Banana Bread

Name: Banana Bread
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1 1/4 tsp baking powder; 3/4 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 2/3 cup sugar; 1/3 cup butter; 2 large eggs; 2 tbsp milk; 1 cup mashed ripe banana (~2-3, the blacker, the better!); 1/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

kev.link @cook_3495287

When I was young, my grandma used to always bake banana bread for us, and we'd eat a slice for breakfast every morning before school. Now that I'm older, I've found myself frequenting coffee shops in the morning, searching for the sweet smell of fresh baked banana bread. On most day, a slice is not difficult to find, but every once in a while, my go to spot sells out before I can reach it. For those days, I've started baking my own.

Banana bread is very simple to make, and this recipe is very straightforward, though I've added my own twist by baking the bananas with sugar first to add a little caramelization and bring out the banana's aroma.

Hope you enjoy!

kev.link @cook_3495287

Hope you enjoy!

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Ingredients

1 hour 30 mins

8 servings

1 3/4 cupall-purpose flour
1 1/4 tspbaking powder
3/4 tspsalt
1/2 tspbaking soda
2/3 cupsugar
1/3 cupbutter
2 largeeggs
2 tbspmilk
1 cupmashed ripe banana (~2-3, the blacker, the better!)
1/4 cupchopped pecans or walnuts

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Steps

1 hour 30 mins

1

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prepare an 8"x4"x2" (1-lb) loaf pan by greasing and flouring it
2

In a baking pan, add bananas and cover in half the sugar, bake for 20-25 min (long enough to get the sugar to melt and the bananas' flavor to open)
3

Stir together flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; set aside
4

In a mixer bowl, cream half of sugar and shortening with electric mixer till light and fluffy, scraping sides of bowl often
5

Add eggs, one at a time, and then the milk, beating till smooth after each addition
6

Add flour mixture and mashed banana alternately to creamed mixture, folding till smooth after each addition. Gently fold in the chopped pecans or walnuts and/or chocolate
7

Bake for 60-65 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely on a wire rack