My Grandmother's Banana Nut Bread
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This Banana Nut Bread Is Special
Grandmothers are special people. My grandmother was extraordinary, at least, to me. She did all the jobs of a woman in her era and yet still worked outside the home as a teacher, a librarian and a minister's wife. She was forever in school getting one Masters Degree after another.
Some of my favorite childhood memories are bundled around her and her love. As her first grandchild and only granddaughter for 20 years, we had a special bond.
She always allowed me to choose what "goody" we would have from her vast collection of handwritten recipes. My favorite was her wonderful Banana Nut Bread that filled the house with that smell that only a grandmother's homemade love can.
Contents at a Glance
In Her Own Words
The recipe card you see in this picture is the actual handwritten recipe card still used. My grandmother wrote on this card more than 35 years ago, so the edges are little "love worn".
Banana Nut Bread Recipe
Giving You Her Best
Serves 12
2 cups sugar
1 cup Crisco
3 eggs - large works best
2 cups plain flour
1 tsp soda
½ tsp salt
3 mashed bananas - should be really ripe
1 cup nuts - she used walnuts
Cream sugar and Crisco
Add beaten eggs
Sift flour, soda, and salt together and add to creamed mixture
Add mashed bananas and mix well
Add nuts
Bake in loaf pans for 30 to 45 minutes at 350 degrees
Best Banana Nut Bread?
She said it was and our family agrees!
The back of the card has her notation saying it is the best she's ever made.
"This is the best banana nut bread I've ever made - Have used many recipes, but this is best!!"
Nuts or Not?
Do you prefer Banana Bread with or without nuts?
Nuts! They add the perfect flavor!
awakeningwellness says:
I think everything goes better with nuts!
KimGiancaterino says:
Nuts!
fullofshoes says:
with!!!
nancycarol says:
Definitely with nuts, but my son prefers it without...so I make two loaves.
Tipi says:
Still love nuts in banana bread, oh yay.
marymc says:
I like both of them and the nuts make it healthier but also adds more fat.
TheWhistler says:
With Nuts.
Tipi says:
Gotta have the nuts!
RenaissanceWoman2010 says:
The nuts are the secret ingredient that make the big difference.
Nina says:
Nuts, definitely!
miaponzo says:
Absolutely WITH!!!!
ChrisDay says:
For flavour and texture, I gotta go for those nuts.
kt_glasses says:
Adding nuts gives the bread amazing flavor!
ddixonart says:
If your grandmother said it should have nuts, it should have nuts. That's all there is to it.
Darlene says:
Not without the nuts!! you gotta have the nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No Nuts! I'll take mine plain, please!
Genevieve says:
without nuts.
tssfacts says:
I eat it both ways. My favorite is without nuts.
clouda9 says:
Straight up without nuts please! Although I admit to liking toasted slivered almonds on top ;)
Pukeko says:
No nuts, but not plain either. but I make mine with chocolate chips.
lisamarie1011 says:
Preferably no nuts but if the banana bread is good enough I can overlook them!
vanidiana says:
I haven't tried one with nuts, so I don't know how it tastes.
Joan4 says:
No nuts! Just a nice slice of banana bread and a cup of coffee. Yummmm!
BevsPaper says:
I pick the nuts out for the squirrels.
Kapalbility says:
Chipped my tooth with nuts before. Just bein' careful!
Sylvestermouse says:
I like my bread without nuts, or should I say I like my nuts without bread:)
An Alternate Recipe
Using Sour Cream
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20 Years Since I've Seen Her
I loved my grandmother and have missed her these 20 years since she left me. There are days when the nostalgia is almost too much to bear. It's as if a part of my heart was permanently ripped away when she could no longer stay with me in this world. She would have been 100 years old on December 10, 2009.
Here's to you Grandmama.
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Do You Have a Favorite Grandparent Memory to Share?
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awakeningwellness
Mar 19, 2012 @ 1:42 pm | delete
- Oh how I wish I had a piece of that banana bread right now! :)
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SquirrelWhispers
Mar 17, 2012 @ 2:57 pm | delete
- Banana bread is the best and your recipe looks delicious.
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KimGiancaterino Mar 16, 2012 @ 2:39 am | delete
- I remember that recipe card with the old stove ... my grandmother had ones just like it. A lovely touch!
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mbgphoto Mar 10, 2012 @ 10:57 pm | delete
- I remember baking sugar cookies with my grandmother. I now have her cookie cutters and her hand written notes.
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CruiseReady Mar 9, 2012 @ 5:00 pm | delete
- I remember holding my grandfather's hand, and then asking him if he wanted to see what I learned in dance class that day. He always said yes. Neither of my grandmothers lived long enough for me to know them.
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tvyps
Feb 1, 2012 @ 2:45 am | delete
- Not sure about mine, but your Grammy would be proud! I'm just hungry. Squid Angel blessed!
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HSSchulte
Jan 25, 2012 @ 10:23 pm | delete
- I love old family recipes. Nicely done.
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fullofshoes
Dec 27, 2011 @ 9:23 am | delete
- My step-Gram was polish. I miss her home made golumpkies on the holidays!
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nancycarol
Nov 24, 2011 @ 2:24 pm | delete
- Never knew either of my grandparents, but my Mom is the one who bequeathed recipes to me, and I've missed her since 1995. I honor her each day, but especially when I cook one of her recipes. Thanks for sharing this beautiful lens.
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marymc Sep 22, 2011 @ 10:41 am | delete
- I am one of those unfortunate people who never knew their grandparents. But I work at being the best grandmother ever. Love my 13 grands.
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mukunda22
Sep 22, 2011 @ 10:14 am | delete
- I am back to bless this lens! Blessing to you!!
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Tipi
Aug 2, 2011 @ 2:08 pm | delete
- I always looked forward to Grandma visiting or visiting her because it always meant we would be having her 12 egg pancakes for breakfast. They were worth getting up early for and they certainly held us until lunch time.
I love how you designed this using your Grandma's hand written recipe card, what a wonderful tribute to a great lady. The heart does not forget and hold on to our beloveds.
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DEBBIE POWERS
Jun 27, 2011 @ 11:16 am | delete
- Do You Have a Favorite Grandparent Memory to Share?
I can still remember and seemly taste even now at 53 as a child. My Grandmother on Mother's side, Ruby Presley, when I got to have sleepover visits, always promised as a child and older a nutritient yet home cooking like I got at home. Lol to the fullness that even in play time we would humor her as well. My cousin and I had set out out on our play table our tea sets and dishes for our make believe foods we would have. Normally at home I would have put marshmellows, chips, cookies, M&M's, or any little junk food I could talk my Mother out of in a small quanity. However my Grandmother decided to look in her refrigarator and heated up her left overs. Which was tasty at supper the night before. But as we giggled privately, and was sure to eat almost every bit to not hurt her feelings. We now sat down to now for real foods no make believe or junk foods for us. Dishes filled with, collar greens, blackeye peas, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn and cornbread. Most from their garden they grown themselves, as well as her flower gardens she loved. But the sweet tea added a real touch as afterall they were called tea cups. lol Gosh how I loved to go back and she do that again for me. As I see it would have been much easier for her to done the other but her kitchen was always filled with God's love and NO ONE ever left Maw-Maw's house hungry. She is in Heaven's Kitchen now teaching Angels' and other Children how to make even better varieties of Tea set cooking favorites. I am sure now even more profected and healthy as its grown there and plentious. Where God's gardens were thinking of her and smiled even to her make believe Tea Set play. I tried this for my own children and may as well my own Grandchildren. As well as making the homemade bread. But the greatest thing she ever feed anyone was the words of God and the way to Jesus. The greatest legacy I have truly loved to past down. Debbie Powers
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RenaissanceWoman2010
Jun 18, 2011 @ 4:49 pm | delete
- Your grandmother was extraordinary! I will definitely use this recipe. Banana bread is one of my ultimate foods. Just love it so much. My paternal grandmother was always baking. I loved her homemade bread the most. Grandma baked an angel food cake for every birthday celebration. I really miss having a grandmother in my life. Thanks for this wonderful tribute. :-)
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slotowngal May 9, 2011 @ 8:27 am | delete
- I was not able to spend time with my grandmothers but had an aunt that filled that role in my life. I loved 'helping' her with sewing projects! She also made the best home-canned apples with cinnamon. Thanks for a fun lens... angel blessed.
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miaponzo
Apr 26, 2011 @ 2:47 am | delete
- Actually I have many... but banana nut bread is one of the things my grandma shared with me, too!!!!! :)
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tssfacts
Apr 20, 2011 @ 9:02 am | delete
- This is one of my favorite breads to bake. Your looks very yummy. I grandma taught me to bake. Every time I bake something I remember the times we were in the kitchen making lots of goodies. Great lens I can tell you really loved your grandmother.
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ChrisDay
Apr 2, 2011 @ 11:16 pm | delete
- Nice - and a Purple Star - well done.
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Jacqueline Fox
Apr 1, 2011 @ 11:56 am | delete
- Definitely voted for the ones with nuts! Thanks for sharing this recipe. I'm planning on baking for my grand mom who recently felt all the hassle when she heard about the DePuy Hip Replacement Recalls. I'm hoping that by spending some time with her, it would ease her anxieties.
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clouda9
Jan 16, 2011 @ 5:44 am | delete
- My Angel Blessing is SWAH - plus your lens is added to my angel page and blog :)
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