How to Make Banana Bread
Got overripe bananas? Before you toss those brown-spotted specimens in the trash or compost bin, you might want to dig out your loaf pans. If you're not sure how to make banana bread, you might not know that the ripest bananas--even those that have already turned brown--are the sweetest. That makes them hidden gems when it comes to baking. Many a banana bread aficionado has purposefully resisted eating perfectly good bananas for the purpose of saving them for this moist, delicious treat.Since banana bread is a quick bread, it's easy to make--no need to fuss with yeast or waiting for the dough to rise. It's perfect as a snack or dessert, but perhaps pairs best with a fresh cup of coffee in the morning.
Transcript
Hi! It's Miranda with recipe.com and today I'm gonna share
with you a perfect solution for those overripe bananas sitting
on your counter. We are going to make a scrumptious
walnut-filled banana bread today. So we have our ingredients all
in up here and let's get started. We have about
5 medium bananas here that have been mashed. That's about
a cup and a half of bananas and you definitely
wanna make sure that they are ripe. Ripe bananas have
that extra, extra sweetness that you know unripe bananas don't
and of course it's very, very difficult to mash unripe
bananas so make sure they're rip, mash those together. And
then we also have 2 cups of all purpose flour.
We have a half of the cup of cooking oil
or melted butter or margarine. Today, we've used a half
of cup canola oil. We also have 1 cup of
sugar here, 2 eggs which have been beaten, a quarter
of a cup of chopped walnuts. Then, we have one
and a half teaspoons of baking powder, a half a
teaspoon of baking soda, a quarter of a teaspoon salt,
a quarter of a teaspoon of brown cinnamon, and lastly,
we have an eight of a teaspoon of brown nutmeg.
So, I'm going to begin by putting my dry ingredients
together here in this mixing bowl, so just pop it
all in and we're just gonna mix this together. We're
just gonna use this little spatula or you can use
like a wooden spoon. Just mix it all together and
we're gonna make a well in the center so literally
you're just gonna make a little well. See, to make
space here. We are now gonna set this to the
side. Okay, so I've got my bananas here and this
is a large enough bowl that I can mix it
all in here together, but if you had a smaller
bowl you need to transfer this to like a medium-sized
mixing bowl. So, I'm gonna add in my eggs and
my oil and I'm gonna stir this together and I'm
just gonna stir until this is all combined. Okay, so
this is all perfectly combined. Now, I'm gonna pour this
all at once into the center of the well here
and I'm gonna stir it all together until the flour
is perfectly moistened and everything is nice and mixed together.
Always make sure you just keep scraping the sides and
kind of folding it in so all of your flours
having a chance to incorporate into this delicious banana mixture.
Now, we're just gonna fold in our nuts so popped
those in and just fold over. We don't wanna do
a lot more mixing here. Okay. And now we are
ready to spoon this in into this loaf pan if
we greased it already. This is a 9 x 5
x 3-inch loaf pan so we're just gonna spoon this
end and I grease the bottom in about like, you
know, half an inch up the sides here. Get kind
of any remaining here and just pop it in. Okay.
So just smooth this out. Make sure that it's evenly
distributed. Now, we're gonna pop it in the oven, which
have been preheated at 350 degrees for 55 to 60
minutes or until we can insert a toothpick and it
comes out nice and clean. Okay, so my banana bread
cooked for about 60 minutes. It smells so fantastic. I
wish that you could just do like a little scratch
and sniff on your screen. I've let it cool. Look
how beautiful golden brown the top is. Now, what we're
gonna do to loosen it? Pop it out of the
pan. Let's just give it a little top like this
and then just tip it over and see how beautifully
it slides out. Now, if yours doesn't slide out usually
for some reason, you could just use a spatula to
help loosen that up, but look how gorgeous this banana
bread loaf is. So tasty, smells fantastic. This would be
amazing with a little bit of like melted butter on
top of it or if you don't consume it right
away, be sure to wrap it tightly and store it
and then let me tell you it would be absolutely
delicious tomorrow morning with a cup of coffee. So there
you go so easy to make, so delicious. That's how
you make banana bread. Thanks for watching and for more
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What You'll Need
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1-1/2 cups mashed banana (5 medium)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup cooking oil or melted butter or margarine
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 recipe Streusel-Nut Topping (optional)
Step By Step
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of one 9x5x3-inch or two 7-1/2x3-1/2x2-inch loaf pans; set aside. In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Make a well in center of flour mixture; set aside.
2
In a medium bowl combine eggs, banana, sugar, and oil. Add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture. Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy). Fold in nuts. Spoon batter into prepared pan(s). If desired, sprinkle Streusel Topping over batter.
3
Bake for 55 to 60 minutes for 9x5x3-inch pan or 40 to 45 minutes for 7-1/2x3-1/2x2-inch pans or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean (if necessary, cover loosely with foil the last 15 minutes of baking to prevent overbrowning). Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely on a wire rack. Wrap and store overnight before slicing.
4
Makes 1 loaf (16 slices)
5
Streusel-Nut Topping: In a small bowl combine 1/4 cup packed brown sugar and 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour. Using a pastry blender, cut in 2 tablespoons butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in 1/3 cup chopped walnuts.
Your bananas don't have to be overripe to make a good bread. But once you get a taste for how delectably they factor into how to make banana bread, you may find yourself purposefully looking for the ripest ones in the produce section.
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