{"id":6466,"date":"2026-02-15T18:51:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:51:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:51:36","slug":"banana-bread-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/banana-bread-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana  Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1 3\/4 C. all-purpose flour<br \/>\n1 1\/2 tsp. baking powder<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. baking soda<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. salt<br \/>\n1 C. mashed ripe banana<br \/>\n1 Tbsp. lemon juice<br \/>\n3\/4 C. sugar<br \/>\n1\/3 C. margarine or butter<br \/>\n2 eggs<br \/>\n1\/3 C. milk<br \/>\n1\/2 C. coarsely chopped walnuts<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1.  Lightly grease bottom only of loaf dish, 9 x 5 inches.  Combine in medium mixing bowl flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Set aside.  Mix mashed banana and lemon juice.  Set aside.  2.  Beat sugar and margarine in a large bowl until light and fluffy.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.  Alternately stir in milk and dry ingredients.  Fold in walnuts and banana mixture.  Pour batter into loaf dish.  Cover ends of loaf with 2 inch strips of aluminum foil and mold to fit around handles.  Place loaf dish on inverted saucer in oven.  3.  Microwave at medium-high (70%) 8-10 minutes.  If using oven other than Sharp Carousel, rotate loaf dish quarter turn 2 or 3 times.  Increase power to high (100%).  Microwave until no cooked batter can be seen through bottom of dish and wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 1-2 minutes.  Cool on countertop 10 minutes.  Remove from loaf dish.  Makes 1 loaf.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, &#039;At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God.&#039;&quot; (Exodus 16:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microwave<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/banana-bread-3\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microwave"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/microwave\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}