Print Recipe
Bettye's Best Banana Bread
 
recipe image
Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Ready In: 50 Minutes
Servings: 4
After years of dry and flavorless banana bread, this recipe was worked out. The secret is using the ripest bananas...Almost too ripe to handle!
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup softened margarine
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2-1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup well-mashed over-ripe banana
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 -3 tablespoons lemon juice
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Grease and flour two 8 1/2-by-4 1/2 inch loaf pans.
3. Combine flour, salt, and baking soda.
4. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
5. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
6. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately.
7. Beat batter 2-3 minutes.
8. Stir in vanilla, nuts, and bananas.
9. Spoon into loaf pans.
10. Bake about 50 minutes, or until a toothpick can be inserted and pulled out clean.
11. Cool before adding glaze.
12. For the glaze, stir confectioners' sugar and lemon juiice until smooth.
13. Pour over cooled loaves.
By RecipeOfHealth.com