Moosewood Banana Bread
(from taraagacayak’s recipe box)
Source: Mollie Katzen via Tara Hopkins
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Serves 2 people
Categories: bananas, cake, coffee, dessert, tea
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups melted butter
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar OR honey
- 4 eggs, room temp
- 1 T vanilla extract
- zest of 1 orange
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 cups white flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 t baking soda
- 1 T baking powder
- 1 t nutmeg
- 2 t ground cinnamon
Directions
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Beat first 5 ingredients together in large bowl, beginning with butter and sugar; add eggs one at a time. Add remaining ingredients, beat til light in color.
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Sift dry ingredients together twice.
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2 cups well-mashed ripe bananas soaked in 1 cup strong coffee
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Add flour mixture and bananas alternatively to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Mix gently but do not overbeat. Add up to 1 cup each raisins, walnuts.
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Bake in generously buttered loaf pans sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds. Bake 350 F 40 – 50 minutes.
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Cool 10 minutes in pan the remove to finish cooling.