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Bethany’s Banana Bread

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My mom made me enter a bread baking contest when I was in 4th grade, and I won $20 for it! I’ve been using this recipe ever since.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cups Butter
  • 1-½ cup Sugar
  • 3 whole Medium Bananas
  • 2 whole Eggs, Well Beaten
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 2 cups All-purpose Flour
  • ½ cups Buttermilk (or Sour Cream)
  • ¾ cups Chopped Walnuts (optional)

Preparation

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Mash the bananas, then add them to the butter/sugar mix. Add the eggs and vanilla. Blend well.

In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients. Add to the banana mixture, alternating with the buttermilk. Add the walnuts if you want! Mix well. Pour the batter into a greased and floured loaf pan. Makes 2 loaves.

Bake at 325F for 1-1 1/4 hours.

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Laverne Webb on 8.23.2015

Delicious!!!! Moist and not too sweet. I used I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter instead of regular butter because i made this on a whim and didn’t want to wait for butter to come to room temperature. It still turned out great! I’m so glad i tried this recipe.

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skschauer on 4.30.2014

Excellent, very moist.

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maryannem on 3.29.2021

THE best banana bread I’ve ever had. I made it exactly according to instructions and wouldn’t change a thing.

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sheptv on 4.20.2017

Delicious! This is my go to banana bread recipe now.

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Laverne Webb on 8.23.2015

Great!

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skschauer on 4.30.2014

Excellent

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rileygirl2233 on 8.6.2011

This was excellent! So moist!! I used fat free sour cream and it worked great. I have been passing the recipe around to everyone I know!

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