When I tell you this banana bread is award winning, it is not a lie. My mother has ribbons and awards from winning at the state fair two years in a row (those were the only years she submitted her bread, but I am sure if she kept up with it then she would have won more). Since we are here let's get to it.
BANANA BREAD
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened or melted and cooled
- 2 eggs
- 3 overly ripe bananas
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large sized bowl combine cream together the sugar and butter. Add in the eggs, vanilla and milk. Mix. Put to the side
In a medium sized bowl, mix together the flour, cinnamon, powder, soda, and salt. Slowly add to the butter mix and combine till fully incorporated. Peel the bananas and break them into pieces. Add to the batter and mix together using a hand mixer or stand mixer until completely broken down.
Grease loaf pans and add batter halfway to each pan. Bake in preheated oven for 25-28 minutes or until skewer comes out clean and bread is a golden brown. Remove from oven but do not let cool. Instead immediately turn bread out on to prepared plastic wrap and wrap up to retain moisture.
I have a couple of variations to this bread that I like to do from time to time. At the same point as the banana add in you can add all sorts of things: chocolate chips, walnuts, coconut, cheesecake pieces, or even peanut butter. I even have a slight variation that involves rum, but that's for another episode. You can do whatever you like to make a recipe your own. It's your bake so why not?!
If you would like to see a tutorial on how to make the banana bread check out my TikTok videos at mrs_sheenak.
