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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 45 Minutes |
Ready In: 55 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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I promise you that my mom's banana bread recipe is the absolute BEST you'll ever make or taste - I've tried other banana bread recipes, but - they don't even come close to my Mom's - Love you Mommy! Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups mashed bananas (4 to 5 medium bananas) |
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour |
1/4 teaspoon salt |
1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
1/3 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature |
2/3 cup sugar (or splenda, whatever you like) |
2 eggs, separated (large or medium) |
1 1/2 ounces milk |
1 teaspoon cinnamon |
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg |
2 tablespoons flax seeds |
1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional) or 1/4 cup pecans (optional) |
Directions:
1. Cream together butter, sugar, & egg yolks until creamy.
2. Sift dry ingredients together (flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon & nutmeg). Alternately add the dry mixture to the creamed butter mixture as well as the milk & mashed bananas. Beat the egg whites until a stiff peak forms and fold in with a wooden spoon, (make sure you only use a wooden spoon to do this - this is KEY), next - fold in the chopped nuts also stir in with the wooden spoon.
3. Bake in a loaf pan that you have sprayed with olive oil or non-stick spray and dusted lightly with flour at 350° for approximately 45 minutes - insert a toothpick in the center of the loaf to ensure it is not runny, if it is - allow to bake an additional 5-10 minutes.
4. Cool on a wire rack and serve with cream cheese or your favorite margarine.
5. Note: I love to wait a day and then toast a piece in my toaster oven - it is SO good when it gets re-heated and toasty with butter on it and a cup of coffee - YUM!
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