Catherine Fox
ENG 095
03/06/2013
Mom's Famous Banana Nut Bread Mom has made this banana nut bread all my life, and it is wonderfully delicious. First she needs all of the ingredients to make this beautiful bread. They include one half cup of butter, two eggs, two cups of flour, one quarter cup of chopped walnuts, one cup of sugar, three over ripe bananas, (preferably the peel being black in color), half a teaspoon of baking soda, and half a teaspoon of salt. She will also need a loaf pan that measures, nine by five by three. Upon completion of this bread, mom will have a golden, moist, delicious loaf of banana nut bread. Next mom begins the process of mixing the batter. She creams together the one half cup of butter along with the one cup of sugar and the two eggs in a large bowl. In a smaller bowl, she places the over ripe bananas and mashes them until they are smooth and creamy. She mixes the bananas into the large bowl with the butter, sugar, and eggs. Next she will begin to add the flour in small amounts at a time and mixes this together with the rest of the batter. Approximately half a cup at a time, until the entire two cups have been added. Next she puts the one half teaspoon of salt, and the one …show more content…
A few of these ways are to slice it, toast it, and then generously spread butter across the top. One may also slice it and put ice cream on top. Many flavors of ice cream have been tried. A personal favorite of mine is just plain vanilla. Another favorite of mine is to slice it, toast it, and generously spread cream cheese on top. Freddy likes to use the banana nut bread as a substitution for graham crackers to create a banana nut smores. Freddy slices the bread thin, toasts it, then puts marshmallow cream and part of a Hershey's candy bar between the two slices and pops it in the microwave for approximately twenty seconds. He has also been known to put peanut butter on