banana coffee bread with caramel drizzle

Name: Banana Coffee Bread with Caramel Drizzle
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup(s) shortening* - my updates below, to make healthier; 1 cup(s) sugar* - my updates below, to make healthier; 2 large eggs* - my updates below, to make healthier; 3/4 cup(s) mashed ripe banana; 1 1/4 cup(s) sifted all-purpose flour* - my updates below, to make healthier; 3/4 teaspoon(s) soda; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 tablespoon(s) flax meal - healthy addition; 1 jar(s) fat-free caramel ice cream topping like smucker's, save unused portion of caramel in the refrigerator; ## **********HEALTHY UPDATES**********; 1/2 cup(s) *real butter or vegetable oil or 1/4 cup real butter or veg. oil & 1/4 cup applesauce, preferably unsweetened; 3/4 cup(s) *sugar or 1/4 cup sugar & 1/2 cup light brown sugar packed; 1 large *egg and 1 egg white, or eggbeaters to equal 2 eggs; 1 1/4 cup(s) *sifted, unbleached all-purpose flour

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Sharon Colyer

Louisville, KY

Updated on Jun 28, 2013

This recipe came from Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. I have been making it for 40 yrs. Very yummy. However, eventually I made some updates, to make it healthier & even more yummy. The original did not have caramel topping. Make it old style or with any updates, listed below.

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prep time 30 Min

cook time 30 Min

method Bake

yield 10 serving(s)

Ingredients

1/2 cup shortening* - my updates below, to make healthier
1 cup sugar* - my updates below, to make healthier
2 large eggs* - my updates below, to make healthier
3/4 cup mashed ripe banana
1 1/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour* - my updates below, to make healthier
3/4 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon flax meal - healthy addition
1 jar fat-free caramel ice cream topping like smucker's, save unused portion of caramel in the refrigerator
**********HEALTHY UPDATES**********
1/2 cup *real butter or vegetable oil or 1/4 cup real butter or veg. oil & 1/4 cup applesauce, preferably unsweetened
3/4 cup *sugar or 1/4 cup sugar & 1/2 cup light brown sugar packed
1 large *egg and 1 egg white, or eggbeaters to equal 2 eggs
1 1/4 cups *sifted, unbleached all-purpose flour

How To Make banana coffee bread with caramel drizzle

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 9x9x2 inch pan or 8x8 inch pan.

Step 2

Cream shortening or real butter or oil or oil & applesauce, with sugar until fluffy.
Step 3

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Stir in banana.
Step 4

Sift together dry ingredients; add to banana mixture; mix well.
Step 5

Pour into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in pan on metal rack. After bread is mostly cool, move to next step.
Step 6

Open jar of caramel topping & drizzle some of the topping over the top of the banana bread with a spoon. Save unused portion of caramel in the refrigerator.
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