Recipe: Perfect Banana Bread

Banana Bread. Cream the sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each. When life gives you bananas, it's time to make banana bread.

In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. You can cook Banana Bread using 7 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Banana Bread

1. Prepare 4 of Ripe Bananas.
2. You need 2 of Large Eggs.
3. You need 2 of Tblsp Unsalted Butter.
4. You need 2 C of Flour.
5. It's 3/4 C of Granulated Sugar.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of Sea Salt.
7. It's 1 tsp of Baking Soda.

For this classic Banana Bread recipe, store overly-ripe bananas in the freezer until you have enough to make bread. Cut up thick slices of the Banana Bread and freeze them for a lunch box treat or for an on-the-go breakfast, toasted and spread with peanut or almond butter. No buttermilk on hand for this Banana Bread recipe? In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.

Banana Bread instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Butter, grease, or spray a loaf pan..
3. Combine bananas, eggs, and butter together in either a large mixing bowl, or full size food processor..
4. Add flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda to banana mixture. Combine thoroughly..
5. Allow to rest for a moment. Scrape the sides. If you like you can stir in 3/4 C coarsely chopped nuts..
6. Scrape batter into prepped loaf pan. Gently drop pan to the table, or counter multiple times to dislodge bubbles..
7. Place on the center rack in your preheated oven for about one hour..
8. Remove banana bread from oven. Butter top of bread..
9. While still hot flip loaf pan over on a serving plate. Butter the bottom of bread as well..
10. Allow to cool, or serve warm..

In another bowl, combine the eggs, bananas, oil, buttermilk and vanilla; add to flour mixture, stirring just until combined. In large bowl, beat sugar and butter with spoon until light and fluffy. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk together banana, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla. Fold banana mixture into flour mixture until just combined.