Moist & Chewy Banana Bread

I love my banana bread recipe. I've worked at it for years and tweaked it to be just as I like it: moist, chewy and flavorful. I've really been hoping it would turn out well with THRIVE ingredients. I decided to try it and see. The verdict:

I love it! I actually like it better: it rose and cooked a lot more evenly.

If you are interested in trying it:

2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar (can replace with real maple syrup if you have it. It will make it more moist)
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2-2 1/2 cups THRIVE freeze dried bananas
1/3 cup THRIVE sour cream powder
2 T. THRIVE whole egg powder
6 T. THRIVE butter powder
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 c. water

• Preheat oven to 350.
  
• Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda and salt together.
• Soak Bananas in 2 cups water for 5-7 minutes. Drain excess water. Place bananas, egg powder and 1/4 c. water in blender and blend until smooth.
• Place banana mixture in bowl. Add sour cream powder, butter powder, vanilla and the other 1/4 c. water. Mix well.
• Fold in dry ingredients.
• Pour into loaf pan and bake 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Makes one small loaf or 4 mini-loaves
  

**NOTE** I don't buy my sugar, flour, baking soda or salt from Shelf Reliance, so I will not include those in the price totals below.

Total Cost for #10 cans required for this recipe: $83.50**

• You will get: 6 loaves and have lots of sour cream, eggs and butter left over.
• Cost per serving: $4.33 per loaf using THRIVE ingredients

You can lower that cost by 5% purchasing each ingredient in a case of 6.

There are also great specials running right now on packages that bring the cost per serving even below the case pricing. You can get the butter and egg powders in this package which brings the cost to $17.19 for the eggs and $16.67 for the butter. I also regularly use the shortening powder that is in this package, and the milk tastes just like real milk (seriously!).

Baking Essential Package**
568 Servings in Six #10 Cans

• 3 Cans Instant Milk
• 1 Can Butter Powder
• 1 Can Shortening Powder
• 1 Can Whole Eggs

You can get the bananas in this package which brings the cost of them to $20.19 and lowers your cost per loaf to $3.54. My kids love eating these fruits for snacks and I'm happy to give them to them as they are very healthy and contain no added sugar, salt or preservatives.

Ultimate Fruit Pack: $483.99**
1366 Servings in Thirty #10 Cans

• 1 Can Freeze Dried Apricots
• 2 Cans Freeze Dried Banana Slices
• 2 Cans Freeze Dried Blackberries
• 2 Cans Freeze Dried Blueberries
• 2 Cans Freeze Dried Mangoes
• 2 Cans Freeze Dried Peaches
• 2 Cans Freeze Dried Pears
• 1 Can Freeze Dried Pineapple
• 2 Cans Freeze Dried Raspberries
• 2 Cans Freeze Dried Strawberries
• 3 Apple Chips
• 3 Banana Chips
• 3 Pineapple
• 3 Apples Slices

If you are interested in purchasing these ingredients, please contact me first to set up a preferred customer account to get the quoted prices!