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:
- Preheat the oven (350 degrees fahrenheit or 175 degrees celsius)
- Butter your loaf pan (to prevent the banana bread to stick to the sides during the removal process)
- Mash the bananas and add in the butter
- Mix in all the remaining ingredients (no particular order)
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan
- Put in oven and bake for 50 minutes
- 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/