Banana bread - sweet and so yummy!

My goal is to cook and bake everything we eat myself. Since we eat about 3 breads a week, and we don't want to eat the same bread every time, I try a lot of different recipes.

Today I tried this one. It's a banana yeast bread and it tastes sooo delicious!

I love yeast! 99% of things I bake are made with yeast! 

I love the smell and taste and the texture it gives to the breads and cakes!

Thank you, Lord, for yeast!!

As I said, this bread can really almost even be used as a cake substitute,

it's really gently sweet because of the bananas. And it smells awesome!

Here now the recipe:

For 2 medium sized breads (or one big bread)

(If the amount is too much for you, you can also use 

half of the ingredients listed and make only 1 medium 

size bread, I tried it and it came out good)

¾ cup milk

½ cup butter

½ cup granulated sugar

5 ¼ - 6 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp dry yeast

1 tsp salt

3 eggs

3 medium ripe bananas, mashed

1 tsp water

Directions:

1.      In a saucepan cook and stir milk, butter and sugar over med. Heat until butter is melted; cool to 120 degree F.

2.      In a bowl combine 2 cups of flour, yeast, salt, 2 eggs, bananas and milk mixture; beat on low until combined. Kneed or mix on med for 3 – 5 minutes, stirring enough flour in to make a firm dough. Kneed 4-6 minutes.

3.      Place in greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise until doubled in size ( 45-90 min)

4.      Shape 1 or 2 round loaves, place on greased baking sheet; cut slits in tops. Cover, let rise until doubled in size.

5.      Beat remaining egg with water, brush over loaves, bake at 375 degrees for 30-35 min or until golden brown. (You might want to have an eye on the temperature and time, this bread is a little sensitive - a large bread might need a little less heat and longer time)