There are many good recipes available for making banana bread. Sometimes the question is not about the recipe per se, but rather about things like preventing a split top, freezing it, or preventing it from baking up too dry. This a guide containing banana bread tips and tricks.
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The end piece of cake bread tends to be dry anyway. I slice the end very thin and after I get the next piece, I put the end back on bread and wrap up. Next slice is always fresh.
By sherri starkin from Lyle, WA
My oldest daughter and I were discussing baking and cooking. When we came to bananas and how to prepare them for banana bread, she clued me in on the easy way of mashing them. She has her son, Daniel, use a hammer and smash them in the skin. I thought that clever.
Banana bread should be moist after baking. If yours is too dry try adding more banana, apples, or even sour cream to the mix. This is a page about making banana bread moist.
Banana bread typically splits while baking there is no problem with this occurring, but sometimes the split may be minimized. This is a page about keeping banana bread from splitting on top.
This is a page about freezing banana bread. When next you bake some delicious banana bread make a few extra loaves and pop them in the freezer. This is a page about freezing banana bread.
