Can you freeze a banana? You bet! Once a fresh banana is too ripe to eat don’t throw it out, you can freeze it in a number of ways:

Peel and place it whole in a freezer bag

Leave the peel on and freeze in a freezer bag

Mash it and place in a sealed container to freeze

When you need bananas for baking (such as banana bread–yum!), just thaw and use. Here’s a banana bread recipe to try:

Banana Bread Recipe

1 3/4 cups sifted flour
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup crushed walnuts
1/3 cup shortening
1 - 1 1/4 cups ripe banana (mashed)
1/4 cup finely chopped dried apricots (optional)
2 1/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp lemon rind (grated)
1/2 tsp salt
1 - 2 beaten eggs

The secret to this recipe is to have all ingredients at room temperature before mixing

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350° F.
• First sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
• In a separate bowl, blend until creamy the shortening, sugar and lemon. Beat in the eggs and mashed banana until well mixed. Add the above sifted dry ingredients one-third at a time, beating the batter smooth each time. Fold in the nuts and apricots (if used).
• Pour the batter into a well greased loaf pan.
• Bake one hour or until tooth pick comes out clean.
• Cool completely before slicing.

This recipe is from The Joy of Cooking cookbook.

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