Inspired by: The New McCall’s Cookbook
Ingredients:
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour – sifted
2/3 cup sugar
3 tsps. baking powder
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp baking soda
1/3 cup butter
1 cup mashed very ripe banana – (2 or 3)
2 eggs
Preheat Oven 350 degrees:
Butter a loaf pan.
In a large bowl, sift flour with sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Add banana and eggs; with electric mixer at low speed, beat 2 minutes.
Turn into prepared pan.
Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in middle comes out clean.
This is a very old cookbook that belonged to my mother. It seems everything I make from this book turns out wonderful.
With Love,
Catherine
xo
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Alida says
Great! I just have some leftovers bananas waiting there… take care X
Recetario Spanglish para mis hijos says
I also have some bananas, I’ll try your recipe. Blessings,
anniebakes says
This looks wonderful, Catherine! I would eat it with a big pat of butter on top! anne
Gloria says
aaah this banana bread llook awesome!:)
Sutapa says
Catherine that quick part is ever appealing to me(haha) but truly speaking everything from Moms part are always wonderful and you make the cake brilliantly as always!
with lots of love!:)
allotments4you says
I make banana loaf all the time…my recipe is slightly different than this though…I don’t put salt in mine. One of my favourite cakes!!
Debbie says
This looks delicious Catherine. I love old cookbooks and it’s really so much fun trying recipes from them. I am keeping this since I am a huge fan of all things banana!!!
Chatty Crone says
Yum! sandie
Kim says
Banana breads are always a hit around here and this one is perfect!
Lenia says
I have never tried banana bread!It looks fantastic!It is high time I made one!xxx
Pegasuslegend says
A classic for sure! nice one!
Rosita Vargas says
Ohhh….Catherine me encanta los biscochos de plátano luce delcioso y bien hecho,abrazos hugs,hugs.
~~louise~~ says
One can never have enough Banana Bread, Catherine and yours looks delicious!
Thanks for sharing…
Joanne says
Banana bread is one of my favorite sweet treats to make! Yum.
Kathy says
Seems many of those old cookbooks never fail, I have a few like that too Catherine. I’ll have to try this recipe Catherine. My son Red loves banana bread almost as much as I do. We sure could use a sweet treat to cheer ups up.
Chiara Giglio says
this looks delicious , I love bananas! have a good day my dear, blessings….
Petro Neagu says
Catherine,
This recipe looks very delicious indeed. Watery mouth alert!
Hugs
Tanna at The Brick Street Bungalow says
I have quite a few OLD cook books and I agree, the recipes always seem to turn out wonderfully! Thank you for sharing this one, Catherine. Hope you have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. blessings ~ tanna
Maureen @ Orgasmic Chef says
I’ve got some frozen bananas that are begging to get out of the cold and into this bread. Looks delicious.
The Harried Cook says
That looks like a great loaf! I wish I had some over-ripe bananas at home right now so I could make it! I’ve been really bad at visiting blogs lately… life has been crazy! Just catching up 🙂
Janet Gardner says
Looks delicious, another add to my recipe box!
Janet
xoxo