Recipes and Spice Blends
Banana Bread
Baking
Ingredients (one loaf):
- 250g all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder (no baking soda!)
- 1 tsp fine kosher salt
- 175g unsalted butter, softened
- 200g granulated sugar (or mix with brown sugar)
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 300g mashed banana (about 3 ripe bananas)
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 F. Butter and flour a loaf pan; line the bottom with parchment.
- Whisk flour, baking powder and salt.
- Cream the butter and sugar for 5 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, then the vanilla.
- Alternate adding the flour mix and mashed banana, beginning and ending with flour.
- Bake 60-75 minutes, until deep golden and a tester comes out clean.