Blu'bana Bread

mightyro_cooking4u's Note:

From the South Carolina Living Magazine. Recipe by Laura Burks, Leesville, SC

• Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 20

• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 5 bananas (medium, mashed)
• 4 eggs
• 4 cups flour , all-purpose
• 3 teaspoons allspice
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans. Cream together butter and sugar. Beat in eggs, add vanilla, then fold in mashed bananas. Fold in 2 c of flour. Measure two additional c of flour, reserving 2 T of this to coat blueberries, which are added as a last ingredient. Place remaining flour in a sifter, adding allspice, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Sift and fold into the batter. Sprinkle the 2 T of flour on blueberries, coat well, then fold into batter. Divide the batter between 2 prepared loaf pans. Bake for approximately 50 minutes. Test with toothpick to determine when done (should come out clean from the center).

Reviews

[JanuaryBride]

Very nice, light and moist bread! I had some blueberries and some bananas to use up, so this fit the bill perfectly. I cut the recipe in half (although I still used 3 large bananas) and it produced one nice sized loaf (took 60 minutes to cook) and 12 mini muffins (which were done in 15 minutes). Next time I will make the entire recipe into mini muffins and I will sub cinnamon for the allspice.