Just Like Grandma's Banana Bread
December 31, 2016
My kids have lovingly described me as a busy body.
I can't sit down.
This also means that I can't accept that my recipe for pot roast, quinoa salad or Thanksgiving turkey is the best and I have to research, test and analyze all the recipes Pinterest has to offer before finding 'the one.' You know what I'm talking about.
But this banana bread takes the cake (or the bread). It's the best and nothing can beat it. Your search can end here. Take a seat. Kick up your feet.
This is a simple recipe that your grandma would have made (hence the name).
Enjoy!
INGREDIENTS :
- 3 ripe bananas
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional -- adds a crunch!)
INSTRUCTIONS :
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a large bread pan and pop a Diet Coke for good measure.
Combine the bananas and butter. Beat or process until smooth. Add eggs, sugar, buttermilk and vanilla.
In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to the batter.
Pour the batter into the pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the bread comes out clean...roughly 60 minutes.
Once the bread comes out of the oven, practice self-restraint and let it sit for a few minutes before taking it out of the pan (and devouring). Cool on a rack.
Inhale.
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