Seems to me that many recipes pass off as being the perfect mix...that they need near perfect measurement...or that they are not sure where the recipe came from...but they feel the one they use is indeed the best. Silly me was given the perfect recipe once upon a time before my mother had left the planet...but like all good things it seems to have gotten away from me...I recall her yummy banana bread was dark in colour, moist in texture, great with a pat of real butter and simply delicious. Now I have tried many a recipe and indeed I have came across a few that I would recommend, however, none as good as mom's...here is my current favorite and it is almost foolproof...good luck with this recipe and if you think you have a good one I would appreciate a post...Thx - Joe
Cream together 1 1/4 cups of white granulated with 1/2 cup of butter or good margaine. Add two eggs room temp one at a time, beat well, meanwhile pour 1/2 cup of milk and add 1 tbsp of white vinegar and set aside, go back to your mixture and add 2.5 or 3 large bananas and allow the mixer to mash them. Now prepare your dry ingredients 2.5 cups of white flour, 1 tsp baking soda and one tsp salt, mix or sift well, set aside. Back at the mixer add 1 tsp vanilla and now pour in the milk and vinegar mixture. It is a good time now to add whatever it is you like in your finished product, myself I mostly used crushed pecans, or the odd time a few hand fulls of sweet coconut and a few handfuld of plum golden raisins. Mix this briskly for a minute, your mixture should almost look curdled at this stage. Now drop your blender to the lowest speed and pour in the flour, soda & salt mixture crank it real slow as if you were stirring it by hand. Remove the bowl from the mixer and stir from bottom to make sure all banana mixture and flour have combined. Pour batter evenly into to greased and floured loaf pans bake in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes, 48 if its a rainy day. Cool loaves 10 mins in pans remove to rack and let cool. Serve cold with butter and tea or coffee.
