Beautiful Banana Bread

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Have you tried banana bread before? If you haven’t – What. Are. You. Doing? delicacy ranks very highly amongst the list of my most favourite sweet treats. And on top of tasting so good, it’s somewhat healthy too!

Today, I’m going to give you a quick and easy recipe for making some superb tasting banana bread. 

Here is a quick time frame of this recipe:

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 50 minutes

Total time: 60 minutes

Here are the list of ingredients that you will need:

  • 2 to 3 very ripe peeled bananas (about 1 ¼ to 1 ½ cups mashed)
  • ⅓ cup (76g) melted butter (salted or unsalted)
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • ¾ cup (150g) sugar (if you would like it to be less sweet you can modify this to ½ cup and you can add 1 more cup if you would like it to be extra sweet)
  • 1 egg (beaten)
  • 1 ½ cups (205g) all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup walnuts (this is optional but my mom always adds them for extra crunch and flavour)

Now here are the steps you need to take:

  1. Preheat the oven (350 degrees fahrenheit or 175 degrees celsius)
  2. Butter your loaf pan (to prevent the banana bread to stick to the sides during the removal process)
  3. Mash the bananas and add in the butter
  4. Mix in all the remaining ingredients (no particular order)
  5. Pour the batter into the loaf pan
  6. Put in oven and bake for 50 minutes
  7. After 50 minutes has passed, remove it from the oven and wait until it is cooled completely to serve

There you have it folks. A simple and easy-to-make banana bread recipe!

Now dig in and enjoy!

If you would like to make this dish a little more nutritious, here are some healthy alternatives to some of the ingredients

  • Use organic flour, almond flour, or coconut flour 
  • Sweeten with honey, coconut sugar, or maple syrup 
  • Add ground flax seeds, nuts, or pumpkin seeds for healthy fats and protein
  • Top with nut butter for extra protein 
  • Limit the amount of sugar 
  • Replace oil with applesauce if you’re following a low-fat diet 
  • Make it gluten free or vegan 

Homemade banana bread tends to be healthier when compared to store bought versions. This is because commercially baked banana bread are often ultra-processed due to added colours and flavours.

Source: https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/banana_bread/