Best Ever Banana Bread

Banana Bread Recipe for Kids

Banana Bread that children can make

 

 

 

 

This is a great use of overripe bananas that kids will love to make and eat.

You will need:
½ cup canola oil
1 ¼ cup sugar
2 eggs
5 overripe bananas
2 cups all-purpose flour (whole wheat flour works fine)
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 tablespoons wheat germ (toasted wheat germ is fine)
1 cup chopped nuts (walnut, pecans, or almonds)
(Note: if there are nut allergies, omit them. Otherwise, they are great protein and healthy fat.)

Preheat oven to 350º and grease two 8 ½-inch loaf pans.
Cream the oil and sugar in the (large) bowl of an electric mixer or with a hand mixer. You will later add the dry ingredients to this bowl, so make sure it is big enough to fit both the wet and dry mixtures.
Add the eggs and bananas and blend until the bananas are thoroughly mashed.

In a separate bowl, sift the flour, salt, and baking soda and stir in the wheat germ and nuts. Blend well.
Add the dry ingredients to the banana mixture and blend until just mixed.

Pour the batter into the prepared pans, dividing it evenly.
Bake for 50 minutes, or until the top springs back when gently pressed. Or stick a toothpick into the very center. When it comes our mostly clean, it’s done.
Makes 2 loaves

From the Best of Family Fun Cooking & Parties, edited by Deanna F. Cook and the Experts at FamilyFun Magazine, p. 63.  [This is a great cookbook for budding cooks. We enthusiastically recommend it.  Ours is covered with spots and stains–the sign of a truly useful cookbook.]


About mary

Mary is a retired digital librarian and is a mother of boy-girl twins. She got her kids cooking early, when all they made was a mess! Today, they are both very proficient in the kitchen and are great cooks! It was a relatively painless process getting to where they are now. She shares her strategies in this website.
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