SF Banana Bread

Ok, I made some fabulous stuff here, and I want to share the recipe, but keep in mind, I read a bunch of recipes and then combine them all together into what I think sounds good, rarely actually doing anything normal.... like measuring.... so, hopefully, I got it down right and if you try it, it comes out good for you, too. Dry ingredients: 1 2/3 cup all purpose flour 1 cup splenda 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 tsp salt Mix all dry ingredients in large bowl Wet ingredients: 4 ripe ripe bananas, mashed - they were med size, not huge dash of vanilla - maybe a teaspoon? 2 lg eggs, beat lightly 6 tbs melted butter mash bananas, add melted butter, mix, add lightly beat eggs, mix, add dash of vanilla, mix I left the bananas slightly chunky Fold banana mixture into dry ingredients until there's no dry flour left - don't overmix. Pour into greased, floured loaf pan (I used Pam to spray and a little flour to coat) - 9x4ish foil pan. Bake at 350 for about 45-50 minutes, it's done when a toothpick (in my case, a wooden skewere) inserted in the middle comes out clean. I just tried a little piece and this stuff is the bomb! It's very moist but not overly heavy with a great flavor but not over strong, either. I didn't put any nuts in it because my family doesn't like them, but I bet it'd be good with walnuts or pecans. Have fun!

Sounds great- I've filed it away for later in the fall.. when I can ACTUALLY have some, lol. Today was my oldest son's birthday- and I cooked a full course meal- and then sat and sipped Crystal light while everyone ate. Oh well, at least they enjoyed it! The good news is, I am pretty sure I'll eventually be able to have everything I prepared. So it's just a matter of "weighting" (pardon the pun) Thanks for taking the time to type out the recipe. Happy Labor Day! Alicia

It's pretty good, but beware, it's not something to be eating a lot of and it's awfully tempting. I've been hitting it pretty hard since I made it. Seriously thinking about tossing the rest of it in the trash just to get it away from me. I'm going to try a variation of it with pumpkin next time, just substituting pumkin for the banana and maybe using some all spice.