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Ultimate Banana Bread

If you love bananas, then you’ll go nuts over the delicious taste of this homemade banana bread recipe. A traditional favorite, you don’t need an occasion to bake this bread.
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Course Bread Pudding / Cobblers, Butter Creams / Frostings / Glaze’s, Tortes / Cakes / Gateau’s
Cuisine Continental

Servings 1 servings
Calories 6116.21 kcal

Ingredients

  

  • 2 1/2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon(s) pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla
  • 1 cup(s) vegetable shortening
  • 2 cup(s) sugar
  • 2 cup(s) over-ripe mashed bananas
  • 4 eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup(s) chopped nuts
  • 1 tablespoon(s) butter
  • 1/2 floz banana liqueur or dark rum

Instructions

 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Combine flour, baking soda and salt; stir to mix well.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together shortening, vanilla, sugar, mashed bananas, and eggs.
  • When well beaten, gradually add the flour mixture.
  • Mix only until combined.
  • Stir in the banana liqueur and the chopped nuts.
  • Butter and flour a loaf pan.
  • Bake for 65-70 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and allow to sit for several minutes.
  • Run a bread knife around edges of loaf pan to free it from sides and remove from pan.
  • Rub the top of the still-warm loaf with a pat of butter to soften and glaze the top, if desired.
  • Serve with whipped cream cheese spread on each slice.

Nutrition

Calories: 6116.21kcalCarbohydrates: 758.27gProtein: 72.42gFat: 318.57gSaturated Fat: 103.86gCholesterol: 889.33mgSodium: 1668.52mgFiber: 30.61gSugar: 460.72g

Keyword Anniversary Parties, Bread, Christmas, Easter, Eggs, Family Reunions, Mother’s Day, Passover, Valentine’s Day, Vanilla, Wedding Showers
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