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The Best Banana Bread Ever!
I like Banana Bread. Like I really like it.
I found a recipe in one of my mom’s old cookbooks that turned out to be just amazing, but I still felt like it could be tweaked a bit. (I’m a tweaker; it’s what I do….) The Best Banana Bread Ever!
My stipulations for the ideal banana bread are the following:
– It has to be moist
– It has to have a great banana-y flavour
– Chocolate chips are a must!! (unless I’m baking for my brother, who’s allergic to chocolate)
After over a year of tweaking, I think I’ve finally come up with the best Banana Bread ever!
And just to make you drool, here’s a picture 🙂
(I’m learning how to take pictures of food, so the photo totally does not do it justice…)
Ok, so the good stuff….here’s the recipe!! (This makes 3 loaves…we go through one loaf in no time, and hubby likes to take baking to work 🙂 )
The Best Banana Bread Ever!
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4 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
6 teaspoons baking powder
3 teaspoons salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
1 Tablespoon cocoa
1/4 cup (ish) of ground flax seed
More Ingredients:
5 cups mashed bananas (I ‘coarsely’ mash them, so I have chunks of banana in the bread)
1 cup applesauce
1 cup molasses
2 mashed bananas (instead of eggs)
1 teaspoon vanilla
chocolate chips (amount to be determined by baker)
dried cranberries (ditto)
Preparation:
Put the flour and sugar in a large bowl. Put all of the other dry ingredients into a cup or bowl and mash out any lumps. Mix all dry ingredients together. Add bananas, and mix. Add rest of ingredients. Mix thoroughly and divide evenly into 3 greased loaf pans. Cook at 350F for 60 – 70 minutes. Cut into it when you can’t wait a moment longer 🙂
A couple of notes:
As with any recipe, this is a guideline and can be tweaked according to the baker’s taste. I discovered that adding the cinnamon and cocoa really round out the flavour and give it amazing depth. The flax seed gives it just a hint of nutty taste, plus it’s also good for you (that’s always a bonus, right?).
Try it, try it!!!
After over a year of tweaking, I think I’ve finally come up with the best Banana Bread ever!
I love Banana Bread too! 🙂 I haven’t ever tried it with chocolate chips before, so I cannot wait to try out your “tweaked” recipe!
Me too. I love eating Banana bread. I’m following this recipe to whip up my own version.
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Thanks Lisa. We shared on our Facebook and twitter :).
Question, as I prepare to try this welcome pantry cleaner:
Why substitute more bananas for eggs?