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Banana Bread

Making Banana Bread should be easy and fun! This recipe has only ten ingredients and will fill up your kitchen with a delightful smell of baking.

Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Keyword banana bread, breads,breakfast, baking
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings 10 servings

Ingredients

  • 3 Bananas ripe, mashed
  • 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt
  • 1 stick Unsalted Butter (or 1/2 cup)
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1 large Egg
  • 1 Egg Yolk
  • 1/4 cup Sour Cream
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 cup Toasted Walnuts chopped

Instructions

  1. Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees. Line your loaf pan with parchment paper and grease with cooking spray.

  2. Add the walnuts to a small cookie sheet and toast for a few minutes in the oven. Set aside to cool.

  3. In a small bowl, remove the peel and mash the bananas with a fork. Set aside.

  4. Then whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl.

  5. Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Next, in a large bowl, pour the melted butter over the sugar, egg and egg yolk, sour cream, and vanilla. Mix together until completely combined.Add the mashed bananas to the wet ingredients and mix by hand.

  6. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet until combined.

  7. Fold the walnuts into the batter and transfer them to the loaf pan. Save a few walnuts for the top.

  8. Bake for about an hour or until your toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove and put on a cooling rack to cool the rest of the way.

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Recipe Notes

  • When using bananas for this recipe, keep in mind the older the better. You want the bananas as soft as possible. Do not use fresh bananas.
  • If you want a chocolate flare to the bread, add some chocolate chips to add a variety.
  • Don't like walnuts in your banana bread, no worries -- you can just leave them out. But if you do want to use walnuts, toast them just a little bit in the oven.