Blu'bana Bread

Well, this morning I had some bananas sitting on my counter that were getting too ripe. You know what that means...it's time to bake some bread. I thought I'd share one of my favorite recipes with you (I have LOTS of favorites, so you'll be getting a lot of them). After trying this recipe out many years ago, I have never gone back to baking regular banana bread. I hope you all enjoy it as much as we do :)

Blu'bana Bread

1 pint (2 cups) fresh or frozen blueberries
4 cups flour, divided
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
5 medium ripe bananas, mashed
2 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. ground allspice
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp salt

Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour two 9” x 5” loaf pans.

Toss blueberries with 2 Tbsp. flour; set aside. In large mixing bowl, with electric mixer at medium speed, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, bananas, and vanilla; beat at low speed until blended, scraping bowl occasionally. Add remaining flour and other dry ingredients; beat at low speed until well blended. Fold in blueberries. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 45-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool at least 20 minutes to serve warm; or cool completely to serve later.

Enjoy,

Tammy