Banana Nut Bread Recipes

Ingredients:
1 cup white Sugar
2 large Eggs
4 ripe Bananas
2 cups all-purpose Flour
1/2 tsp baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
2 tsp vanilla Extract
1/2 cup crushed Walnuts
1/2 cup Shortening

Directions:
In a large bowl, cream together Sugar and Shortening. Mix in Eggs, Flour, Baking Soda, and Salt. Add in Bananas, Walnuts, and Vanilla Extract. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees farenheit and bake in a 5 by 9 inch bread pan for just under an hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Bonus recipes from guest author Deanna Applegate:

Banana Bread - Low Carb
1 cup butter
1 cup Splenda
5 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp banana extract
2 cups almond meal -- flour
Instructions:
1) Cream butter and Splenda.
2) Add eggs one at a time beating after each egg.
3) Mix flour with baking powder and add egg mixture a little at a time while beating.
4) Add extract. Pour into a small loaf pan.
5) Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes.
6) Check with toothpick at 35 minutes.
Per Serving: 259 Calories
7 carbs
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Banana Cinnamon Swirl Bread - Low-Carb
Serving Size: 8
6 egg yolks
6 egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
2 tbl Splenda
1/3 cup Atkins Bake Mix, or soy flour
2 tbl Splenda
1-1/2 tsp banana extract
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbl chopped peanuts, finely chopped
1-1/2 tsp Splenda
1-1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions:
1) Separate the eggs, put the whites in a large mixer bowl with the cream of tartar and 2 tbl Splenda.
2) Whip the whites until stiff, but not dry peaks form. Set aside.
3) In a seperate bowl, beat the yolks with the remaining 2 tbl Splenda and the extracts.
4) Stir in the bake mix and the nuts.
5) Add a heaping ladle of whites to the yolk/bake mix mixture, stir until well blended and a fairly thin batter.
6) Pour this batter into the whites and gently fold in until well combined. Be careful not to break down the volume of the whites.
7) Spray a loaf pan and spoon in 1/2 the batter; sprinkle on 1/2 the splenda/cinnamon mix.
8) Spoon the rest of the batter on top, sprinkle on the remainer of the Splenda/cinnamon.
9) Place in a preheated 350°F (180°C) oven and bake for about 28 minutes.
10) Cool almost completely in the pan, remove and finish cooling on a rack.
11) Slice into 8 slices and store in a covered container in the fridge. Separate the slices with wax paper.
Per Serving: 69 Calories
2 carbs

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