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id
90
Name
Best Banana Bread
Main Dish Category
Breads
Secondary Dish Category
Main Ingredient
Bananas
Other Ingredient
Number of People
12
List of Ingredients
2 c. flour
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/4 c. toasted walnuts, coarsely chopped (about 1 c.)
3 very ripe bananas, mashed well (about 1 1/2 c.)
1/4 c. plain yogurt or fat-free sour cream
2 large eggs, beaten lightly
6 T. butter, melted and cooled
1 tsp. vanilla
Description
Adjust oven rack to lower middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom only of regular loaf pan, or grease and flour bottom and sides of nonstick 9 X 5 X 3 inch loaf pan; set aside.
Combine first five ingredients together in large bowl; set aside.
Mix mashed bananas, yogurt, eggs, butter, and vanilla with wooden spoon in medium bowl. Lightly fold banana mixture into dry ingredients with rubber scraper until just combined and batter looks thick and chunky. Scrape batter into prepared loaf pan; bake until loaf is golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Time
1 hour 30 minutes
Cooking Type
Bake
Difficulty (1-5)
2
Notes
For Chocolate Banana Bread reduce sugar to 10 T. and add 2 oz. (heaping 1/2 c.) grated bittersweet chocolate into the dry ingredients.
Greasing and flouring only the bottom of a regular loaf pan causes the bread to cling to the sides and rise higher. If using a nonstick loaf pan, on which the sides are very slick, grease and flour sides as well as the bottom.
I prefer the sour cream over the yogurt.
Origin
American
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