Introducing the perfect Banana Bread Recipe with a delightful combination of mouth-watering flavors. This excellent treat has secured its place in many hearts with its light and luscious taste and texture.
Imagine bread but with a beautiful mix of tastes like bananas and resins. This dish is the best way to use all those overripe bananas that so often go to waste.
An Easy and Delicious Banana Bread Recipe!
Now, let’s see what is so special about banana bread. This dessert is truly a culinary masterpiece.
I am sure that most of you already know of it one way or another. Maybe, you tasted it because of a friend, or someone in your family. Or perhaps you have just heard of its amazing taste and want to try it out for yourself.
Whatever the reason, this recipe does not disappoint. Not only does it bring you a flavorful experience but also prevents the waste of perfectly useful bananas.
From this recipe, you get a moist, aromatic, and the most tasteful loaf of bread that you will ever try. I’ll go as far as to say that this banana bread can even rival my favorite fruit cakes in taste.
This recipe makes it super easy to make a perfect loaf of banana bread. There is no need for any kind of special equipment. All you need for this dessert is already in your kitchen.
The Best Gift for the Holidays!
If you are looking for something to gift your friends and family this holiday season. This might just be the thing for you. Banana Bread can remain moist for days after baking. Even after four days, it will feel as fresh as the first day.
You can extend this freshness by storing the loaf in the refrigerator. It is best to use an airtight container or a plastic bag. You can also freeze the cake for up to 5 days.
Keep in mind that you have to let it thaw at room temperature before serving.
If you want to impress your friends and family, make a loaf with their favorite nuts and dried fruits. Experiment with different ingredients to make a loaf of bread just the way you like.
What do you need for this Banana Bread Recipe?
Let’s talk about all the essential ingredients that you’ll need for this recipe. The simplest recipe for banana bread has flour, sugar, baking soda, butter, eggs, vanilla extract, and of course bananas.
Apart from these, you can experiment with a number of dried fruits, nuts, or even chocolate to make some banana bread that suits your taste.
If you wish to enjoy a simple loaf of bread, you can simply omit all these toppings. It will not take away from the banana bread as a whole, it will taste amazing.
On Bananas:
Now, there is one ingredient that requires some special attention. After all, there can’t be any banana bread without bananas, can there?
It is a lot better to avoid wasting anything really. It is even better to use something that might go to waste and make something delicious instead.
Well, you know the saying; “When life gives you over-ripe bananas, make banana bread.”
If you don’t have over-ripe bananas but still want to enjoy this recipe. Get some bananas and back them at 250 °F for about 15 – 20 minutes to get them nice and ready for banana bread.
You can also freeze over-ripe bananas. Put them in freezer-safe bags and pop them in the freezer. When you are ready to use them just let them thaw and voila.
How to make Banana Bread?
Now, let’s get down to business and talk about the actual making of this banana bread recipe.
As I said before, there is no need for any special equipment in this recipe. All you need is a bowl and a hand-whisker or even a spoon will do just fine.
We begin by preheating the oven and preparing a loaf pan with butter.
Next, we mash our ripe bananas until they are nice and smooth. Then add butter and continue mixing.
Now put together all of the remaining ingredients and mix until the batter is smooth.
Then you put it in the loaf pan, pop it in the oven, and bake for about an hour.
To check if your cake is ready, you can use the old trick: insert a toothpick or the back of a spoon into the center of the loaf, if it comes out without any wet batter sticking to it, then your cake is ready to be removed from the oven.
There might be a few crumbs on the toothpick or the spoon. But that’s okay as long as there is no wet batter sticking to it.
Conclusion
So, there you have it. We hope that you enjoy and love this special recipe as much as we do. And if you’ve tried it, don’t forget to comment about your experience.
If you liked this recipe, consider trying our brand-new Wafer Rolls Recipe.
Banana Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 ripe bananas should be about 1 ¼ to 1 ½ cups mashed
- ⅓ cup 76g melted butter, unsalted or salted
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 pinch salt
- ¾ cup 150g sugar
- 1 large egg beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups 205g all-purpose flour
Instructions
Step 1:
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F (or 175 °C). Then butter a loaf pan (for this recipe, use an 8×4” loaf pan).
Step 2:
- Take a medium-sized bowl and mash the ripe bananas using a fork. Make sure the bananas are smooth, then add ⅓ cup of butter into the bowl and mix well.
Step 3:
- Next put the remaining ingredients (baking soda, salt, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract) into the bowl. Leave the flour for last, when all the other ingredients are well incorporated, mix it in.
Step 4:
- Pour this batter into the loaf pan that you have already prepared.
- Bake for about an hour at the same heat that we used for preheating. You can also insert a toothpick or the back of the spoon into the center of the bread, if it comes out moist but clean, your cake is good to go.
Step 5:
- After the bread is baked, remove it from the oven and let it cool in the pan for 5 or 10 minutes. Then take out the bread carefully. Let it cool completely at room temperature before serving.
- When slicing the loaf, it is best to use a bread knife. It prevents crumbs.
