Easy banana bread
28 Mar
Thanks again to those that weighed in on the great banana vs. plantain debate. I really appreciate everyone’s comments. I should have offered the winner a prize or something!
After that post, I ended up with 4 very ripe bananas, which turned out to be just the perfect thing for banana bread. Very ripe, as in, use-it-or-lose-it. Can you believe that it was my first time making banana bread? It was super easy to make and doesn’t require a stand mixer. I realize the circular pan makes it look more like cake, but I don’t have a bread loaf pan so I improvised. I added a little bit of dried coconut flakes that I had from before. It didn’t really do anything other than add a little bit of crunch to the bread.
Recipe: Banana bread
Adapted from Simply Recipes
Ingredients:
3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
1/3 cup melted butter (I skipped this)
1 cup sugar (I used 1/4 cup of brown sugar)
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
Sprinkle of salt
Procedure:
1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
2. With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl.
3. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla.
4. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in.
5. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4×8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour.
Remember that I reduced the butter and sugar amount so feel free to add as the original recipe calls for. Of course, you can always add walnuts and/or chocolate chips!
