Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Perfect Banana Bread

We end up buying bananas every time we are out to get our groceries. But do I finish it without letting them go over ripe, is one big question. How much ever I try, not to make them go over ripe, I end up having one/ two of those bananas with their skin turning dark in a couple of days. I dislike its taste then. So I try cooking something out of them rather than having it as is. Usually I end up making Ada or Banana Bread or if I have some dosa batter handy, I turn them into a pancake form having added these bananas.





Banana bread is super easy. Dropping all the ingredients into a bowl and mixing it with a spatula is all what you need to do. So you don't end up having too many greased dishes to wash, which is a bonus (I love to cook but I hate to see the number of dishes piling up to clean after I am done cooking). These make a great breakfast option, but we usually tend to have it as snack during tea time.





I am sure you might have some or the other way of using up the over ripe bananas at home. Let me know what all innovative ways do you come up with, to not waste bananas and also if you haven't tried this banana bread yet, I would highly recommend to go for it. So here is the recipe to a perfect banana bread.



Ingredients
  1. 2 big ripe bananas, peeled and mashed
  2. 5 tbsp of melted butter
  3. 3/4 cup of sugar
  4. 1 egg , beaten
  5. 1 tsp of vanilla extract
  6. 1 tsp of baking soda
  7. A pinch of salt
  8. 1 cup of chopped almonds
  9. 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour 
Method
  • In a bowl, take the whole wheat flour, baking soda and salt. Mix it, so that all the ingredients gets distributed evenly.
  • In a mixing bowl, take the mashed banana. Stir in the melted butter, the beaten egg and the vanilla extract into it. Now add the sugar and chopped almonds. Stir it well.
  • Add the whole wheat flour little by little while you stir it well to bring in all the ingredients together into a batter.
  • Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan. 
  • Preheat the oven to 350 F.
  • Bake the batter for 50 minutes to 1 hour or untill a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  • Remove the baked bread from the oven and let it cool. Remove it from the pan and slice it down. Serve it with maple syrup or some whipped cream or butter.
Tips
  1. Adding almonds is one way of making the banana bread rich by giving that extra crunch in every bite. You could alternate it with walnuts/cashews. At the same time you may choose not to add any nuts either.
  2. You could use all purpose flour instead of whole wheat flour.
  3. The amount of sugar mentioned in the above recipe makes the banana bread medium sweet, which is perfect for us. If you would want the bread to be more on the sweeter side, add more sugar to it.







14 comments:

  1. Banana bread you say and here I am!!! I love banana bakes, but in my house, bananas get over faster than we open our eyes! Very rarely we get over ripe bananas... sometimes I hide away in my stack so that I can bake with them. These look really moist...

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  2. Delicious and perfectly baked one dear..... Awesome pics too..... :)

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  3. wow i love the banana flavor everytime and this one is really a virtual treat.lovely lovely

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  4. Yummy banana bread! I use ripe banana to make sweet wheat panniyaram:)

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    1. Wow that is one great idea...Panniyaram would taste amazing

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  5. Frankly and honestly i can never ever bake banana bread to perfection, everytime is under cooked.
    So i gave up and now only buy market ones. Yours look so nice, i wish i could make like yours. who can say no this dish. yumm, totally love it :)

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    1. my banana bread also used to come out undercooked before ...but once I used this recipe...I have never looked out for any other recipe...so u may wanna try it

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  6. I love banana bread.. the texture of the bread looks good and the bread looks delicious.

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  7. Wow the bread looks nice and brown just the way I like it.
    I too hate dark peeled ones and I am often asked if I eat the fruit or peel to dislike it so much :))

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    1. he he...u r so funny....actually its true alle..y to go by looks of the banana...but they do taste a bit different once they start getting those dots

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  8. Well explained.. Yummy looking cake..it's perfect fr break fast too.

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  9. lovely bread dear,all healthy way to use up over ripe bananas..I have a naughty monkey here who loves to eat all sort of bananas,so hardly any over ripe bananas here now :D

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  10. I'm a big fan of bananas too! Love the look of your bread. Lovely pictures!

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