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AWESOME Banana Bread Recipe...

9K views 88 replies 23 participants last post by  Cruisingdad 
#1 ·
Mrs. CD has truly perfected her Banana Bread recipe. It is a mixture of many recipes and simply the best I have ever had.

We generally buy a LOT of bananas and do not always make it through them. I suspect many cruisers have exactly the same issue as they are cheap and readily available. This recipe is a great way to use those bananas, have a desert and snack at hand, and even a supplement for breakfast!! What's more, we cook it all from the boat so not too many complicated ingredients. We have had cruisers stopping by for the bread!!

Want the recipe? You got it. However, in order to receive this fine recipe, you must state:

CD IS THE BEST LOOKING AND SMARTEST MALE MODERATOR!

Just quote that here in this thread and I will send you a PM with the recipe. Easy as pie... or banana bread. You won't regret it. Plus, you will get the ire of my fellow moderators. A double positive!!!

Brian
 
#2 ·
.. or, if you REALLY want the best banana bread recipe just get to "Best of Bridge" series of recipe books... then you can get that without stroking CD's ego.....:p
 
#3 ·
Ha!!! This is unpublished goodness my friend. I will give it to you too... just press quote and say it... it's ok, everyone knows it anyways!!

Brian

PS I am concerned about one of our chef members getting the recipe, passing it off as their own, making millions on it... (snicker)
 
#5 ·
Difference would be I would just share it with all....my greatness would shine through as soon as they duplicated the recipe and ate the banana bread

The greatest sign of admiration is duplication

No need for a hail Caesar here.:):)
 
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#6 ·
Most good chefs don't bake well as we refuse to measure ( which is critical in baking), so we copy others recipes. Here is my Nanas Banana, pecan, Bluberry, Chocolate Bread or Muffin recipe.

Dave's Nana's Homemade Pecan-Blueberry- Chocolate Banana Bread/ Muffins

2 Eggs
2 cups mashed ripe bananas
4 oz. blueberries
4 oz. chocolate chips
2 cups Flour
½ cup Vegetable Oil
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoons Salt
2 oz. heavy cream or milk
½ teaspoons Vanilla
3 ox crushed pecans

Beat together all wet ingredients.

Add sugar and incorporate until dissolved

Mix dry ingredients and then add to mixture till homogenized

Add nuts, blueberries and chocolate at the end

Place in sprayed loaf pan or muffin tin and put in preheated 350 degree oven approximately I hour . until a knife inserted comes out clean.
 
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#7 ·
Uh oh Chef, it sounds like you've thrown down the gauntlet. Well Brian? Unless the recipe publishes, we can't know whether the claim that the banana bread is true. Heck, for all we know, it could be about as true as the claim that "CD IS THE BEST LOOKING AND SMARTEST MALE MODERATOR!"

There, I met your requirement. :)
 
#8 ·
Not to let any thread stay on point, if you have left over bananas, you should grill them in their skins. Slice lengthwise and top with either whipped cream, chocolate, cinnamon, brandy or whatever you like or just eat them as is. Bread is for old ladies playing bridge. :)

If you really like banana bread, this is your ticket. I've been known to order a beer for dessert before, but this is the first legit dessert beer. I thought it would be disgusting, but its very good. At least one is.

 
#9 ·
Not to let any thread stay on point, if you have left over bananas, you should grill them in their skins. Slice lengthwise and top with either whipped cream, chocolate, cinnamon, brandy or whatever you like or just eat them as is. Bread is for old ladies playing bridge. :)
I prefer my grilled bananas to be a little on the green side instead of overripe bananas the consistency of food in an retirement community. In your application I would get plantains as they have a little structure to them and don't have the consistency of baby food.

I one restaurant I used to have we would take the recipe make the bread... cut into 4 inch diameter 1 inch thick circles, soak it a little in brandy and then grill. we would make ice cream sandwiches with the banana bread as the cookie with homemade coconut ice cream.

In another use we would make a tiramisu like cake with the banana bread cut and soaked in dark Meyers rum substituting for the ladyfingers with espresso and mascarpone cheese as the filling.

See Minnie the bread here is just a precursor building block for the next item and can be eaten by real grownups in its reconditioned application not just to be served to old ladies playing bridge or mahjong.
 
#12 ·
OK what is the harm. In a multiverse anything is possible.

"CD IS THE BEST LOOKING AND SMARTEST MALE MODERATOR!"
 
#17 ·
Oh PLEASE!!! You are just trying to get a signed book of Jeff's international best seller: Catalina Dreaming: How the C400 Left Me Farr Behind!

Just so you know, Jeff used a ghost writer for that novel. I happen to know him well (snicker).

Come on Dave, you can say it: CD IS THE BEST LOOKING AND SMARTEST MALE MODERATOR. Then you will have the finest banana bread ever...

Brian
 
#14 ·
This is a quandary...I like BANANA bread....I am heading out to the Pacific islands....bread will be made.....Bananas will be in abundance....I have shared words with CD for many years.................I just can not lower myself to place untruths here....this place is sacred and only truisms should bespoke.....I just hope DAVIDPM will pass on the recipe, with no further fantasies being penned.
 
#15 ·
Considering the number of times our/my own efforts at Banana Bread have emerged as something more akin to a kellet (and my wife's admonishment that I use it that way and NOT try again!) let me say...

"CD IS THE BEST LOOKING AND SMARTEST MALE MODERATOR!"

Recipe please!!!
 
#16 · (Edited)
Jimgo: THat is close enough for me! Coming your way!

SVHyLyte and David... coming your way.

Minne: You are the best looking and smartest poster OUTSIDE of me. Close enough? You don't want to miss it...

My dear Simon, can't you smell it? The bananas, the bread... the sweet smell drifting out of the oven... a warm meal underway while at sea... a tasty refresher at night while on watch... breakfast... a snack... you will become the admiration of the entire anchorage... village elders will grant you free entry... You can say it, Simon... It is waiting for ya... YOU CAN SAY IT (all the mods know it is true anyways)....

Brian

PS You guys don't share that with the other members! Make them EARN it!!! (hehe)
 
#22 ·
By the way everyone, not sure it was apparent in the recipe, but we generally use the bananas after they are brown spotted and mushy. Not sure how to describe that? But when they no longer look appetizing to eat out of the peel, that is when they are about ready to bake.

Brian
 
#23 ·
Well my wife already makes killer banana bread, and showing her someone else's recipe might be grounds for divorce.

But we did find this recipe in Cruising World last year for Bananas in Sweet Rum Sauce.

All I can say is YUM!

OK CD I shared, now it's your turn!

:D
 
#24 ·
Well, I don't know Jim. Not sure that is worth a whole recipe! It's good stuff I tell ya... you will love it! Just say the words:

CD IS THE BEST LOOKING AND SMARTEST MALE MODERATOR.

I got the recipe copied, ready to send to ya!!! Just think how happy your wife will be when you cook it yourself and serve it to her. SHe might even let you go unattended to West Marine!

Brian
 
#27 ·
WHAT!! I already sent it. Crap. Someone else must have gotten it. I should have put one of those disclaimers at the bottom like you get from your lawyers... "Intended for the party...blah blah... any unauthorized use or duplication... blah... blah.."

Now there is a freebie floating around out there. Hang on Jimgo... coming your way now!! But this is top secret stuff. Faster and Jeff keep trying to hack my account for it. I am making them earn it too.

Brian
 
#32 ·
Wow, have you considered the potential danger of such a swelled ego if every Sailnetter confessed that

CD IS THE BEST LOOKING AND SMARTEST MALE MODERATOR

?

But as anyone who knows me will tell you I'm a tramp for sweet baked goods, I went and said it anyway. :D
Jim
 
#36 ·
Ok Simon and JiminRI, they are there!! Enjoy. After you make it, slobber all over the screen so Chef and JimMcGee will get jealous.

COme on Jimmcgee... you have to be at least curious, right?? Just think of all the praises your friends will give you when you share it...

Brian
 
#40 ·
I'm not a huge fan of nuts in bread, so we tried substituting chocolate chips for nuts and the result was amazing.

We've tried with a few different recipes and it works well with every one we've tried so far, I recommend giving it a shot.
There's no nuts in ours. I am allergic to them! I can share the recipe with you if you want...

Brian
 
#41 ·
OK, CD is the....is the....is the....ack, ugh, I just can't bring myself to do it!!!!!
 
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#44 ·
Me either. This one is tried and true. Try it!

Banana Nut Bread

Ingredients
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1/2 cup softened unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soda in 1/2 cup buttermilk (can use 1/2 cup sour cream)
1 cup fully ripened mashed bananas
1/2 cup walnuts, pecans (optional)

How to make it
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In a bowl, cream butter and sugar
Add eggs, beat
Add flour and salt, mixing well
Add buttermilk or sour cream mixture, beating lightly
Mix in the mashed bananas and nuts, if using
Pour into a greased and floured loaf pan (I use a 10 inch, but can use a 9 inch)
Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes (mine is usually done after about 50 minutes)
Cool for 10 minutes in pan, then remove
May be wrapped in foil after the loaf is cool to touch, but usually hands are grabbing slices of the warm bread!:D
 
#46 ·
I am not sure banana bread recipes were on my mind when I joined sailnet - but I am a sucker for banana bread! So here goes:

CD is the best looking and smartest male moderator on sailnet with a nut allergy and who sails a Catalina.

Apologies to any other catalina sailing, nut allergy suffering mods - I just need the recipe!!
 
#49 ·
I just love the fact that not one woman has asked for the recipe and only the guys have said "CD IS THE BEST LOOKING AND SMARTEST MALE MODERATOR." I am starting to get concerned about my fellow Sailneter's.
Now if I posted, "I am the sexist and best looking senior SNer on my sailboat!" I might get a few people to bite without bribes.
So in order for some quality control and truism CD should send the recipe to me.
 
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