I admit to making more than one recipe for banana bread. This one though, is my favorite! It is a time tested, tender, flavorful bread that can’t be beaten. It has just the right amount of spice and perfect balance of banana flavor. It mixes up just a little different than your average banana bread – maybe that’s one of the reasons that it really is the gold standard! ~Kathy
Ingredients:
- ~1/3 c. whole buttermilk
- ~1 tsp baking soda
- ~½ c. butter, softened
- ~¼ c. brown sugar
- ~¾ c. sugar
- ~2 eggs
- ~2 ¼ c. all-purpose flour
- ~½ tsp salt
- ~¾ tsp cinnamon
- ~¼ tsp nutmeg
- ~1 ½ c. mashed banana (about 3 large ripe bananas)
- ~1 tsp vanilla
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 325˚. Grease and flour a 9 inch loaf pan; set aside.
- In a small bowl, stir together buttermilk and baking soda; let stand for 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars until fluffy, about 3 – 4 minutes, scraping sides as necessary.
- Add eggs, one at a time.
- Mix in vanilla.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Add flour mixture, buttermilk mixture, and banana to the butter mixture.
- Beat on low speed until combined.
- Pour into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake about 1 hour and 10 minutes, until a wooden toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in pan for 10 minutes; loosen sides by sliding a butter knife around the edge, if necessary.
- Remove from pan to wire rack to cool completely.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- ~1/3 c. whole buttermilk
- ~1 tsp baking soda
- ~½ c. butter, softened
- ~¼ c. brown sugar
- ~¾ c. sugar
- ~2 eggs
- ~2 ¼ c. all-purpose flour
- ~½ tsp salt
- ~¾ tsp cinnamon
- ~¼ tsp nutmeg
- ~1 ½ c. mashed banana (about 3 large ripe bananas)
- ~1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325˚. Grease and flour a 9 inch loaf pan; set aside.
- In a small bowl, stir together buttermilk and baking soda; let stand for 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars until fluffy, about 3 – 4 minutes, scraping sides as necessary.
- Add eggs, one at a time.
- Mix in vanilla.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Add flour mixture, buttermilk mixture, and banana to the butter mixture.
- Beat on low speed until combined.
- Pour into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake about 1 hour and 10 minutes, until a wooden toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in pan for 10 minutes; loosen sides by sliding a butter knife around the edge, if necessary.
- Remove from pan to wire rack to cool completely.
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