Banana Bread
You get home from school, famished as usual, and scrounge around for something to eat. But the cupboards are bare, save for a few pantry staples, and the few bananas in the bowl have definitely seen better days. Not to worry, for you probably have the makings of a killer banana bread. Banana bread is a “quick bread,” in other words, no rising or kneading time is needed. What makes this banana bread rise is baking soda, which you probably have around somewhere. It takes only a couple of minutes to mix up the whole bread, then you just toss it in the oven to bake. OK, you do have to find something to do for an hour while it’s baking. But we think the sweet/moist/yummy/crunchy/wholesome and satisfying product is worth the effort. If a bread isn't your thing, this recipe makes a perfect dozen banana muffins. That takes a bit less time to bake, about 40 minutes or so.
Banana Bread
A Cookin' Teens Original
© Rising Moon Media, 2009
Ingredients
3 very ripe bananas, mashed
2 cups white flour
2 eggs, beaten
1/3 cup PLAIN yogurt (not vanilla) or 1/3 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup brown sugar (or white, if you don’t have brown)
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon salt
Optional (but definitely worth it, if you have the items in the fridge)
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 handful chopped walnuts or pecans
To Prepare
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a loaf pan (or muffin tin) with cooking spray, or grease it with butter.
In a large bowl, thoroughly combine the butter and the sugar. Into the butter and sugar combination, add the beaten eggs, sour cream, vanilla and mashed bananas and mix well. Toss in the chocolate chips and nuts, if using, and stir. In another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt, and then add it to the bowl with the wet banana mixture. Combine the ingredients, but don’t over mix.
Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan. Bake for about an hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the bread comes out clean.
Enjoy!
To get a whole bunch of great and easy quick bread recipes in one book, click on the link below for Beatrice Ojakangas' book "Quick Breads.
Tags: easy, snack, breakfast, recipe, vegetarian
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