The Hungry Canary

1990 Christmas Collection · Archived Recipe

“Best For You” Banana Bread

A community recipe contributed by Shirley Leno · Leno Plumbing & Electrical.

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Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 cup honey
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 bananas
  • 2 cups sifted stone-ground whole wheat flour (add sifted-out bran or wheat germ back after sifting)
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1¼ teaspoons baking soda

Bake

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9 × 5-inch loaf pan.
  2. Mix butter, honey, and eggs in a food processor or blender.
  3. Blend in bananas.
  4. Add flour, salt, and baking soda; combine into a batter.
  5. Bake about one hour, until center springs back when touched and loaf is cooked through.
  6. Original hint: if a hump forms, cut vertically down the center of the batter when it starts rising in the oven.

Kitchen Notes

Original recipe retains whole wheat flour and honey; the title is from the source rather than a nutritional claim.

Historical recipe, not independently tested for The Hungry Canary.

Original Source

Submitted by Shirley Leno · Leno Plumbing & Electrical. Old Fashioned Christmas Recipes, Timesaver Shopping Guide, December 11, 1990, page 9. From Mother's cookbook collection.