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Kona Inn Banana Bread
"I got this from a Garden Center Favorites cookbook quite a few years ago. It is THE BEST banana bread I have made--and I have tried a bazillion recipes. I keep coming back to this one!! I hope you like it."
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- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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1 Loaf
ingredients
directions
- Cream together butter and sugar.
- Add bananas and eggs.
- Sift dry ingredients.
- Blend wet and dry mixtures but don't overmix.
- Bake in a loaf pan at 350° for 45 minutes.
- Makes 1 20-ounce loaf.
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This is almost exactly like the one I use (my grandma's) - except I put in 3 T. sour cream or sour milk right before adding the bananas. (Make sure those bananas are super ripe too!) Makes it even better!!! -
I've tried many recipes for banana bread and I never really found one that had all the elements I was looking for; until now. I made the Kona Inn recipe today and feel it's the best recipe I've found. It's moist, flavorful, and my kitchen smells wonderful while the bread is baking. The only change I made was to use marjarine instead of shortening, 1/2 white and 1/2 brown sugar which I cut back to a total of 1 cup, and I added 1 tsp. cinammon for a little more flavor. Try it...you won't be sorry! -
I have used this kona inn recipe for 25 years and love it more all the time...I have changed it up for my own liking as follows: add 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa to the butter and sugar mix, add 1/2 c. finely chopped walnuts and either 1/2 c choc chips or 1/2 small marshmellows. This recipe is GREAT as is, but a really good one for trying what you love! I have also added blueberries at the end for something different. My fav is the cocoa/nut/choc chips AND marshmellows!!! One last thing...I bake it in several smaller loaf pans or even muffin pans to retain moisture while inside gets done! -
EXTREMELY moist! It needed about 55-60 minutes to cook all the way through and as suggested, I covered the top with foil during the last 10-15 minutes to keep it from browning too much. It's a little more sweet than I prefer and my bananas were really ripe so I may cut the sugar to 1/2 next time and see how it turns out. I also replaced 1/2 cup of AP flour with Spelt flour which has a nice nutty flavor. The batter was so wet it seemed like it needed more flour, but I resisted the urge to add more and it turned out perfect! Great banana flavor & great bread! -
This is a fine recipe. To give it just a bit more character, I use 1/2 C white sugar and 1/2 C brown sugar, packed (light or dark is your choice). Also, I double the recipe (except using only 5 bananas) and bake in a Bundt pan. (I bake in a commercial convection oven at 325F for about 25 minutes.) Can also add 1/2 to 1 C chopped walnuts, macadamias, or almonds per recipe. Suggestion: (1) Cream the sugar and butter in a food processor until the sugar is thoroughly dissolved into the butter. (2) Use a potato ricer/masher to coarsely mask the bananas -- you'll like the result. (3) When folding wet ingredients into dry, mix gently and only enough to incorporate all -- overmixing will break the protein bonds in the batter and your bread will be dense and not rise fully. MAX HERR D'Oily Boid Catering
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I've made this recipe for years. This is my fav. banana bread recipe. I've tried lots of others but I always come back to this one. My mom brought the same recipe home with her from a trip to hawaii when I was a little girl... and we've been enjoying it ever since. Most of the time I fix it in my bread machine, just dump in the wet ingredients first, then the dry, set it to quick bread and let it do the work for you. I sometimes replace 1/2 the butter with applesauce and usually use at least 1/4-1/3 of a cup less sugar than called for. -
EXTREMELY moist! It needed about 55-60 minutes to cook all the way through and as suggested, I covered the top with foil during the last 10-15 minutes to keep it from browning too much. It's a little more sweet than I prefer and my bananas were really ripe so I may cut the sugar to 1/2 next time and see how it turns out. I also replaced 1/2 cup of AP flour with Spelt flour which has a nice nutty flavor. The batter was so wet it seemed like it needed more flour, but I resisted the urge to add more and it turned out perfect! Great banana flavor & great bread!
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