BANANA BREAD

BANANA BREAD - NINA'S WAY

INGREDIENTS:
3 eggs,
1 cup sugar,
1/2 cup vegetable oil,
1/2 cup orange juice,
2 cups flour,
1/2 teaspoon salt,
1/2 teaspoon baking powder,
1/2 teaspoon baking soda,
1 teaspoon vanilla extract,
1 teaspoon orange zest,
5 bananas;

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 375 F. Lightly grease and flour the baking dish.
Beat egg whites and sugar until fluffy; add egg yolks; stir in salt, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla extract and orange zest. At low speed add oil; stir in flour until all incorporated. Pour batter into prepared baking dish. Arrange banana slices over entire surface. Bake for 30 minutes; dust with powder sugar and let cool completely before cutting.
Enjoy!

BANANA BREAD - FOOD NET WORK RECIPE-

Ingredients

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 large eggs
• 3 ripe bananas
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a round cake pan.

Cream the sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

In a small bowl, mash the bananas with a fork. Mix in the milk and cinnamon. In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Add the banana mixture to the creamed mixture and stir until combined. Add dry ingredients, mixing just until flour disappears.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Remove bread from pan, invert onto rack and cool completely before slicing.