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Happy National Banana Bread Day!

One of the more simple of edible comforts, banana bread is typically concocted with ease, with pantry ingredients available on hand. Whipped together for breakfast or as an afternoon snack, the best banana breads combine the creamy texture of the fruit, with a sweet, underlying banana flavor.

Thought to have been created by 18th century American cooks, today's banana bread may stick to tradition, but also strays away from it, using a variety of regional additions, from extra banana, to chocolate, nuts, ginger and more. If you're looking for a flavorful new bent, try Martha Stewart's banana bread pudding, or our salty-sweet peanut butter and milk chocolate chip banana bread -- or link to your favorite banana bread recipes in the comments.



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Banana bread is one of my Desert Island Foods, that list of foods that I would want to have with me if I was stranded on a desert island (apparently in my world, desert islands have supermarkets and manufacturing facilities). I'm not a big baker so I rarely have it, but I truly love it.

It's National Banana Bread Day, and that means banana bread recipes! Here's a recipe for traditional Banana Bread from Simply Recipes, and here's one for Banana Crumb Bread from AllRecipes. Here's a recipe for Chocolate-Banana Bread Puddings.

If you want something a little healthier, how about some Microwave Tofu Banana Bread?