Name: Gold Medal Flour's Best-Ever Banana Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 2 loaves, 32 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups sugar; 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened; 2 eggs; 1 1/2 cups mashed very ripe bananas (3-4 medium); 1/2 cup buttermilk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 cup chopped nuts, if desired

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Gold Medal Flour's Best-Ever Banana Bread created by Suzie

The recipe is not mine. It's from a bag of Gold Medal Flour, so if you don't care for it...that's o.k. It certainly has what it takes to make it a keeper for me, though. No muss. No fuss. It's light, moist, and makes two perfect 8 X 4 loaf pans. Takes about an hour to bake. P.S. It needs an added banana to really enhance the flavor, though.

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ingredients

1 ¹⁄₄ cups sugar
¹⁄₂ cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
2 eggs
1 ¹⁄₂ cups mashed very ripe bananas (3-4 medium)
¹⁄₂ cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 ¹⁄₂ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped nuts, if desired

directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottoms only of 2 (8X4 inch) loaf pans.
In large bowl, mix sugar and butter. Add eggs, bananas (increase recipe by one banana), buttermilk and vanilla; beat with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
Stir in flour, baking soda, salt and nuts (if using) just until moistened. Pour batter into pans.
Bake for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool about 1 hour before slicing.

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"The recipe is not mine. It's from a bag of Gold Medal Flour, so if you don't care for it...that's o.k. It certainly has what it takes to make it a keeper for me, though. No muss. No fuss. It's light, moist, and makes two perfect 8 X 4 loaf pans. Takes about an hour to bake. P.S. It needs an added banana to really enhance the flavor, though."

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review by Comfort P.

3/31/2021

The recipe is excellent but I made few additions, substitute flour for 2 cups Cream of Rice, or Cream of Wheat 1/2 cup of flour, 4 cups of banana 1 table spoon freshly grated Ginger. 1 tsp nutmeg, 1 tsp cinnamon, add 1/4 cup of vegetable oil to the butter.

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review by ccasharon

1/15/2021

I made this recipe today and it is delicious! It makes a large, pretty loaf. I added a cup of walnuts.

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question by Janice.ithal

10/24/2020

Can this recipe be doubled?

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question by Amy A.

4/22/2020

Can you use bread flour? That’s all I have on hand. Does the recipe change any with bread flour?

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review by victoriaprovaznik

4/10/2020

Love this recipe. I’ve made it multiple times. I always add cinnamon and nutmeg and whole pecans( I like to see the nuts when I slice). I’ve made it as loaf and mini loaves or as small muffins. I substitute milk plus 1 tsp vinegar for buttermilk almost every time.

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