Banana Bread

Friday, November 27, 2009

Now that black Friday is upon us, some people are out fighting the crowds for a great deal. Personally, I’ve never been one for shopping on black Friday. I’d rather just lounge around and enjoy my food hangover and cold turkey sandwiches.

It’s very common around our families to enjoy some foods that you can just graze on during black Friday. Banana bread, apple cake, monkey bread, or pumpkin bread are favorites of mine. Banana bread is such a classic that I feel like everyone has their own recipe. This one comes from Hubby’s Nana. Hubby grew up loving it so he loves when I make it for him.

Like most breads, this banana bread freezes wonderfully. I like to make this recipe into mini-loafs or muffins so I can freeze some. And, when blueberries are in season, I like to throw in a cup or so of blueberries as well.

Banana Bread

Ingredients:

1 c sugar
1/4 c shortening
1 egg
3 ripe bananas, mashed
1 3/4 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
dash salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.

Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

Cream shortening and sugar together. Add egg and beat. Add mashed bananas and mix together. Add dry ingredients and mix.

For bread: grease a loaf pan. Pour batter into pan and sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar. Bake for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

For muffins: line muffin tin with cupcake liners. Portion batter into muffin tin and bake for 20-25 min. Makes ~10 muffins.

Recipe from Hubby's Nana

Bread, Breakfast, Family Favorites

5 comments »

8 Responses to “Coconut Lime Cupcakes”

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clstar — May 14, 2009 at 12:41 pm

These look great as mini-cupcakes! I am so glad everyone liked them, and I like what you did to intensify the coconut flavor. Nicely done! 🙂
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Joelen — May 14, 2009 at 2:18 pm

What a delicious flavor for cupcakes… and thank you for submitting it to this month’s Tasty Tools!
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Colleen — May 14, 2009 at 5:24 pm

These look delicious! And thanks for the note about the coconut cream too!
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Stephanie — May 14, 2009 at 7:41 pm

What a great summery cupcake!
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Ingrid — May 14, 2009 at 7:45 pm

Those sound good and look even better! Love the lime zest you can see in the frosting!

That would have been cute to see the KA buckled in!
~ingrid
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h2babe — May 15, 2009 at 12:29 am

They’re so darn cute!
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Jen — May 15, 2009 at 12:50 am

Thanks everyone! They were definitely a hit at the party
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Mermaid Sweets — May 19, 2009 at 10:43 pm

Yummers, I just made pina colada cupcakes, but these look amazing and I will try them someday. I have never gotten the stand alone foil cups to work for me.

Banana Bread