As promised, here we go. This is fabulous + I have to keep a loaf at all times in the house as veryone loves it. Ingredients are,
1 stick of butter, melted
3/4 C. honey
1/4 C. molasses
2 eggs
3 mashed bananas
1/2 tbs
baking soda
1 tbs baking powder
1.2 tbs salt
1 tbs vanilla
1 C. pecans.
Bake at 350 deg.(in convection if you've got it) for 1 hour. Lube the loaf pan well with PAM. etc. for a easy release + a loaf you are prou to show off even before the tasting, which is out of this worl

sorry, got ahead of myself. The primary ingredient is 2 1/4 C. of W.W. flour.

I always make extra and keep the rest in the freezer.

Damn, that sounds GOOD!

It is VERY good. Also the typo above for the salt should be 1/2 tbs. NOT 1.2

Norman Conquest--what is W.W. flour? Also the omission and the wrong amount of salt can be corrected by editing the original post. Only the author can edit it. Might make footnote about the edit.

Sorry, W W means Whole Wheat Flour. The correct salt measurement is 1/2 teaspoon. Try it, it makes a very good loaf.

I was shocked and then surprised at 1.2 tablespoons of salt, but then saw it corrected below.
So are all of those teaspoon (tsp or t) not tablespoon (tbs or T) amounts?

Gotta let the bananas ripe enough for bread so I will wait for clarification.

Don't have any WW on hand, but will correct that on my COOP?store run tomorrow.

YES! you are right, all of them were tsp. Dependinging on how rich + moist you want it the difference is between 3 or 4 bananas, 4 makes it much more moist but you have to eat it quicker to avoid waste. Usually that is never the case. I REALLY recommend using real W W flour, the regular, even unbleached does not give the same results. Age old advice = just follow the recipe.

I think I will make some B bread today.

Good for you, Ann. It will make the house smell great + you'll enjoy the results!

I decided to belay the B bread as the fruits are not ripe enough yet. I ended up taking some raspberries out of the freezer and tried to make a raspberry cobbler out of them but the cake part didn't float so it ended up as a raspberry upside down cake.

I'll give the bananas another day or two yet.

Did you get my recipe for buttermilk pie?

I've always used walnuts but I'm going to try pecans. Thanks
Zeke

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I've always used walnuts but I'm going to try pecans.

Same here.

Trust me, it's much better with pecans.

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Originally posted by NormanConquest:
Trust me, it's much better with pecans.

Much better????
I love walnuts and eat them on everything from steak to ice cream BUT I'm going to try it the way you fix it and I'm sure it will be awesome too. Different but awesome.
Thanks, Zeke

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Originally posted by ZekeShikar:
I've always used walnuts but I'm going to try pecans. Thanks
Zeke

I've used pecans in mine. Alllllmost as good (99
5%) as walnuts.

And plentiful here in the Hill Country...

Zeke, that's why they make Fords + Chevys. Different tastes.

Naner cranberry nut. Walnuts. One is going in the freezer.

So my experience with making this quick bread stuff is somewhat disappointing. The loaves are not very tall like regular bread. I realize that's because there is no yeast so next time I will just pour a double recipe into ONE bread pan and see how it comes out.

Ann, you won't have the short loaf problem using my banana nut bread recipe; It literally fills the loaf pan.

Good to know, Randy. I was out of honey and could not make your recipe yet so went with something I found on line. I saw my 'bee' guy today and will grab a quart when he does a draw.

As we know that the local honeys help us with our potential allegies,etc. even distant varieties will still be good. Let me see what I can do.

Indeed, local but raw honey does the trick. Very medicinal.

Elderberry season is coming on now too. Another VERY medicinal but delicious gift from nature.

I thought BANANA has become a TRIGGER word?

You know, it tends to reminds us of our glorious past.

When out ancestors were swinging from the trees and enjoying a BANANA?

Apparently this tends to give sections of society something to be ashamed of!

Unlike me, which makes me very proud!

Just one more part of Carmen Miranda's headgear.

Making Randy's recipe today. In the oven now.

Please let us know how it turned out and tastes! Pics?

This is for sure a prize winner for taste. Delicious!

I added dried cranberries and I tincture my own vanilla extract and used it. I also rounded up to 3 cups of flour. I used King Arthur Special Bread flour because it is what I have.

Ann, looks like success; + as I have said before, it makes your house smell like Heaven.

YUM!!!!!

I need to bake another loaf. Ann, you mentioned "a tincture of my own vanilla extract." Do you make your own and if so please tell us more!

Cranberries are a good addition to this. I wonder what fresh cranberries would do. I also love dried sour cherries that I get from trader joe’s, perhaps soak the cherries for a bit and bake in the loaf for cherry banana bread. Add chocolate chips if you love the chocolate/cherry combo.

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posted 26 March 2021 11:43
As promised, here we go. This is fabulous + I have to keep a loaf at all times in the house as veryone loves it. Ingredients are,
1 stick of butter, melted
3/4 C. honey

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
I need to bake another loaf. Ann, you mentioned "a tincture of my own vanilla extract." Do you make your own and if so please tell us more!

Yes, Bill. Tincturing your own vanilla IS a thing. You need to know the beans/alcohol ratio and of course purchase your beans and choice of spirits. People use a variety of spirits. I have one batch in vodka and one in bourbon. All 'double fold'. It takes a year for the stuff to brew. Well worth it! Vanilla sugar is also terrific.

There are helpful groups on facebook for vanilla extraction and places (co-ops) to buy a variety of beans. If you do any baking you will never use store bought vanilla again once you do your own.

I second the make your own vanilla stuff. Have vanilla sugar at home and when traveling to places that make vanilla beans I would buy as much as I could. If you just use the beans for a recipe, you can still use the pods and vodka to make extract.