Banana Raisin Bread

Submitted by SaraFish

"A great quick bread that is not like your ordinary "dessert" banana bread - it's not overly sweet and the texture is moist yet sturdy enough to slice and make sandwiches! We like it with peanut butter and honey! Freezes well too."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 18 slices

ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1⁄4 cup oil
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1⁄2 cup raisins
• 1 tablespoon sugar

directions

1. Mix dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
2. Mix wet ingredients in another bowl.
3. Combine wet and dry ingredients.
4. Pour in loaf pan sprayed with Pam and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons sugar.
5. Bake at 350 for about an hour, until golden brown.
6. Cool completely before slicing.

Reviews

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

This is DELICIOUS! I made this this evening for a special occasion - This was the day exactly 5 years back that we got our Mittu(my parrot) and we're celebrating this day like it's a mock birthday for him!This took exactly an hour to bake. I substituted the oil with margarine and the raisins with broken cashewnuts. Everyone enjoyed it so much at Mittu's party. Thanks for posting!

 

[Jacquie in Brisbane]

We thought this tasted very nice, moist with a good texture, but was a bit too sweet for me. I would try it again with less sugar. I used butter instead of oil, substituted sultanas for the raisins and half a cup of silken tofu for the eggs, and it worked out great.

 

[Chef Lisonh]

Loved it !I used yellow raisins and half the flour was whole wheat . It was really great and like the raisins better than nuts . Thanks for a lovely recipe :)

 

[Canadiangirl 3]

This turned out to be a very good recipe - the raisins and sugary coating made it a nice change from the banana bread I usually make. I will probably try to reduce the sugar to 1/2 cup next time as I did find it a bit sweet, but the kids loved it. I will definitely make this again!

 

[Soobeeoz]

This was nice and we really like the top coating of sugar, however mine turned out a bit dry and overcooked so tastes better buttered. I generally have to cook things longer in my oven, so didn't check it until the 60 minute mark. I just noticed one of the other reviewers baked theirs for 35 minutes. The only change I made was to use sultanas in place of raisins.