Easy Banana Bread Recipes
With busy lifestyles, sometimes it is hard to find time to cook. Then
you worry about eating out all the time and if your family’s nutritional
needs are being met. It is easy to cook banana bread while
multi-tasking. Ten minutes before one of your favorite one-hour
television shows starts, combine bananas that have been mashed with a
few other ingredients. Mix together, pour batter into a greased loaf pan
and load into a preheated oven. It could not be simpler. Most bread
takes 45 to 60 minutes so set your timer accordingly. With so many
commercial breaks, you can easily take out the loaf pan and start the
cooling process before your show has ended.
The benefits that your family can enjoy a wholesome snack or a quick
breakfast that is homemade. It is a healthy treat that is also
economical. With rising food costs, that is welcome relief
Bananas are basically just a no-fuss kind of fruit. They come
self-contained in a heavy peel that protects it from contaminants. It is
portable. It is so easy to take to work, to the gym, on a picnic or put
in a child’s lunch. In the afternoon at work, you feel sluggish. You
think about getting something out of the vending machine, perhaps a
candy bar. Then you take out the banana that you brought from home. You
enjoy the sweetness of the fruit and know that it was a much better
choice than anything out of the vending machine.
Most fruits will rot or get mold. Bananas when too ripe are perfect
for easy banana bread recipes. Actually, banana bread is not as good
when just ripe bananas are used. The mushiness and sweetness intensifies
any banana bread. Also banana bread is so versatile. You can add
blueberries, oats, chocolate chips, zucchini, sour cream and the list
goes on.
Maple Banana Bread
Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 50 Minutes
Ready In: 1 Hour 20 Minutes
Servings: 12
INGREDIENTS:
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 egg 2 ripe bananas
- 1/2 teaspoon maple extract
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 3 tablespoons white sugar
DIRECTIONS:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 5x9 inch
loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, mix the melted butter and maple syrup. Beat in
the egg and bananas, leaving a few small chunks. Stir in the maple
extract and milk. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking soda,
and baking powder, and stir into the banana mixture just until
moistened. Transfer to the prepared loaf pan. Mix the nuts and
sugar, and sprinkle evenly over the batter.
- Bake 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted
in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
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