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Evelyn’s Banana Bread
5 large bananas
4 eggs, well beaten
1 cup melted butter
(may use oil instead of butter, but it just doesn’t taste the same)
2 cups sugar
3 ½ cup flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup broken walnuts(optional)
Mash and beat bananas to a liquidy state.
Add the eggs, butter, and sugar in that order, beating well between each.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt and blend into batter. Stir in nuts(if wanted)
Bake in 2 greased and floured loaf pans at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, then at 300 degrees for 60 to 70 minutes. This time needs to be adjusted for your oven and moisture level of the batter-sometimes I’ve had to bake it (at the 300 temp)for an additional 90 minutes and sometimes only 60 minutes. The toothpick test will have to be used to see when the interior of the loaves are done.
Story: This recipe was given to me by my best friend who died in 2001. She lived up the street from me and her little Scotty dragged her over to me one day while I was working in the flowers along my driveway. Evelyn was a little old lady who grew up Mennonite. I am proud to say that she is responsible for my passion: quilting. She was a docent at the Rocky Mountain Quilt museum, and made hundreds of quilts over her lifetime. Her life of service to others, and her faith, despite crippling arthritis in her hands, feet and back changed my life forever. Evelyn’s family was very gracious in allowing me to have her little Scotty, I am honored to now own the little dog that started it all, Baby.
5 large bananas
4 eggs, well beaten
1 cup melted butter
(may use oil instead of butter, but it just doesn’t taste the same)
2 cups sugar
3 ½ cup flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup broken walnuts(optional)
Mash and beat bananas to a liquidy state.
Add the eggs, butter, and sugar in that order, beating well between each.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt and blend into batter. Stir in nuts(if wanted)
Bake in 2 greased and floured loaf pans at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, then at 300 degrees for 60 to 70 minutes. This time needs to be adjusted for your oven and moisture level of the batter-sometimes I’ve had to bake it (at the 300 temp)for an additional 90 minutes and sometimes only 60 minutes. The toothpick test will have to be used to see when the interior of the loaves are done.
Story: This recipe was given to me by my best friend who died in 2001. She lived up the street from me and her little Scotty dragged her over to me one day while I was working in the flowers along my driveway. Evelyn was a little old lady who grew up Mennonite. I am proud to say that she is responsible for my passion: quilting. She was a docent at the Rocky Mountain Quilt museum, and made hundreds of quilts over her lifetime. Her life of service to others, and her faith, despite crippling arthritis in her hands, feet and back changed my life forever. Evelyn’s family was very gracious in allowing me to have her little Scotty, I am honored to now own the little dog that started it all, Baby.