Banana Nut Bread

Banana Nut Bread

Greer has always been a big fan of baking and loves banana nut bread.  This was going to be somewhat of a challenge since Brandon typically doesn't like breads with nuts included. Luckily, the walnuts were chopped up enough that he still enjoyed it. This recipe is based from a recipe I found on Epicurious.com. http://epi.us/GOr7mM.

The ingredients are for one loaf, but we did make two so one could be given to friends.




Ingredients:

2/3 cup whole milk

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour (normal flour can be substitued)

1 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, softened

2/3 cup sugar

2 large eggs

2 medium bananas (very ripe)

3 oz walnuts,chopped finely (1 cup)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9- by 5- inch loaf pan or use a nonstick pan. Mix together milk and lemon juice and let stand until milk curdles, about 2 minutes. Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a bowl. In an additonal bowl, beat together butter and sugar with an electric mixer at high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, beating until combined, then beating bananas until combined. (Mixture will look curdled.) Add flour mixture and milk mixtures to the banana mixture, mixing at low speed until smooth. Stir in walnuts. Pour mixture into the loaf pan and bake until a knife comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool bread in pan for about 20 minutes, then invert the bread onto a rack and let cool completely.

Cost:
Bananas- $0.90
Cake Flour- $0.99
Walnuts - $2.50
Milk- $0.50

On Hand (baking powder, salt, baking soda, sugar, eggs, butter)-   $1.00          
Total: $5.89 per loaf                             

We kept this in the fridge, and were able to enjoy it over the course of the past week.