recipes
Banana Bread

American

Banana Bread

prep0.25 hrs·cook1 hrs·serves4

Ingredients

  • 3 overripe Bananas
  • 75g of Unsalted butterif you only have salted butter, no worries, just cut back on the salt a bit
  • 4/5 cup granulated Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 1/2 cup All purpose Flour
  • ~300g Sweet Chocolate ChipsI prefer Ghirardelli chocochips

Spices

  • Salt
  • Vanilla Extract
  • Baking Soda

Directions

  1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350℉
  2. 2 Prepare two mixing bowls for wet and dry ingredients
  3. 3To the wet ingredients bowl add the following and mix until the bananas are smooth and consistent
    • 3 overripe bananas
    • 75g melted unsalted butter
    • 4/5 cup granulated sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  4. 4To the dry ingredients bowl add the following and mix well
    • 1 1/2 cups flour
    • 1 tsp baking soda
    • 1/2 tsp salt

      adjust if using salted butter

  5. 5Combine the wet and dry ingredients and mix well
  6. 6Fold in the 300g of chocolate chips 😋
  7. 7Take a bread loaf pan and do one of the following
    • Butter the sides
    • Spray cooking oil on the sides
    • Rub vegetable oil with fingers on the sides
    • Line it with parchment paper
  8. 8Pour the batter into the prepared bread pan
  9. 9Bake at 350℉ for 55 minutes or until a toothpick/folk/knife comes out clean
  10. 10Allow the bread to cool in the pan for 5 minutes
  11. 11Invert the bread into a wire rack and then let it cool completely (if you have the self control)
  12. 12Cut into slices and serve

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Notes

  • Store in room temperature, covered. The fridge apparently dries out the bread
  • Can be frozen after wrapping twice in cling wrap

Photos

Based on

Amber Brady