Are you baking anything today? I'm baking my favorite banana bread recipe

[Trailrider1951]

Just in time for Halloween week. I always bake an oven full when I do. Then one loaf goes to my son and his family, one loaf goes to my daughter and her family, one loaf goes to work for my friends to enjoy, and I keep the smallest loaf to have for breakfast with a cup of tea in the mornings. It keeps best wrapped in alum. foil and place in a large zip lock bag in the refrigerator. Here's the recipe:

Banana Bread

2 ¼ cups Whole Wheat Flour 6 eggs
3 cups white flour 1 ½ Tbs vanilla
2 Tbs baking powder 1 ½ cup veg oil
¾ tsp baking soda 10 – 12 ripe bananas
¾ tsp salt
3 cups sugar
¾ cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans)
¾ cup dried cranberries

Preheat oven to 350*F. Butter and flour 4 loaf pans. Stir dry ingredients together in large bowl. Wisk together eggs and vanilla in medium bowl. Mash peeled bananas in large bowl and wisk in veg oil. Make a well in the dry ingredients and stir in the egg and banana mixtures. Mix well. Pour batter into pans and bake for 55 – 65 minutes. Loaves are done when a chop stick is inserted into the middle of a loaf and comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes before removing from pan. Keeps best in the refrigerator.

The recipe may be cut in half for two loaves. Enjoy!

[magicarpet]

1. Thx,.. we will try it. Have a bunch of over ripe bananas.

Happy Halloween !

[Laffy Kat]

2. Tanks. Love banana bread and cranberries!

Gonna try this one.

[justhanginon]

3. It's fall so I am baking pumpkin bread with walnuts and chocolate chips.

[Blue_playwright]

4. I planned to make banana bread

I will give your recipe a try.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. Have you ever tried roasting your bananas before you mash them.

I put mine on a baking sheet in a 350 oven for about 15-20 minutes or until the skins turn brown, cool and then mash them. It really enhances the flavor.

I've never tried putting cranberries in banana bread. I'll have to give that a try.

[dem in texas]

13. Yes, I have roasted bananas before

Haven't done it in a while, but used to roast them then add a little sugar and dark rum, mash then up and use for cake filling on plain yellow layer cake, spread whipped cream on cake. Just bought a set of thin cake pans to make a 4 layer cake. The roasted banana filling would be good in a 4 layer cake. Maybe my next baking project.

[Arkansas Granny]

14. I never thought to use that as a filling. I'll have to try that.

[tymorial]

6. Meatloaf:)

With roasted carrots and cauliflower

[Sienna86]

7. Made pumpkin chocolate chip bread today

A family favorite and this windy, chilly day was perfect for baking.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Corn bread muffins.....out of a little blue and white box.

[Luciferous]

9. I made peanut butter chocolate chip cookie bars and tomorrow I will

bake some buns for pulled pork.

[Wawannabe]

10. Made brownies w/ walnuts

Midweek last week and plowed through the rest of them yesterday. Didn’t need to bake anything new! Lol

I stock up on choc chips and other candy making ingredients thru Oct and Nov (something every week spreads the cost out) and then bake every weekend in Dec.

[Callalily]

11. Pesto flatbread!

I froze a lot of pesto this summer and this is one good way to use it!

[spinbaby]

12. Honey cake

Messed it up somehow because it had a dent in the top.