This banana bread recipe has a light, delicate crumb and has quite a bit of banana flavor because you use 3 large bananas in the recipe.
Prep Time25 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Total Time1 hourhr25 minutesmins
Course: Brunch
Cuisine: American
Keyword: homemade banana bread
Servings: 8
Author: Laura Warnke
Ingredients
1cupgranulated sugar
1/2cupbutterat room temperature
1/2teaspoonsalt
1teaspoonbaking soda
3Tablespoonsboiling water
2eggs
1-1/2cupmashed bananasabout 3 large extra ripe bananas
2cupsflour
1/2cupfinely chopped nutsoptional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 9" x 5" x 3" loaf baking pan.
In a medium bowl, cream the sugar, butter,salt until smooth.
Add eggs, and stir to incorporate.
Dissolve the baking soda into the 3 tablespoons boiling water. Add to the wet mixture and mix well.
Stir the banana mash into the wet mixture and mix well.
Add flour and nuts. Mix well.
Place in greased baking pan and bake for 1 hour.
Notes
**To test for doneness, insert a toothpick into the center of the loaf 5 minutes before baking time is over. When the toothpick comes out clean, the bread is done. You can also visually check if the bread is done by looking for a nice medium brown color and also checking that the bread has pulled away from the edges of the baking pan.