Banana bread
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 1 9x5x3 inch loaf
 
Ingredients
  • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ cup (8 tbsp) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 3 overripe large bananas, mashed
  • ⅓ cup any nuts, chopped, divided (I used cashews)
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
  2. Lightly grease a 9 X 5 inch loaf pan with butter on the sides and line the bottom with parchment sheet. Set aside.
  4. Mash the bananas, chop the nuts and beat the eggs.
  5. In a large bowl, sieve flour, baking soda and salt together.
  7. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
  9. First add the sugar mixture into the flour mixture and mix well without any lumps. Then add in eggs and bananas and mix them with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until the batter is thick and chunky (The important thing is not to over mix the batter. You do not want it smooth. Over mixing the batter will yield tough, rubbery bread).
  10. Mix half of the chopped nuts to the batter. Lightly fold the batter. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan. Top it off with the remaining nuts.
  12. Bake in oven (preferably in the middle rack) for 60 to 65 minutes, until golden brown and a toothpick when inserted in the center comes out clean. Turn out onto a wire rack and allow them to cool.
  13. Serve warm or at room temperature. This bread can be frozen.
Recipe by MyEdibleCravings at http://myediblecravings.com/banana-bread/