Uncle Dobos Special Banana Blueberry Bread Recipes

BEST EVER BLUEBERRY BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Liberally grease a 9" light metal loaf pan with cooking spray; set aside. (I like using light metal loaf pans because I personally feel they conduct heat the most consistently. I find that people have issues with the bread when they use dark metal or glass baking pans. If you don't have a light metal baking pan, consider purchasing a disposable foil loaf pan). Place the loaf pan on a rimmed baking sheet to catch any potential overflow.
• In a large bowl, beat together the butter and brown sugar with a handheld electric mixer until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute. Add in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, followed by the Greek yogurt, bananas, and vanilla, mixing well. Lastly, stir in the cinnamon, baking soda, salt, flour and instant dry pudding powder by hand using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, careful not to overmix. Over-mixing the dough could lead to tough bread, so you still want to see some streaks of flour in the bread. Batter may be lumpy; this is okay. Gently fold in the blueberries.
• Spread the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth out the top. If using disposable foil pans, you may want to divide the dough among 2 pans since the disposable pans tend to be smaller than a metal loaf pan. Conversely, you may also bake any additional batter as muffins!
• Bake the bread for 30 minutes, then tent the bread with a sheet of aluminum foil to prevent the top from browning too quickly and return the bread to the oven to bake for another 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean or with moist, not wet, crumbs. Depending on your pan and oven, you may need additional baking time, so bake in 4-5 minute increments until a toothpick test reveals moist, not wet, crumbs.
• Cool the bread completely before slicing.

BLUEBERRY BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 4 1/2x8 1/2-inch loaf pan.
• Stir and coat blueberries with 2 tablespoons cake flour in a bowl.
• Mix coated blueberries, oats, pecans, 1 1/2 cups plus 3 tablespoons cake flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, Greek yogurt, and applesauce together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time; beat after each addition. Add vanilla extract and mashed banana; beat lightly until well blended.
• Stir blueberry-flour mixture into yogurt mixture until just moistened. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Cut butter into 1/4 cup brown sugar in a small bowl until crumbly; sprinkle over batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes; remove from pan and cool on wire rack for 1 hour.

FAVORITE BANANA BLUEBERRY QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• In a medium bowl, toss blueberries in 2 tablespoons flour. Gently stir blueberries together with oats, nuts, 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, and salt.
• In a large bowl, cream shortening. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in mashed banana. Add blueberry mixture to creamed mixture, and stir just until moistened. Spoon batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a wooden toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center of the loaf, 50 to 55 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack.

BLUEBERRY BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 small loaf pans.
• Mix flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Add 1 egg and allow to blend into the butter mixture before adding the second egg along with vanilla extract. Beat mashed bananas thoroughly into the mixture. Add flour mixture in small increments while beating until just combined into a thick batter. Fold blueberries into the batter; pour into prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.