Grandma's Banana Bread for the Bread Machine

Ingredients should be at Room Temperature.

2 large Eggs
3 Bananas - mashed*
1 teaspoon Vanilla

2 Cups Bread Flour or 1 Cup Bread Flour and 1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
3/4 Cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Cinnamon

4 Tablespoons Margarine

Regarding Nuts: Steve doesn't like them so I didn't add them to my recipe. If you happen to like nuts in your Banana Bread, add about 1/3 Cup of your favorite kind. They should be chopped.

Chocolate Chips are great in this bread recipe. About 1/2 cupful is plenty.

*Smoosh* the bananas toward the opening and into the pan.

*Smoosh* - I think I made-up this word, but you probably understand what I'm trying to get across: a little smashing and a little mushing - *Smoosh*!

This step is great for relieving a little Tension. You'll find I've also included this step in the Strawberry Banana Bread Recipe. There's the added fun of *Smooshing* Strawberries

Spray the inside of the Bread Machine Pan with Pam (Butter flavored is a good one for this).

Put Eggs, smooshed Banana and Vanilla in the Bread Machine Pan.

For a tasty STRAWBERRY QUICK BREAD, just replace the Bananas with Strawberries. 2 cups full, and then smoosh them.

It's old, out-dated, and has been taken off the production line. But I don't care, it's a champion. A real work horse. My wonderful Mother-in-Law gave us our first bread machine. I wore it out after a few years. There was no way I was going to live without one after knowing what they can do! So Steve and I went shopping and found the cutest little bread machine I ever saw. We brought it home and put the Little Sweetheart right to work.

Zojirushi BB-CEC20 Home Bakery Supreme 2-Pound-Loaf Breadmaker, Black


REVIEW: Old Hitachi bread machine (vertical loaf) died. Wife was distraught. Searched the web and learned about the Zo machines. Wife found her gluten-free bread cookbook used the Zos to test their recipes. On-line reviews were almost all 5 stars. The Zo makes a horizontal, 2 lb loaf and has two mixers. It makes an outstanding loaf of bread, better than we've ever had before.

Place all the remaining ingredients - Bread Flour, Sugar, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Cinnamon - in the Bread Pan.

Margarine Cut into 4 pieces and put one in each corner of the bread pan.

Place the pan in the Bread Machine. Using the Cake / Quick Bread setting, start the machine. Cooking time on my machine is about 1 hour and 50 minutes. I make a slightly larger loaf than most of the recipes I've seen and this is a good amount of cooking time for mine. Different machines will possibly need a time adjustment (adding extra minutes or stopping the cooking a little earlier).

It has been reported that since this is a different type of dough the machines have a bit of trouble incorporating all the dry ingredients. So as the machine beeps the first time, using the rubber spatula, I very carefully help with mixing until all of the flour mixture is moistened. Stir Carefully with a rubber spatula (so as not to scratch the pan).

This is also the time for the add-ins - nuts, sunflower seeds, chocolate chips, or whatever you prefer.

Now just close the lid and let the machine do its magic for you. You can easily tell when it starts cooking by that wonderful smell coming from the kitchen. Um-mm Good!

When the banana bread has finished baking, using potholders, carefully remove the pan from the machine. Set it in a safe place and let it cool for at least 10 minutes.

Turn the pan upside-down on a paper towel. The bread should fall right out. If necessary, give it a little shake. Make sure the bread machine's little paddle mixer is removed from the bottom of the loaf.

I like to spray the loaf with the Butter-flavored Pam.

The Banana Bread smells so good it's difficult not to eat it right then.

If you choose to store the bread, put it in a gallon-sized freezer bag or wrap well in plastic wrap and place it in the freezer.

We use regular storage baggies and set it on the kitchen table when we're planning to eat the bread within the next few days.

The first loaf was so-o-o-o yummy. It was too easy for Steve to twist my arm (ow ow) and talk me into making some more. The best way to keep the extra loaf fresh until time to eat it is, of course, to wrap it and put it in the freezer. The baggies made for the freezer are the best way to go for me. It's a good idea to mark the date on the bag. I can't imagine that we might leave it in the freezer over 3 months, but it's a good habit to stick with.

Grandma's Strawberry Banana Bread

The Strawberry Banana Bread is perfect for Breakfast, Brunch, or a Snack. Here I'm having it for Breakfast with some Strawberries and a fat-free Yogurt along with the morning cup of Can't-Do-Without-It Coffee.

Grandma's Blueberry Banana Applesauce Bread

So, what do you suppose might be in this Bread Recipe? Maybe it should be called "The Triple-Fruit Bread Recipe" . I love a good, hearty bread that has real (versus imitation) flavors and which is also full of healthy (versus chemically engineered) ingredients.

Grandma's Wheat and Oat Bread
Imagine this: Getting lazy on a nice Saturday afternoon at home with the family; watching a movie on the television, playing video games with the children, maybe even snoozing a little. Then, suddenly, you get a whiff of...BREAD BAKING!!! Nothing wakes me up more than the very appetizing aroma of bread in the machine. With it's uplifting smell wafting through the air and straight to your quivering nose. Mmm-mmm good.

I joined WeightWatchers.com about the middle of January 2011. Since then I've become very conscious of what goes in a recipe. My Banana Bread for the Bread Machine Recipe was entered into the Weight Watcher Recipe Builder. Slicing the Banana Bread into 16 portions will give a PointsPlus value of four per slice. Not too bad for a taste of Bread Heaven.

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