Orange rind and juice delicately flavor this bread. For a quick breakfast, spread toasted slices of this bread with reduced-fat cream cheese and top with thinly sliced strawberries, peaches, or kiwi.
I made this vegan-ized. Earth Balance baking stick instead of the butter and organic, unsweetened applesauce in place of the egg (3 T=1 egg). I also substituted 1 cup of wheat pastry flour for 1 cup of the white flour. It turned out delicious. I did need the full 1 hour and 5 minutes baking time. Will definitely make this often
Slight taste of orange in the banana bread was great. My daughter asked me to make extra for her teacher.
This is the best of the CL banana bread recipes I have tried recently. Nice fruity flavor. I left out the nuts. Also next time I won't cook it the whole 1 hour 5 minutes, it was a little overdone.
Such a refreshing twist on tired old banana bread. I also added some flax seed and wheat germ to the bread to bump up the nutritional value.
This recipe was awesome! I did make a small change, by adding pecans instead of walnuts. I also added about 1 cup of pecans to the recipe. 1/2 went in the batter, and the other 1/2 I sprinkled on top of both batches before I baked them. My loaf pan was small so it made 2 batches. Next time I would like to add a bit more fresh orange juice and a bit more zest. I only got a hint of orange when it was done. ALSO! Keep an eye on your cake while baking, it can brown quick so I put aluminum foil on mine till about the last 15 minutes or so. Hope this helps someone.
The loaf hasn't even cooled and I can already tell you it is a keeper. I was looking for a lower-cal recipe than I usually use, AND one that would use some of our fresh-picked Florida oranges. The oranges are too seedy and bitter to eat plain, but are great in this recipe. We're not big on nuts in bread so I left them out.
Takes every bit of an hour to an hour to 10 minutes. VERY good recipe tho. I added fresh squeezed orange juice and craisins to it. Definitely will make again!
