anybody have a good recipe for banana bread? i tried to make banana and honey bread once but it burnt on top and was soggy and uncooked in the middle! urgh! any help?

I am sure you will get a lot of different recipes for this one!
Banana Bread
Makes 1 loaf Bake 1 hour at 325 degrees F
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs, slightly beaten
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 Tbsp. milk
3-4 ripe bananas, mashed
3/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Beat sugar, butter and eggs together until light and fluffy. Mix together flour and baking soda. Stir into the sugra mixture until well blended. Add milk, bananas and nuts. Blend well. Pour into a well greased and floured loaf pan. Bake at 325 degrees for approximately one hour. Do not overbake.

I make muffins and cook them for about 20 minutes.

This is one of my favorite banana breads

2 cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
¼ cup butter, softened
1 ½ cups mashed ripe banana (about 3 bananas)
½ cup egg substitute
⅓ cup plain low-fat yogurt
½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
Cooking spray


Preheat oven to 350°.
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.

Place sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 1 minute). Add banana, egg substitute, and yogurt; beat until blended. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until moist.

Place chocolate chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl, and microwave at HIGH 1 minute or until almost melted, stirring until smooth. Cool slightly. Add 1 cup batter to chocolate, stirring until well combined. Spoon chocolate batter alternately with plain batter into an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Swirl batters together using a knife. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

Notes
Chocolate and bananas are a natural pair. Toast and top with a spoonful of peanut butter for breakfast.

Nutritional information per serving
CALORIES 183(23% from fat); FAT 4.7g (sat 2.8g,mono 1.4g,poly 0.2g); PROTEIN 3.1g; CHOLESTEROL 8mg; CALCIUM 18mg; SODIUM 180mg; FIBER 1.3g; IRON 1.1mg; CARBOHYDRATE 33.4g

wow that marbled banana bread sounds great! and the first recipe is the basic one ive been looking for!!

Here's my favorite one...the vanilla adds a nice flavor


BANANA NUT BREAD

2.c white flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 c. soft butter
1 1/2 c. ripe mashed bananas
1 c. sugar
3/4 c. chopped walnuts or pecans
1 tsp vanilla extract

Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Cream butter, Gradually beat in sugar. Add an egg at a time beating well after each addition. Add mashed bananas, mix well. Blend in sifted ingrediants. Fold in nuts. Pour into greased loaf pan 9",5",3". Bake at 325 for 1 hour and 25 mins. Serve with butter..

i must be baking at too higher heat because my bread always browns really quickly and is still uncooked in the middle!

i am going to make the banana bread with nuts today! ill let you know how it turns out!!! yum yum! hope it doesnt turn out soggy like my last attempt! lol!

noooooooooooooooooooooooo its gone brown on the top and wet in the middle again!!!!:(:(:(:(

Oh, I don't know what to tell you. :(
If you were to cook it longer it would be too brown around the edges right?

yeh:( ive just pmed you:) i took it out, mashed it up again and added more flour to dry it up a bit.

Are you you baking it on a rack in the middle of the oven? Don't take it out as soon as it starts to brown, let it be. I have taken breads out thinking that they were done because they were brown only to have the inside raw. I would recommend getting a thermometer for your oven so you know exactly what temperature it is. I have an older oven and it isn't real accurate so I have to check the thermometer that I have in the oven to make sure that I am baking at the right temp.

thanks cosmo - yes i am baking it on a rack in the middle of the oven. afetr i mashed it up again and added the flour, it turned out fine! i think the mixture was too wet:)

I am making the bread tonight also! I went to make it last night but we were out of flour:rolleyes: I can't wait! Well..I can't wait to eat it:)

Well, Allyisyn, I hope your bread turns out okay!
I guess with different ovens etc. it may have to bake longer?

It has only been in the oven for 20 min and smells SO good already. This is going to be a long hour;);)

After much experimentation, this is my favorite:

Banana Nut Bread

½ cup unsalted butter
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
½ tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. baking soda
2 eggs
4 well-ripened bananas mashed
½ tsp. salt
½ cup chopped English walnuts

Measure and sift together flour, baking powder, soda and salt, set aside. Cream butter, add sugar gradually creaming as sugar is added. Add eggs one at a time, mix well after each addition. Add flour mixture, mix well. Add mashed bananas, mix well. Add chopped nuts, mix well.
Pour into 2 loaf pans. Bake at 325 degrees for 60 minutes. Until golden brown and toothpick comes out clean when inserted in center. Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.

Notes: I freeze the bananas first and let them completely thaw and drain any liquid that comes off of them before using. It seems to keep the bread moister, and keeps you from having to use the bananas right when they ripen.