Banana Bread

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3 bananas, mashed
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tbsp. milk
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Directions:

1. Mix oil and sugar; beat well. Add beaten eggs and mashed bananas; beat.
2. Sift dry ingredients together and add to first mixture with milk and vanilla; beat well. Pour into greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
3. Bake at 350°F for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Submitted by Margene McLoughlin

Sour Cream Banana Bars

The "Sour Cream Banana Bars" recipe can be found in Gold Medal Century of Success Cookbook: The Best Gold Medal Recipes of 100 Years.

Submitted by Marie Weber

Gold Medal Flour. “Sour Cream Banana Bars.”  Gold Medal Century of Success Cookbook: The Best Gold Medal Recipes of 100 Years. Minneapolis, MN: General Mills, 1979. Print.

Chocolate-Tahini Banana Bread

The "Chocolate-Tahini Banana Bread" recipe by Hannah Klinger can be found at Cooking Light.

Submitted by Sarah Bublitz

Klinger, Hannah. "Chocolate-Tahini Banana Bread." Cooking Light, http://www.cookinglight.com/recipes/chocolate-tahini-banana-bread. Accessed 15 June 2018.

Award-Winning Double Chocolate Banana Muffins

Ingredients:

• 2-3 medium ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1-1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. baking powder
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, mix bananas and sugar; let set a few minutes to soften. Add egg and vegetable oil.
2. Stir dry ingredients together and ad banana mixture just till moistened. Stir in 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips.
3. Fill greased muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake at 350℉ for 20-25 minutes.

Makes 12 standard muffins.

Submitted by Sue Richichi. This recipe won 2nd place at the Wisconsin State Fair in 2003.

Old-Fashioned Banana Cake

Ingredients:

Cake

• 3 very ripe bananas, mashed
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Grated zest of 1 orange
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 6 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
• Walnut halves for decorating

Directions (Cake):

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 by 2-inch round cake pan.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the bananas, granulated sugar, and brown sugar on low speed until combined. With the mixer still on low, add the oil, eggs, sour cream, vanilla, and orange zest. Mix until smooth.  
3. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Stir in the chopped walnuts, if using. 
4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, turn out onto a cooling rack, and cool completely.  
5. Make the Cream Cheese Frosting. Spread the frosting thickly on the top of the cake and decorate with walnut halves, if using.

Directions (Frosting):

1. Mix the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment on low speed until just combined. Don't whip! Add the sugar and mix until smooth.
   
   
   Submitted by Sarah Bublitz from Barefoot Contessa: How Easy It That? by Ina Garten.