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Battling Banana Breads
Here are a pair of delicious banana bread recipes; we're positive you'll want to try both.
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To each his (and her) own: Think you'll prefer Marilyn’s Hawaiian-style bread with crushed pineapple or Chuck’s more traditional approach?
Ingredients
| Marilyn's Banana Bread | Chuck's Banana Bread |
| 3 cups flour | 3-4; ripe bananas, mashed |
| 2 cups sugar | 1 stick butter, softened |
| 2 teaspoon baking soda | 2 eggs |
| 1 teaspoon salt | 1 cup sugar |
| 1 teaspoon cinnamon | 2 cups flour |
| 2 teaspoons vanilla | ½ teaspoon baking soda |
| 1 cup pecans, chopped | 1 cup nuts, chopped |
| 3 eggs | ¼ teaspoon salt |
| 1 ½ cups vegetable oil | |
| 2 cups mashed bananas | |
| 1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple |
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Preparation
| 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. | 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. |
| 2. Combine dry ingredients. Stir in nuts. | 2. Combine bananas, butter and eggs. |
| 3. In separate bowl, combine remaining ingredients. | 3. In separate bowl, combine dry ingredients. |
| 4. Add to dry. Stir just until moist. | 4. Add to banana mixture, stirring until moist. |
| 5. Pour into 2 large greased loaf pans. | 5. Pour into greased aluminum baking pan. |
| 6. Bake for one hour. Done when toothpick inserted comes out clean. | 6. Bake for 35-40 minutes. Done when toothpick inserted comes out clean. |
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Makes 2 loaves. Nutritional Information: Calories: 450; Fat, 26 g; Cholestrol, 20 mg; Sodium, 610 mg; Total Carbohydrates, 52 g; Dietary Fiber, 2 g; Sugars, 31 g; Protein, 4 g. Note: The above info is based on eight servings. |
Makes 1 loaf. Nutritional Information: Calories: 440; Fat, 19 g; Cholestrol, 45 mg; Sodium, 230 mg; Total Carbohydrates, 64 g; Dietary Fiber, 4 g; Sugars, 33 g; Protein, 7 g. Note: The above info is based on eight servings. |
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Tip: Mini loaves of these banana breads make great little gifts. Use mini-loaf pans and reduce the baking time. |
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Your Comments
I have made both and I prefer Marilyn's because I do not care for banana bread. Marilyn's has a tropical taste and only a light taste of banana.
Please someone, take pity on us people who cannot have sodium or salt in any way, shape or fashion. Does anyone know how dull, limited & bland & frustrating it is to not be able to have the good things that everyone else has? Like pizza. Like cheese products, & all, (most,) baked products all are made with salt, baking powder & or baking soda & etc. which are all no no's for someone on a strict no salt, low sodium diet. Plus being crippled & with no transportation, it's doubly hard to find some ingredients.
Thank you for your consideration.
Mrs Sharon Lee Battista
I guess I'm a tradionalist. While I love the nuts & pineapple, the traditional receipe is my favorite!
I made the banana bread of Marilyn's it turned out ok but i forgot the oil. It was plenty moist. Loved the flavor. Do you drain the pineapple? After seeing the thickness of the batter i would be afraid to add all that oil. could applesauce be used instead? please reply and thank you.
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