I had a few extra bananas that I wanted to use up. I saw this recipe and thought I’d try it. I’m glad I did! Banana raisin bread is dense, soft and has a lovely banana flavor.
This makes a two-pound loaf of bread. I used the basic setting with a medium crust.
Follow the instructions that came with your bread machine in terms of which ingredients to put in the machine first.
Typically, you'd add the raisins at the add beep. However, I've found that the raisins are distributed more evenly if I add them at the beginning.
Check on the dough after five or ten minutes of kneading. This is especially important with this recipe because of the mashed bananas.
Just pop the top of the bread machine and see how the dough is doing. It should be a smooth, round ball. I had to add two tablespoons of flour to the pan as the dough didn't look right when I checked.
Notes
This is a recipe for a two-pound machine. Use the basic setting with a medium crust.
This recipe was developed and tested using US customary measurements. Metric measurements are calculated automatically.