Dining from the Dollar Store: Banana Bread

When three bananas were left from the bunch, their skins darkened, one thing came to mind: banana bread--specifically James Beard's recipe.


BANANA BREAD

Ingredients:

4 tablespoons butter*
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 honey* [the original recipe from the book calls for granulated sugar, which the Dollar Store carries]  
2 eggs
3 ripe bananas
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped nuts* [optional] 
Cooking spray


Equipment

Mixer
Mixing spoon
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Bread pan
Cooling rack 
Knife


Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Soften the butter, then add it to the bowl with the two eggs, and sugar [I used raw sugar] or honey.
 
Add the bananas.

 
And the flour and baking soda and nuts.

 
Combine.

Grease a bread pan with cooking spray. Ladle the batter into it. 

  
And cook it for 60 minutes. Check to see whether the loaf is done by inserting a knife and withdrawing it. If the knife comes out clean, then the loaf is done.

 
Remove the loaf from the pan and let it cool.

 
Enjoy!




Equipment available at the Dollar Store

Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Mixing spoon
Cooling rack
Knife


A note on softening butter: the microwave works well for this. Never, however, use a plastic container. Use microwave-safe containers like a ceramic bowl covered with a ceramic saucer or a lidded glass container.

*not carried by the Dollar Store

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