Recipe: Appetizing Banana Bread

Banana Bread. Looking for recipes from world-class chefs that will impress family, friends or guests? Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

Banana bread is one of those things people rarely make on purpose, only when those last three bananas are almost black. This scrumptious banana-walnut loaf, spiked with dark chocolate chips, is so good you'll want to make it well before the bananas get to that condition. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans and place top side up on wire rack. You can cook Banana Bread using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Banana Bread

1. It's 1 3/4 cup of all-purpose flour.
2. You need 1 1/4 tsp of baking powder.
3. Prepare 3/4 tsp of salt.
4. You need 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
5. You need 2/3 cup of sugar.
6. It's 1/3 cup of butter.
7. Prepare 2 large of eggs.
8. It's 2 tbsp of milk.
9. It's 1 cup of mashed ripe banana (~2-3, the blacker, the better!).
10. You need 1/4 cup of chopped pecans or walnuts.

In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, combine the eggs, bananas, oil, buttermilk and vanilla; add to flour mixture, stirring just until combined. If desired, sprinkle with additional walnuts. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt.

Banana Bread step by step

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prepare an 8"x4"x2" (1-lb) loaf pan by greasing and flouring it.
2. In a baking pan, add bananas and cover in half the sugar, bake for 20-25 min (long enough to get the sugar to melt and the bananas' flavor to open).
3. Stir together flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; set aside.
4. In a mixer bowl, cream half of sugar and shortening with electric mixer till light and fluffy, scraping sides of bowl often.
5. Add eggs, one at a time, and then the milk, beating till smooth after each addition.
6. Add flour mixture and mashed banana alternately to creamed mixture, folding till smooth after each addition. Gently fold in the chopped pecans or walnuts and/or chocolate.
7. Bake for 60-65 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely on a wire rack.

In a medium bowl, whisk together banana, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla. Fold banana mixture into flour mixture until just combined. Fold in the sour cream, walnuts and mashed bananas. The best bananas to use for banana bread are those that are over-ripe. The yellow peels should be at least half browned, and the bananas inside squishy and browning.