banana bread
Banana bread isn't an excuse to use up over ripe bananas.
Our banana bread is super moist and full of flavor. We wait until the bananas are just ripe enough and blend them with brown sugar and vanilla bean paste for a rich, flavorful sweet bread.
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How to make Banana Bread
What you are making:
Learn to create a delicious banana bread.
Recipe:
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1 3/4 cups organic or AP flour
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1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
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3/4 teaspoon salt (or 1/2 teaspoon if using salted butter
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2/3 cup sugar
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1/3 cup room temperature butter
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2 eggs
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3-4 ripe bananas
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2 teaspoons Madagascar vanilla extract
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2 tablespoons milk
Directions:
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Shift all dry ingredients in a bowl. Set aside.
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Cream the butter and sugar together using a hand or stand mixer.
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Add eggs, one at a time.
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Mash the bananas. Add vanilla and milk and mix thoroughly.
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Add 1/3 of the dry ingredients to butter mixture and blend.
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Add 1/3 of the banana mixture and blend.
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Continue alternating adding ingredients until all are added. Scrape sides of bowl while blending.
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Grease one bread pan with butter.
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Pour the batter into the greased bread pan.
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Bake at 350 degrees for an hour or until a tooth pick stuck in the center of the bread comes out clean.
Makes 2 loaves of banana bread.
Variation:
Add 1/3 cup chopped walnuts or your favorite nut to batter before adding to the pan.
