Banana Bread
Ingredients:
- 4 bananas, very ripe, mashed
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup cane sugar
- ½ cup avocado oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour, all-purpose
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¾ cup walnuts, chopped, optional
Method:
Start Cooking- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease two small loaf pans or line them with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mash the bananas until mostly smooth.
- Add the eggs, cane sugar, avocado oil, and vanilla. Whisk until well combined.
- Add the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Gently fold until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Fold in the chopped walnuts, if using.
- Divide the batter evenly between the two loaf pans.
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
- Let the banana bread cool in the pans for about 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Bon appétit!
Kitchen Tools:
- Loaf pans 8 × 4-inch
Notes:
- Use bananas that are heavily spotted or almost black for the best flavor and natural sweetness. The riper the bananas, the richer the bread.
- Add chopped walnuts or pecans for crunch.
- Fold in chocolate chips for a sweeter version.
- Skip the nuts for a simple, soft loaf.
- Add more cinnamon for extra warmth.
- Sprinkle a little cane sugar over the top before baking for a lightly crisp finish.
- Serve it slightly warm with coffee or tea, add a little butter for breakfast, or enjoy a slice on its own as an easy afternoon treat.
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FROM THE PANTRY
Banana Bread
WHY WE LOVE IT
It is the ultimate zero-waste comfort food. Overripe bananas become something soft, sweet, and completely worth saving.
No yeast, kneading, or proofing. Just mix, bake, and enjoy.
Chocolate chips, walnuts, pecans, or peanut butter? It also happens to be one of the easiest breads to make your own.
A LITTLE STORY
Bananas became much more common in American kitchens around the turn of the 20th century.
But banana bread really took off during the Great Depression of the 1930s, when home cooks were especially careful not to waste food.
At the same time, baking soda and baking powder were becoming pantry staples. Together, ripe bananas + quick leaveners helped create the American classic we know today.
DID YOU KNOW?
It is culinarily a cake. Because it relies on baking soda instead of yeast, it falls firmly into the quick-bread family, blurring the line between breakfast and dessert.
It became the number one most-searched recipe on the internet during the 2020 global lockdowns.
If you want to celebrate this pantry icon, mark your calendar for National Banana Bread Day every year on February 23rd.
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