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Bananas are one of the most versatile fruits, and you can use them in a variety of dishes. Banana bread is one of them. Banana bread is rich, moist and sweet. It’s made with bananas as the main ingredient, hence its name. You can also add some other ingredients to make it more flavorful and nutritious like nuts or chocolate chips if desired. In this article I’m going to teach you how to make your very own delicious banana bread recipe at home!
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Table of Contents
Banana bread ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoons Himalayan salt or regular salt
- 1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
- 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs (lightly beaten)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- In a large bowl add your dry ingredients, flour, salt, ground cinnamon, and baking soda and whisk together. Set aside
- In a bowl, mash the overripe bananas with a fork. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together. Add your eggs in the bowl one at a time
- Beat the eggs with a mixer until they are thick, pale and doubled in volume (about 2-3 minutes).
- Add the vanilla extract to the butter, sugar, and eggs, mixed together.
- Take your bowl of mashed bananas and mix it in with the butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract.
- Take your bowl of dry ingredients and fold it into the banana mixture.
- Use butter or cooking spray to your loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 F for 50mins
Optional Additions
- If desired use 1/4 cup of chocolate chips or nuts of your choice.
- Add them to the batter before mixing.
- Add them to the top of the batter before baking.
- Add them to the top of the bread after it has cooled if you prefer not to mix in any nuts or chocolate chips into your banana bread.
- You can use brown sugar in place of white sugar in your banana bread recipe.
The best way to store banana bread
Storing your banana bread is easy, and it’s important to do so in order to keep it fresh. Here are a few tips:
- Store in an airtight container. This will prevent moisture from getting into the bread and causing it to go stale more quickly. You can use plastic wrap or aluminum foil if you don’t have anything else on hand, but glass containers like mason jars work best because they seal better than other materials do (and they look cute!).
- Keep at room temperature for up to three days before putting it in the fridge–but be sure not to let anything else touch your loaf as this could cause mold or spoilage issues later down the line!
- Freeze any leftovers (if there are any). Just wrap tightly with foil first before putting into plastic bags or containers so that no moisture gets into them while freezing; then thaw them out by placing them overnight inside something waterproof such as Tupperware containers filled halfway full with warm water until completely defrosted before eating again later on down those lines – no need for defrosting instructions here because everyone knows how easy these things are!
Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas
- 1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
- 3/4 cup Granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- In a large bowl add your dry ingredients, flour, salt, ground cinnamon, and baking soda and whisk together. Set aside
- In a bowl, mash the overripe bananas with a fork. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together. Add your eggs in the bowl one at a time
- Beat the eggs with a mixer until they are thick, pale and doubled in volume (about 2-3 minutes).
- Add the vanilla extract to the butter, sugar, and eggs, mixed together.
- Take your bowl of mashed bananas and mix it in with the butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract.
- Take your bowl of dry ingredients and fold it into the banana mixture.
- Use butter or cooking spray to your loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 F for 50mins
Conclusion
I hope that you have enjoyed reading this banana bread recipe and will try making it for yourself! It is easy to make, tastes fantastic, and is sure to become a family favorite.
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