My 12 yr old son and I put this recipe to the "test". We went to work in the kitchen; he followed the recipe I've used in the past ten years, and I followed this new one. I did add 1 tsp of vanilla and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Two loaves later, our entire family chose to retire the old recipe; this recipe was voted the best tasting, with great banana flavor, very moist and just plain yummy! It won hands down!

Reviewed On: Oct. 2, 2006

I doubled the recipe and made 2 9x13 pans. I frosted one to take to work and left the other one un-frosted. My 12 yr old son started devouring the unfrosted bars and exclaimed "This is better than your banana bread mom!" Excellent hit at work also!! I didn't have cream cheese frosting, but had a container of vanilla frosting and it was just as yummy!! I saved the recipe and plan to work with it to make muffins and bread....it was SO moist and had excellent flavor (I did add a couple extra bananas).

Reviewed On: Sep. 13, 2006

I tweaked this recipe a bit and my family loved it! I used a 15 bean mix (soaked overnight and drained); added some bacon along with the ham, add decreased the water by a few cups. I also used chicken broth and some left-over gravy in place of some of the water.

Reviewed On: Nov. 4, 2004