How To Make Banana Bread

  • October 15, 2009
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Baking this loaf is a tasty way to use up those overly ripe bananas.

You Will Need

  • 1½ c. all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 c. sugar
  • ½ c. vegetable oil
  • 3 to 4 bananas, mashed (1½ cups)
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • A metal loaf pan
  • A cooling rack
  • A pinch of cinnamon (optional)
  • ¾ c. walnuts (optional)
  • ¾ c. chocolate chips (optional)
How To Make Banana Bread: Preheat oven

Step 1: Preheat oven

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and flour the loaf pan.

How To Make Banana Bread: Sift ingredients

Step 2: Sift ingredients

Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a bowl.

Add a pinch of cinnamon if you like.

How To Make Banana Bread: Beat the eggs

Step 3: Beat the eggs

Beat the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer or whisk on medium until well blended, about six minutes.

How To Make Banana Bread: Add the oil

Step 4: Add the oil

Gradually mix in the oil, and then the bananas and vanilla.

How To Make Banana Bread: Fold in flour

Step 5: Fold in flour

Fold in the sifted flour mixture with a wooden spoon.

Add walnuts or chocolate chips, or a combination of both, if you like.

How To Make Banana Bread: Bake

Step 6: Bake

Pour into the loaf pan and bake until a toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean, an hour to an hour and 15 minutes.

How To Make Banana Bread: Let it cool

Step 7: Let it cool

Let it cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan and cooling completely on a rack.

A cluster of bananas is called a hand, and consists of 10 to 20 bananas, which are known as fingers.

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Comments (3)

BCipolla

Breakfast, snack, dessert - banana bread does it all!

over 2 years ago by BCipolla

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Kevin_Bickelmann

Under ";You Will Need"; it lists Baking Powder but I do not see it used in the directions or the narration to the video??

about 1 year ago by Kevin_Bickelmann

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Eber_Nunez

Where dose the Banking Powder come in?

11 months ago by Eber_Nunez

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