Banana Bread

"I know not another Banana Bread. I wanted to share because we really enjoyed this recipe. I think the jam and honey make a nice difference. It is from King Arthur Flour."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 30mins
Ingredients:
14
Yields:
1 loaf
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Lightly grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan.
  • In a large bowl, combine butter, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder and salt, beating till smooth.
  • Add the mashed bananas, jam, honey and eggs, again beating until smooth.
  • Add the flour, then the walnuts, stirring just until smooth.
  • Spoon batter into the prepared loaf pan, smoothing the top.
  • Let rest at room temperature for 10 minutes.
  • Bake bread for 45 minutes.
  • Gently lay a piece of aluminum foil across the top, to prevent over-browning.
  • Bake for an additional 20 to 25 minutes. Remove the bread from the oven; a long toothpick or cake tester inserted into the center should come out clean, with the most a few wet crumbs clinging to it. The tester shouldn't allow any sign of uncooked batter. If it does, bake the bread an additional 5 minutes, or until it tests done.
  • Allow the bread to cool 10 minutes in the pan.
  • Remove it from the pan, and cool it completely on a rack.

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Reviews

  1. We loved the addition of orange marmalade. The bread was moist and delish. Made for I Recommend Tag.
     
  2. Call me picky, but not many recipes get five stars from me. This one? AMAZING. I decreased the brown sugar just a touch (because I used raw unfiltered honey of a variety that's particularly sweet) and replaced half the white flour with whole wheat. I had apricot-almond jam, and the almond gave it a haunting, amazing aroma. :) I also tweaked the spices (1 t. vanilla extract, 1 t. cinnamon, 1/4 t. nutmeg, 1/2 t. cardamom, 1/2 t. ginger) because I wanted something festive, and added pistachios. While that sounds like a lot of tweaking, the base recipe was a joy too. This is now my go-to recipe. Baked up brown and perfect, and wonderfully moist, though it took 10min longer in my oven (which may, of course, just be my oven). Try this! You will not regret it. :)
     
  3. Cinnamon,marmalade and honey is something my banana bread didn't see before. A nice change. We really enjoyed this.
     
  4. Very easy to make. I made as listed and it was enjoyed by all :) Another "keeper"for me. Made for Aus/NZ swap January 2010
     
  5. A nice banana bread. I made the batter exactly as written with no substitutions, but then turned the batter into 24 mini muffins (cooked for 20 minutes) plus 8 regular size muffins (cooked for 25 minutes). They are nice and crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. . .not as moist as I was expecting but I definitely liked it. Thanks for sharing! Made for RECIPE SWAP Jan 2010.
     
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  1. Call me picky, but not many recipes get five stars from me. This one? AMAZING. I decreased the brown sugar just a touch (because I used raw unfiltered honey of a variety that's particularly sweet) and replaced half the white flour with whole wheat. I had apricot-almond jam, and the almond gave it a haunting, amazing aroma. :) I also tweaked the spices (1 t. vanilla extract, 1 t. cinnamon, 1/4 t. nutmeg, 1/2 t. cardamom, 1/2 t. ginger) because I wanted something festive, and added pistachios. While that sounds like a lot of tweaking, the base recipe was a joy too. This is now my go-to recipe. Baked up brown and perfect, and wonderfully moist, though it took 10min longer in my oven (which may, of course, just be my oven). Try this! You will not regret it. :)
     

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