Recipe for Banana Bread

This recipe for banana bread is manageable for even your most basic chef. I always remind people that when baking, the most important thing is to measure accurately and read carefully. My 10 year old daughter just made this recipe on her own, and it turned out perfectly. Everything is made in one bowl, which adds to the simplicity and limits the clean-up involved.

This recipe turns our moist and yet has a nice texture on the outside.

My kids love to throw in some chocolate chips, so that’s definitely an option to make it more of a sweet experience. My husband and I prefer it without. Another option is to throw in some chopped nuts.

Some people begin to doubt their bananas. They begin to think they are probably too ripe. I have rarely found this to be the case. In my opinion, the riper the better. Ours are almost all black when we use them for this recipe for banana bread.

Recipe for Banana Bread – Ingredients Needed

Lori’s Banana Bread

• 2 over ripe bananas
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder

Recipe for Banana Bread – Instructions

1. Mash bananas.
2. Add sugar, shortening and eggs and mix until combined.
3. Add dry ingredients and mix until combined.
4. Put in a well greased bread pan.
5. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out dry.

Recipe for Banana Bread

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Ingredients

  

• 2 over ripe bananas
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder

Instructions

 

• Mash bananas.
• Add sugar, shortening and eggs and mix until combined.
• Add dry ingredients and mix until combined.
• Put in a well greased bread pan.
• Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out dry.

I’m sure you have many choices when it comes to recipes for banana bread, so I hope you’ll give mine a chance. Report back, and let me know what you think! Enjoy!

This recipe was originally written in January of 2012. It was actually the 4th post I ever wrote. I finally updated it with better pictures, but the recipe remains the same.