Banana Pecan Ice Cream Bread Recipes

ICE CREAM BREAD

Steps:

• Stir together ice cream and flour, stirring just until flour is moistened. Spoon batter into a greased and floured 8x4 inches loaf pan.
• Bake at 350F for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of bread comes out clean. Remove from pan, and cool on wire rack.

CREAMY BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8x4-inch loaf pans.
• Cream the margarine and cream cheese together. Gradually add the white sugar, and continue beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the mashed bananas and vanilla. Add flour, baking powder, and baking soda; mix until batter is just moist.
• In a small bowl, mix together chopped pecans, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, and cinnamon.
• Divide half the batter between the two prepared loaf pans. Sprinkle pecan mixture over the batter in the pans, and top with remaining batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of each loaf comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

BANANA-PECAN ICE CREAM BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease loaf pan with nonstick spray.
• Mix bananas, ice cream, flour, and sugar in a large bowl until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake bread, rotating pan halfway through, until top is golden brown and center is set, 55-60 minutes.
• Transfer pan to a wire rack and let bread cool completely. Run a butter knife around perimeter of pan to loosen loaf, then tap pan gently on its side until loaf releases. Transfer to a cutting board and slice.
• Do Ahead
• Bread can be baked, cooled, then wrapped in plastic and left at room temperature up to 3 days, or frozen up to 3 months.

BANANA PECAN BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add bananas and 2 ounces of sugar and cook several minutes, stirring to cook evenly. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
• Combine the heavy cream, rum, eggs, vanilla and remaining 3 ounces of sugar in a bowl and whisk to blend. Add bananas and bread and let this mixture soak for an hour minimum.
• Preheat oven to 300ºF. Line a rectangular terrine mold with plastic wrap and pour banana pudding mixture inside. Cover and cook in a water bath until it reaches 175ºF. Remove from oven and cool completely (preferably overnight).
• Rum Sauce:.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add cream, sugar and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and stir in rum.
• To Assemble and Serve:
• Remove pudding from mold and slice into ½-inch slices. Coat each piece evenly with flour, egg wash, and pecan pieces. Fry each piece to order using equal parts oil and butter till golden on each side. Sprinkle with a bit of salt and serve with a scoop of ice cream. Drizzle with rum sauce and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

ICE CREAM BREAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the ice cream, flour and sugar. Transfer to a 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.