Taste Tested Tuesday: Banana Bread
Posted by Andrea
Once fall hits, I like to start baking. My husband enjoys the things I bake which gives me even more reason to keep the oven hot!
Banana bread is a great recipe for both beginning and seasoned bakers. The recipe is easy enough for newcomers to master, but lends itself to the addition of other flavors and ingredients experienced bakers might like to add.
Here are a few notes from my experience with this recipe. Baking time can be a bit “iffy’. I suggest you start checking for doneness around 40 minutes or so. You definitely don’t want to overbake it. Also, if I’m baking this bread in a glass loaf pan, I lower the oven temperature to 325 degrees.
Banana Bread
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup mashed bananas (about 3)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/3 cup milk
1/2 cup chocolate chips
Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
In a large bowl, cream sugars and butter. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Add bananas and vanilla. Mix in sifted ingredients until just combined. Stir in milk and chocolate chips. Spread batter into one greased and floured 9×5 inch loaf pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for abut 45 minutes or until the top is brown and cracks along the top.
Photo: Courtesy of imapix (Flickr)
Tags: banana bread, recipe, Taste Tested Tuesday
Girl, I could not find your blog again and I was so stressed! Thank goodness! I have bananas in the house and will try this out tomorrow Can you believe banana bread crossed my mind today? God is SO Good…..ALL the Time
The internet is a big place and it’s easy for lose track of your travels. I’ve done that many times! Seems like you and I had bananas on the brain at the same time. I hope you enjoy the recipe. We love it here and it also makes terrific muffins too!
Never had it with chocolate chips before. Wow..it turned out so good.
So glad to hear you enjoyed it. I’m rarely disappointed when I add chocolate chips to something:)