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Best Ever Banana Bread

Rated as 4.73 out of 5 Stars
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"This really is the best banana bread I have ever tasted. Very moist and it freezes well. I also bake this in 3 small loaf pans however you may need to shorten the baking time."
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Ingredients

servings 307
Original recipe yields 12 servings (1 - 9x5 inch loaf)

Directions

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  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray one 9x5 inch loaf pan with non-stick spray coating.
  2. Blend together the eggs, buttermilk, oil and bananas.
  3. Sift together the sugar, flour, baking soda and salt. Add to banana mixture and stir in pecans. Mix well.
  4. Pour into prepared loaf pan and bake 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
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  • Aluminum foil helps keep food moist, ensures it cooks evenly, keeps leftovers fresh, and makes clean-up easy.

Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 307 calories; 13.6 44.2 3.8 31 221 Full nutrition

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Seriously.. stop writing reviews of 'best ever' when you changed the entire recipe!!!!!

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Okay, I've made lots of Banana Bread. This may satisy the palate of one who is used to eating out and eating processed foods, but if you are a down-to-earth, cook-everything-from-scratch kind o...

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Seriously.. stop writing reviews of 'best ever' when you changed the entire recipe!!!!!

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Oh my GAAAAWWWDDDD! This was the BEST bread EVER! Here are the changes I made: * 1 cup of white sugar and 1/2 cup of packed brown sugar * add 1 tsp. vanilla * add 1 tsp. cinnamon * substit...

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This is wonderful. Yogurt works as well as buttermilk. I also accidentally found out that if you use vanilla yogurt instead of buttermilk, applesauce instead of oil, and cut out the sugar, it's ...

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Thanks, Rose, for a wonderful recipe. I have made this bread several times and it is definitely a favorite. For a simple topping, mix together 2 TBLS. each finely chopped nuts and granulated s...

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This is definitely THE BEST banana bread I've ever come across- but I swear I've made it even better. Try this- Take 4 oz. of room temp cream cheese, beat it together with 3T milk until smooth...

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This banana bread lives up to its name as "best banana bread". It freezes perfectly and tasted just as good a week later as when I had just baked it. When I greased the loaf pan, I dusted the ...

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Wow! The title of the recipe couldn't be more fitting! This stuff is the best. I love banana bread and this one was very moist and oh so good. I used 3 overly ripe bananas that I mashed up so...

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Okay, I've made lots of Banana Bread. This may satisy the palate of one who is used to eating out and eating processed foods, but if you are a down-to-earth, cook-everything-from-scratch kind o...

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This is an exccellent banana bread recipe. Most recipes I've tried turn out being dry or rather "blah". I gave this recipe 5 stars (despite some substitutions I made) because of the moistness ...

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