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Banana Bread Recipe - An Ultimate Guide

Think of a normal loaf of bread and imagine it made up of mashed up bananas, this sweet tasting bread is, of course, banana bread. We add baking soda in order to make the bread rise and act as an agent that leavens the bread out.

Many cooks like to make variations in their banana bread recipe by adding nuts or raisins or other ingredients. It is a simple recipe that does not need complex ingredients and does not even need an electric beater if you do not have one.

This type of bread came to the popluar masses in the 1900's at the same time baking soda. In many countries in Asia this is a regular addition to the staple diet and can be served as a substitute to everyday white bread.

The Recipe For The Best Banana Bread You'll Ever Taste.

So, this is what you require in order to make this very easy bread.

A single cup of butter (for shortening).

Five bananas mashed up well (the more over-ripe the better).

Two and a half cups of sugar.

4 eggs

3/4 of a cup full of buttermilk.

3 level cups full of flour.

1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda.

Salt - 1/2 a teaspoon.

A cup of chopped up nuts if required.

Vanilla - 1 and 1/2 teaspoons.

First of all add the bananas and the sugar together and slowly add in the eggs (only 1 at a time) and beat them all together well whilst doing this. Put in the sifted baking soda, salt and flour and then add the buttermilk. At this point you can add in the nuts if you have chosen to use them or any other additions.

Empty the contents into 2 greased loaf pans but leave about an inch gap from the top of the pans to allow the bread room to rise. Bake for an hour and 20 minutes on 325 degrees.

This bread has the advantage of being very nutritious and doesn't have the refined carbs that white bread has. There are a number of recipes for banana bread out there that make very good use of over-ripe and ready to throw away bananas.

Don't forget that if you do not use over-ripe bananas the top of the cake (loaf) can tend to remain a little moist.

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