Cookbook:Banana Bread I

Banana Bread I
Category	Bread recipes
Time	1 hour

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This is a basic, reliable banana bread recipe. The perfect thing to do with over-ripe bananas! An alternative version of this recipe can be found here.

Ingredients

Ingredient	Count	Volume	Weight	Baker's % (optional)
White sugar		1 cup	200 g	80%
Butter, softened		½ cup	113 g	45.4%
Bananas (the riper the better), mashed	3 ea.		243–456 g	97.2-182.4%
Eggs	2 ea.		100 g	40%
All-purpose flour		2 cups	250 g	100%
Baking soda		½ tsp	2.3 g	0.92%
Sour milk or buttermilk		⅓ cup	81 g	32.67%
Salt		¼ tsp	1.5 g	0.6%
Vanilla extract		1 tsp	4.2 g	1.68%
Total			996–1209 g	398.47-483.67%

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. Lightly grease an 8 x 4-inch (20 x 10 cm) loaf pan.
3. Combine all ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Beat well.
4. Pour batter into pan.
5. Bake on middle shelf of oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.

Notes, tips, and variations

• ½ tsp baking powder and ⅓ cup milk can be substituted for the sour milk/buttermilk and baking soda.
• ½ cup nuts may also be added to the mixture