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Sliced loaf of banana bread

Banana Bread

A great banana bread recipe that you can add nuts, raisins or chocolate chips to for a great breakfast for all those kids and bigs to feed this summer!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • oven
  • Bread Pan or Muffin Tin
  • Stand mixer
  • Dry measuring cups
  • Whisk
  • measuring spoons
  • Scraper
  • cutting board
  • chef's knife
  • Baking sheet with sides

Ingredients
  

  • 3 medium/large bananas, very ripe
  • 8 T softened butter-at room temperature
  • 3/4 C granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 1/2 C all purpose flour
  • 1/2 t salt
  • 1 t baking soda
  • 1/2 t vanilla extract
  • 1/2 C chocolate chips can substitute for raisins, white raisins, etc.
  • 1/2-1 C pecans, toasted and chopped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°.
  • Add pecans (before chopping) to a cookie sheet with sides to preheated oven and toast for about 10 minutes, being careful not to burn. When toasted, chop into fine pieces.
    TIP: Toasting just adds a great flavor!
    chopped pecans
  • Grease a bread loaf pan with butter or spray oil and flour, shaking out excess flour from the pan.
    Greased and floured loaf pan
  • In a small bowl, peel and mash the bananas with a fork until the consistency of chunky applesauce.
    Mashed bananas with fork
  • In another small bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
    Whisking flour, salt and baking soda together.
  • Add softened butter and sugar to a stand mixing bowl and cream together with a mixer.
    Butter and Sugar mixture
  • Add bananas and eggs to the creamed mixture and mix together with mixer.
  • Add flour mixture to the batter and continue mixing until all moistened together.
  • Add in the vanilla, chopped pecans, and chocolate chips and mix slowly to incorporate.
    Banana Bread mixture in mixing bowl with beater
  • Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake in the preheated 350° oven for 55-60 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the center of the pan comes out clean.
    Banana bread batter added to loaf pan
  • Let the banana bread rest in the pan for about 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool.
    Banana bread in loaf pan on cooling rack

Notes

I love the versatility of this recipe! Perfect use of those overripe bananas AND providing a great breakfast or treat for all those kids home this summer!
You have a great banana recipe base that you can adapt to suit those tastes in your home and what you have available in the pantry.
Feel free to swap out the pecans for walnuts or your other favorite nuts.
If you aren't a fan of chocolate chips, swap those for raisins, craisins or double the nuts.
Hope you enjoy! 
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