Banana Bread

My kids love Banana Bread, always have, always will. It is one of their most requested things for me to make when they come home. They always want to take some home with them. This is a really easy recipe to make. You can make it in two large loaf pans, but I always use mini loaf pans and the recipe yields about 6-7 mini loaves.

BANANA BREAD FEINER
Elise Feiner

½ cup vegetable oil (Wesson®)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, slightly beaten
3 ripe bananas, mashed with a fork
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons milk
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (6 or 12 ounce) bag miniature chocolate chips, depending on your preference
½ cup chopped nuts (optional)

Preheat the oven to 350° F. Beat oil and sugar together with a hand mixer or KitchenAid stand mixer (or whatever brand you use), until well combined. Add eggs and mashed banana pulp and beat well. Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add sifted dry ingredients, milk, and vanilla. Mix well and stir in chocolate chips, and nuts if desired. Pour into mini loaf pans or a large loaf pan which has been greased and floured. Bake at 350° for about 20 to 25 minutes for the mini loaves and 60 minutes for the large loaf. Cool well. Serves 6 normal people or one to two growing Feiner Boys! Use leftover slices for French Toast.

This is what you will need for the recipe:

½ cup vegetable oil (Wesson®)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, slightly beaten
3 ripe bananas, mashed with a fork
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons milk
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (6 or 12 ounce) bag miniature chocolate chips, depending on your preference
½ cup chopped nuts (optional)

As always, let's get the prep work out of the way...

Preheat the oven to 350° F.


Spray your loaf pans with PAM or other non stick spray



Your bananas should be fairly brown (this makes them sweet)


Peel the bananas


Mash the bananas with a fork

Sift together your dry ingredients
(I like to use a paper dish so I can easily
fold it to insert it into the stand mixer's bowl.)

Measure out your flour and put it in a paper plate
or whatever you want to use - add the baking soda


Baking powder

and salt

Mix until well blended - I use a spoon
After you mix it together, set it aside

Beat your eggs and set aside (I forgot to do this )

Put the oil and sugar together into a mixing bowl


Beat oil and sugar together with a hand mixer or
KitchenAid stand mixer (or whatever brand you use),
until well combined.

Add the eggs (I just added them and forgot to beat them -
Beat them slightly first)


and mashed banana pulp and beat well.




Add sifted dry ingredients,
(see how easy it is with the paper dish)



Beat well

until well blended


add the milk,


and vanilla (I always use Mexican Vanilla, there is a link
at the bottom of the blog to purchase it.)

Mix well

until all combined


and stir in chocolate chips, and nuts if desired.



Pour (I use a gravy ladle) into mini loaf pans
or a large loaf pan which has been greased.

Bake in the preheated 350° for about
20 to 25 minutes for the mini loaves and
60 minutes for the large loaf.

Test for doneness by either pressing
lightly with your finger
(cake should spring back)
or
inserting s cake tester
(I use a bamboo skewer- I always have a pack of these handy)
and making sure it comes out clean and dry



Let cool in the pans for a few minutes


Cool well on wire racks.


Serves 6 normal people or one to two growing Feiner Boys!
Use leftover slices for French Toast (but don't count on leftovers, :)
These freeze very well.