The Story:
Maybe I am weird, but I dream of perfect banana bread. You know the kind you can get a beautiful slice of from a bakery or a little coffee shop? Bread that is dark, dense and moist and exploding with flavor…
Well, I did a little banana bake-off this week. I found two highly reviewed recipes and gave them both a shot. The first one was really good, but the second was pure heaven. You can get the first recipe at All Recipes, and there is a photo of it below.
I found the second recipe at All Recipes as well, but I did alter it a little.
Ingredients:
2 eggs beaten
1/3 cup milk (minus 1 teaspoon)
1 teaspoon lemon juice
½ cup oil
1 ¼ cup mashed ripe bananas (I used 2 medium, 2 small)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 ½ cup sugar
1 ¾ cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
2/3 cup chopped walnuts
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 340 degrees.
2. Prepare your loaf pan by cutting a piece of parchment paper to fit the bottom, then grease the sides of the pan.
3. In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs.
4. Pour milk into a measuring cup, not quite measuring 1/3 and add lemon juice to the milk to let sit for 2 minutes.
5. Add oil to eggs and beat again. Add milk and vanilla and beat again.
6. Mash bananas thoroughly and add to eggs, oil and milk.
7. In a separate bowl, sift sugar, flour, baking soda and salt together. Slowly stir into wet ingredients. Mix only until incorporated.
8. Fold in walnuts.
9. Pour into prepared loaf pan and bake for about 1 hour and 20 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
10.Let cool for 30 minutes, then run a knife around the edges and turn pan over to release bread. Put in an air-tight container, the container will steam, but this helps to keep the moisture in.
I ♥ Banana Bread! Stop by my blog and give mine a try – I think you may like it!! – Katrinahttp://inkatrinaskitchen.blogspot.com/2011/02/coffee-shop-banana-streusel-muffins.html
Banana Bread speaks to me and it has to be full of flavor and be moist. Glad you posted this recipe. Will definitely give this a try.The Souper
This was delicious!!! It tasted almost like the one from Starbucks
thanks so much for sharing!! I also made German chocolate and pineapple carrots cupcakes and they were both great!!
Thanks again!