March 14, 2018

The Best Tea Bread from The Verandas: Banana Bread-Pudding Loaf

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This tea bread – dessert loaf, breakfast bread – is the most delightful banana bread we’ve ever had. So moist it’s truly a combination of banana bread and bread pudding.

Chuck says he has been asked if this banana bread pudding loaf re-heats well for breakfast. His reply? “I don’t know as it hasn’t lasted that long.”

If you find a banana bread recipe that is better than this one, please send it to us!

Ingredients:

2 Cups Sugar
2 Cups Bisquick*
1 Cap of Vanilla Extract
1 16 oz Container Sour Cream (for a little less “pudding,” adjust to 12 oz)
1 Cup Melted Butter
4 Well Ripened Bananas
1 1/2 Cups Chopped Pecans
4 Beaten Eggs

Instructions:

1. Mix Sugar and Bisquick in large bowl.

2. Mix Sour Cream, Beat in Eggs, Butter, and Vanilla together, in a second bowl until smooth. Add to large bowl. Stir.

3. Add Mashed bananas in another bowl, and put in large bowl, stir.

4. Add Chopped Pecans in large bowl, and stir.

5. Divide into two loaf pans (Spray with cooking flour first.)

6. Bake at preheated 350 oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes.

7. Don’t open the door.

8. Cool when done.

Enjoy.

*Could substitute gluten free flour, and add 1 teaspoon salt, and 2 Teaspoon of Baking Powder.
OR
Could substitute regular flour, and add 1 teaspoon salt, and 2 teaspoons of Baking Powder.

Book your stay in Wilmington NC at the historic, luxurious accommodations offered by The Verandas, a Victorian Italianate Mansion. Top-rated cuisine, hospitality, history, and easy access to dining, shopping, and the beaches of nearby Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, and Fort Fisher, will make your visit one you promise yourself to repeat, season-after-season.

Chuck Pennington is proprietor of The Verandas Bed and Breakfast Inn in Wilmington NC. For more than 20 years he has been the consummate host, serving gourmet breakfasts to guests from around the world. His talents in the ultimate cook’s kitchen of The Verandas doesn’t stop with breakfast; he deftly produces desserts, hors d’oeuvres, and other delights.