Banana Bread

This banana bread was much better than the healthy recipe. But to tell you the truth, I don't know what makes that recipe more healthy than this one. The original recipe called for all-purpose flour but I used King Arthur's White Whole Wheat Flour.

2 cups King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 1/3 cups mashed, overripe bananas

Prehat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Heavenly Healthy Banana Bread

I've been doing a lot of experimenting with wheat flour. I had some overripe bananas and thought I'd try a wheat banana bread.

Apparently, I don't like healthy banana bread.

Heavenly Healthy Banana Bread
From King Arthur

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar, light or dark
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 3 medium to large bananas)
1/4 cup honey
2 large eggs
2 cups King Arthur 100% Organic Whole Wheat Flour
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, vanilla, baking soda and salt. Add the bananas, honey and eggs, beating until smooth. Add the flour, then the walnuts, stirring until smooth. Spoon the batter into a lightly greased 9x5 inch loaf pan, smoothing the top. Let it rest at room temperature for 10 minutes. Bake the bread for 50 minutes then gently lay a piece of aluminum foil across the top, to prevent over-browning. Bake for an additional 10 minutes, then remove the bread from the oven; a long toothpick or cake tester inserted into the center should come out clean. Allow the loaf to cool for 10 minutes before removing it from the pan, and cooling it completely on a rack.