of sour cream into my batter and see if it helps. The original pumpkin bread recipe stays really moist so i figured it wouldn't be a problem. The banana bread however does seem to have dried out a little, it stays together and still tastes good but i like it to be a little softer/more moist. Enjoy!

[Banned-Bezebelle]

thanks, I've been looking for a good one!

[Lady Valkyrie]

Sounds good. I fancy the idea of banana bread, might give this a go in the summer hols.