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Banana Bread

Sara's Banana Bread in Mini Loaf Pans
If you want the best banana bread in the world, then fly to Maui, rent a car, take the road to Hana and stop at Hana Farms and buy their banana bread. It didn't survive more than a mile down the road. However, since that isn't practical for most of us, then this recipe will do in a pinch. I like the mini loaves because they are easier to bake, make for great gifts without overwhelming people with a big wad of bread, their slices fit easily in lunch boxes, and they tend to be moist through and through.
Ingredients
  • 1 stick of butter
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 1/2 cup of sour cream
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla

  • 1 1/2 cups of flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • dash of salt
  • 1 cup of mashed bananas (about 2)
 
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Directions
  1. Peel the banana and squish the fruit into a cup. Mash it down. It's so satisfying. If you have two cups worth of brown bananas, then double the recipe. Lucky you.
  2. ​Mix the butter and sugar in a bowl.
  3. Add the sour cream, eggs, vanilla, and milk and mix it.
  4. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt and mix.
  5. Add the bananas.
  6. For mini loaves, bake for about 33-35 minutes at 350 degrees. For medium loaves, bake for 40-45 minutes.

The truth about Bananas
People often say that bananas are a great source of Potassium, but that isn't really true. In fact, milk, apricots, beans, carrots, bell peppers, and sweet potatoes all have way more potassium than your standard banana. Also, bananas have a lot of sugar in them (about 17 grams of sugar and 27 grams of carbohydrates). Not the best choice for a healthy snack. Even more shocking is the reality that bananas aren't even really a fruit (well they kind of are). The banana tree is actually an herb distantly related to ginger since its stem is succulent and not woody. So, it qualifies as a fruit since it contains the seed of the plant, but commercial banana plants are sterile, and their seeds are just little specs, so technically it doesn't qualify as a fruit since it has no seeds, or does it? Either way, now you can regain people with this useless knowledge. Most people will be so annoyed at this conversation piece that they will offer you more bread to keep you quiet. If this gets you one more slice of bread, then this knowledge has served its purpose.
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  • Recipes
    • Bread & Breakfast >
      • Pancakes
      • Applesauce Waffles
      • Banana Bread
      • Bran Muffins (Anne Style)
      • Cinnamon Rolls
      • Dinner Rolls
      • Focaccia Bread
      • French Bread
      • Granola
      • Poppy Seed Bread
      • Scrambled Eggs
      • Waffles (Floyd Style)
      • Wheat Bread
    • Lunch
    • Dinner >
      • Butter Chicken
      • Brussel Sprout Salad
      • Chicken in a Roll
      • Chicken Nachos
      • Crustless Quiche
      • Deep Dish Chicago Pizza
      • Flank Steak Tacos
      • Hamburgers
      • Japanese Curry Chicken
      • Mashed Potatoes
      • Ministrone Soup
      • Penang Curry
      • Pommes Anna
      • Ratatouille
      • Salmon
      • Stuffed Shells
      • Sweet Potato Casserole
      • Taco Soup
      • Tonkatsu
    • Snacks and Desserts >
      • Apple Pie
      • Chocolate Chip Cookies
      • Chocolate Pie
      • Cinnamon Rolls
      • Pie Crust
      • Pumpkin Doughnuts
      • Pumpkin Pie
      • S'mores
    • Thanksgiving >
      • Apple Pie
      • Deviled Eggs
      • Mashed Potatoes
      • Pumpkin Pie
      • Pie Crust
      • Rolls
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      • Stuffing
    • Christmas >
      • Apple Pie
      • Chocolate Pie
      • Cinnamon Rolls
      • Mashed Potatoes
      • Poppy Seed Bread
      • Sweet Potato Casserole
      • Rolls
  • Travel
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    • Colorado >
      • Colorado Springs >
        • Garden of the Gods
        • Pulpit Rock
        • The Incline
        • Spruce Mountain
        • Upper Palmer Lake
        • Mount Herman Trail
        • Section 16 (Black Forest)
        • The Pineries
        • Fox Run Park
        • Austin Bluffs Open Space
        • Ute Valley Park
        • Red Rocks Open Space
        • Cheyenne Mountain State Park
        • Barr Trail to Barr Camp
        • Stanley Canyon
      • Colorado Springs Area >
        • Paint Mines
        • The Crags
        • Mueller State Park
        • Devil's Head Lookout
        • Bison Peak
        • Pancake Rocks
        • Kenosha Pass
      • 14ers >
        • Huron Peak
        • Quandary Peak
        • Pikes Peak
        • Grays and Torreys Peak
        • Mount Lindsey
        • Mount Democrat
        • DeCaLiBron
    • Utah
    • Hawaii >
      • Oahu >
        • Makapu'u Lighthouse Trail
        • Koko Head
        • Diamond Head
        • Ehukai Pillbox
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