BUNCH OF BANANAS BREAD

I used the word "Bunch" in the name because this recipe takes 2-1/3 cups of mashed bananas, which is about 5 small to medium bananas... and when I have enough bananas that are too ripe to eat, and too many to just throw out, I like to make banana bread. I just don't bother for one or two bananas. (Don't tell my Grandma Warner, she never would let anything go to waste... She lived through the Great Depression, and would can 2 little jars of peaches before letting a few go bad. She also always sent you home with something she had just made. It would always be put in a sour cream container, or a recycled frozen dinner plate. It wasn't just food that didn't go to waste.)

I don't know how I ended up with this many bananas... in three stages. The ones on the bottom are still edible, though barely. The ones on the top will last a couple more days and are still good for smoothies, or freezing for ice cream (recipe to come in another post). But the bananas to the left were just too ripe, so they have been peeled and mashed for banana bread.

Ingredients:
2 cups flour

1 teas. Baking Soda

1 teas. salt

¾ cup brown sugar

½ cup oil

2-1/3 cups mashed ripe banana

½ teas. Cinnamon

1 teas. Vanilla

2 eggs (or egg substitute)

(Sugar in the Raw, or sanding sugar for topping)

Preheat over to 350°F. Mix ingredients together.

I cram the bananas into the measuring cup to get the right amount, but let the mixer actually mash them, then add the rest of the ingredients and mix together.

Oil and flour a 5”x9” loaf pan. I use the Pam for Baking because it has the oil and flour already mixed together and you just spray it on.

Spray the pan over the sink, otherwise you will be getting a sticky mess all over your counter, or floor, etc. The sink is easy to clean.

TIP: Wipe the cooking spray off the handles and sides of the pan, after you put the batter in but before you put it in the oven... it will bake on there and stick like glue to your pan... and Aunt Kathy won't be there with a razor blade to scrape it off for you... unless you take something to her in the pan and forget it at her house... then the pan will return to you spotless. 

After you pour the batter into your loaf pan and clean it up. Sprinkle sugar on top. I like the Sugar in the Raw, or Sanding Sugar, because it is big and crunchy.

Bake for 60 minutes or until stick comes out clean.