Easy Banana Bread - Laura

Easy Banana Bread

 

Okay I haven't posted in a really long time, so I'm just going to try to throw down some of the more recent things :) It's going to be really difficult ingredients-wise because I don't remember too far back...but I'll try:) 

We had some really gross, overripe bananas lying around, so my roomies decided that they wanted to eat them in the form of banana bread.  This one was really quick to make, and I decreased the amount of sugar since the bananas were really ripe.  Serve warm with peanut butter...! :) [sorry for the lack of pictures...use your imagination! hehe]

Easy Banana Bread

Difficulty: Easy

Yields: 1 loaf

Time: ~ 1 hour and 15 minutes

Ingredients: 

3 overripe bananas

2 cups all purpose flour

0.67 cup white or dark brown sugar (depending on how sweet you like things)

0.25 cup buttermilk* 

2 large eggs

0.5 tsp baking soda

2 tsp vanilla 

dash of salt

5 T melted butter 

Optional:

chocolate chips 

chopped walnuts or pecans

dash nutmeg (to taste)

dash cinnamon (to taste)

Note:

If you do not have buttermilk (I didn't have buttermilk when I made this last night :( ), here is a good substitution:

1 T white vinegar (or rice vinegar, which is a little sweeter and less acidic, but it also works)

milk

Put the tablespoon of vinegar into a cup, then fill up the rest of the cup to the top with milk. Let sit for 10 minutes and then use in the recipe :) 

Process:

1. Mash bananas in a bowl.  

2. Mix the dry ingredients together in a medium bowl and set aside.  

3. Add butter, eggs, vanilla, and buttermilk to the bananas and mix.  

4. Gently combine the two mixtures until they form a wet dough (do not over mix...just mix enough to incorporate). [Note: if using chocolate chips, walnuts, or other goodies, this is when you would mix them in:)] 

5.  Preheat the oven to 375° F. 

6.  Line a loaf pan with foil, grease the bottom, and pour in banana bread mixture.

7. Bake in the oven for about 50 minutes to an hour, or until you poke it with a toothpick/chopstick and it comes out clean. Cool, slice, and enjoy! :)