Banana Bread
This quick banana bread recipe uses a special technique to bring out all of the sweet juicy goodness from your bananas resulting in a moist, delicious loaf.
Servings: 8
Calories: 339kcal
Ingredients
- 4 ripe bananas
- 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 stick unsalted butter softened
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- demerara or granulated sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray loaf pan with non-stick spray.
- Peel bananas and place in a microwave safe shallow bowl. Microwave on high for 3 minutes. Allow it to cool for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Combine flour, baking soda, and salt and set aside.
- Whip butter on high-speed in large bowl of an electric mixer. Add brown sugar and mix until well combined. Add eggs and vanilla.
- Slowly pour banana "juice" into batter in mixer and blend. (Remember that there are eggs in the batter and the juice is still hot/warm. You have to temper the batter.)
- Add bananas and mix until incorporated.
- Add flour and mix until smooth.
- Pour into prepared pan and Sprinkle top with sugar. Bake for 50 - 55 minutes or until done.
- Remove to wire rack and allow to cool.
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Notes
To make chocolate chip banana bread, fold in 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips before placing dough in loaf pan (step 8). Bake for 50 – 55 minutes or until done.
For banana walnut bread, follow directions through step 7. Fold in ½ cup toasted walnuts and pour batter to the prepared pan. Bake for 50 – 55 minutes or until done.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 339kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 328mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 24g