I made one large loaf, cooked it at 350 for 35 minutes and then decreased the temp to 325 for another 15 minutes. It turned out great! The perfect solution to my past-ripe bananas and frozen blueberries (thawed).
This is an awesome recipe. I substituted unsweetened applesauce for the shortening (1/2 cup) and it is still the best banana bread I have ever made! I have made it with both fresh and frozen blueberries and didn't notice any difference. Definitely a keeper!
Delicious! I used 1/2 cup of unsweetened applesauce instead of shortening, used closer to 2 cups of blueberries (a must), and used 3 bananas. I topped it with the topping from Blueberry Coffee Cake III (which made it extra special). That recipes is: Mix together 1/2 cup brown sugar, 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 cup chopped pecans, 3 tablespoons butter. I cooked in one large loaf pan at 350 for 35 minutes, and then lowered the heat to 325 for 25 minutes. Yum!
OK...usually I hate it when people rate a recipe without making the original recipe, but I'm going to be one of those people! This got 5 stars for being a good basic recipe. I also give it 5 stars with these changes: Half whole wheat flour, half all purpose flour. Half white sugar, half brown sugar. Used Butter Flavored Shortening and added 1 tsp of ground cinnamon. This made 2 loaves. I baked at 350 for 35 minutes and then lowered the temp to 325 and baked for another 10 minutes. It came out perfect! Usually when I make quick breads, they have a tendency of coming out crisp on the outside but still gooey on the inside. I think lowering the temp at the end really helped if anyone else has that problem!
Very easy and very good! I used butter in place of shortening and I made only 1 large loaf, cooking it for 65 minutes at 350. It was awesome and I will definatly make it again!
Very good recipe. I made a few changes, however. I used brown sugar, "butter" flavored shortening, and frozen blueberries that I thawed. I also added a 1/4 teaspoon of walnut extract to the batter. For a topping, I mixed butter, brown sugar, and walnuts. I put the topping on the batter before I baked. The recipe called for 3 smaller loaf pans but I used 2 regular loaf pans and it came out wonderful. It was very quick and easy.
i baked this in a 10c bundt pan. kept everything else pretty much the same. except that i added 2 extra bananas and more blueberries since i had them and they needed to be used. this was very good. the batter was thick. i think next time ill try it as muffins.
I turned this into a bread for diabetics with these changes: 1/2 the shortening and ...I subst splenda for sugar cutting the amount called for to only 1/2 cup splenda...I added sugar free applesauce..4oz and ground flaxseed about 5 Tablespoons. I also used about 5 rotten bananas...not sure how many comprise just 1 cup..
This was extremely easy to prepare. I used 4 small loaf pans and also topped with butter, brown sugar and walnuts. I used a little more blueberries than called for only because I had them on hand. I baked the 4 loaVes for 45 min. This was delicious and easy!
