Classic Banana Bread
10 servings15 min prep60 min cookEasy
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The Tale of Classic Banana Bread
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Banana bread became popular in the U.S. in the 1930s, aided by the spread of baking soda and baking powder in home recipe booklets, and by Depression-era thrift that discouraged wasting overripe bananas.
Ingredients
Scale:· 10 servings
- 3 very ripe bananas, mashed
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- 1Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
- 2Mix mashed bananas with melted butter in a large bowl.
- 3Stir in sugar, egg, and vanilla.
- 4Sprinkle baking soda and salt over the mixture and stir in.
- 5Fold in the flour just until no dry streaks remain.
- 6Pour into the pan and bake 55-60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
- 7Cool in the pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack.
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