Banana Bread(s):

~Grammy Boehm & Allison~

Ingredients:

Old Fashioned Banana Bread Base:

1/2 C. Shortening

(Can substitute softened butter but add an additional 1/8 C. +)

1 C. Granulated Sugar

2 Eggs – room temp

1/2 t. Salt

2 Medium to Large Bananas – mashed

2 C. All Purpose Flour – sifted

1 t. Baking Soda

1/2 C. Sour Cream

1/2 t. Pure Vanilla Extract

Banana Split Banana Bread

Add to Old Fashioned BB Base. Fold into mixed wet ingredients ~2 T. All Purpose Flour (maybe less)

1/2 C. Dark Chocolate or Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips

1/2 C. White Chocolate Chips

1/2 C. Maraschino Cherries (~18) – drained & chopped

1/2 C. Walnuts – chopped (optional)

The King’s Peanut Butter Banana Bread (Elvis’ Favorite)

Add to Old Fashioned BB Base. Layered between half the batter 1/2 C. Creamy Peanut Butter (I use Jif but you be you) 

Stir or whisk to thin out

Buckeye Banana Bread

Same as The King’s but add 1/2 C. Dark Chocolate or Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips

DIRECTIONS: 

Old Fashioned Banana Bread

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place oven rack in the middle.

Prepare loaf pan by rubbing Butter on bottom and all sides and dusting with Flour.

In a large bowl, cream together first 4 ingredients.

Mash Bananas.

Sift Flour with Baking Soda.

Combine with creamed ingredients.

Mix but don’t over-work or your bread will become too dense.

Fold in Sour Cream and Pure Vanilla Extract

Pour batter evenly into prepared loaf pan and bake in the center of the oven.

Bake ALL VARIETIES OF BANANA Bread for 1 hour- 1:15, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes

Out clean! Let cool on a wire rack, and enjoy! 

Banana Split Banana Bread:

Follow Old Fashioned Banana Bread Directions… then:

Drain and chop Cherries.

Set aside.

Dust chips with Flour. (Chop Walnuts if your like). Fold chopped Cherries, dusted

Chips (& optional walnuts) into wet mixture.

Do not overwork. Pour batter evenly into prepared

Bake!

The King’s Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Follow Old Fashioned Banana Bread Directions… then:

pour HALF the batter into a loaf pan. 

Pour thinned out Peanut Butter over batter. 

Top with remaining batter. 

Drag a knife or kebab skewer back and forth through the batter to distribute the Peanut Butter around batter. 

Bake

Buckeye Banana Bread

1st follow Banana Split BB Batter Directions (omitting Wh. Chips, Cherries & Nuts). 

2nd follow The King’s Batter distribution.

Bake ALL VARIETIES OF BANANA Bread for 1 hour- 1:15, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean! Let cool on a wire rack, and enjoy!