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Top of the Line Banana Nut Bread Recipe
by J. Gino Genovesi

Top of the Line Banana Nut Bread

This bread is light and tender yet firm,, and has a mixture of flavors appealing to the taste buds. I began cooking at any early age and mostly used family recipes. However, over the years I have tried many bread recipes and eventually came up with this one. The blend of orange and lemon is satisfying.

Rating: 4.5/5
Avg. 4.5/5 1 vote
Prep time: United States American
Cook time: Servings: 30 slices

Goes Well With: coffee, dinner

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter ( or butter flavored shortening).
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 6 oz. lemon yogurt ( or add 2 tsp. lemon to plain yogurt)
  • 6-7 ripe bananas
  • 3-4 lg. eggs
  • 1/2 tsp. salt.
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp . vanilla
  • 3 T. frozen orange juice concentrate
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • Optional: 2/3 cup raisin or 1/2 cup chocolate cips ( or both)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Blend together butter ( oleo), sugar, vanilla, yogurt, bananas, eggs and orange concentrate.
  3. Mix thoroughly.
  4. Gradually add the flour, salt, baking powder and soda.
  5. Beat until no lumps.
  6. Fold in chopped nuts.
  7. Grease/flour all loaf pans:
  8. a. If you use 4 x 8 pan, you should get 3 loaves. Fill up to 2/3rd. Bake for about 70 minutes
  9. b. If you use 4 x 5 x 2 3/4th pan, you should get 5 loaves. Bake for about 60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
  10. Remove when baked and let stand for a while before removing from pan.
  11. Freeze well.
  12. Shelf life 1 year.