2 HOMEMADE BANANA BREAD RECIPES TO TRY
1. Banana bread. Accompany your breakfasts and snacks with a delicious sponge-like bread. A very easy recipe to make.
Do you like to accompany your breakfast with a delicious sweet? Currently, we can find countless recipes for this type of preparation. In recent years, thanks to a well-known American coffee chain, different types of sweets have become known that are now in great demand throughout the world. This is the case of the recipe that I bring you below, a banana bread or also known by the name of "banana bread". It is a type of quick bread made mainly with ripe bananas -a great idea if you have bananas at home that are about to go to the trash- to which we add chemical yeast (also known as baking powder). However, there are recipes that are made with yeast, just as they are made with traditional breads. The origin of banana bread or banana bread is not American as we might think. The origin of this recipe is located in Southeast Asia. It was the American soldiers, after the Vietnam War, who brought this dessert to the United States. Thanks to its sweet taste, it began to be prepared as a pudding and, while retaining its spongy and moist texture, it became popular throughout the United States. Then the recipe spread throughout Latin America and reached Europe. Let's see how to easily make a delicious fluffy banana bread by following these simple steps:
INGREDIENTS FOR 1 BREAD:
- 3 ripe plantains or bananas
- 300 g flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 100g butter
- 80g of sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon chemical yeast or baking powder
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 50g chopped walnuts (optional)
- Difficulty: easy
- total time 50m
- Elaboration 10m
- Cooking 40m
HOW TO MAKE A SPONGY BANANA BREAD WITH NUTS:
Banana bread. Accompany your breakfasts and snacks with a loaf of delicious sponge-like bread. A very easy recipe to make.
To start, in a bowl, we put the sliced bananas. With a fork, we crush them and grind them until we get a kind of puree. We booked.
Next, in another bowl, we put the butter at room temperature cut into pieces and the sugar. Mix both ingredients well until combined. Then we add the eggs, the teaspoon of milk and the vanilla extract. Mix again to integrate all the ingredients.
We continue with the preparation of our banana bread. In the same bowl, over a sieve, put the flour, the teaspoon of salt, the baking soda and the teaspoon of chemical yeast. Sift and stir to mix all the ingredients well.
Once this is done, it is time to add the crushed banana and the chopped walnuts. Mix all the ingredients again until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
We put the dough of our banana bread in a biscuit mold that we have previously greased with butter. We put the mold in the preheated oven at 180ºC, heat up and down and let it cook for around 30 minutes -this time depends a lot on the type of oven-.
After this time, we check if the banana bread is ready. To do this we introduce a toothpick and if it comes out clean it will be done. Otherwise, we let it cook for a few more minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and let it cool for 30 minutes before serving.
The preparation of this banana bread is very fast, in less than 15 minutes you will have the dough ready before baking. A delicious sweet perfect to accompany your breakfasts or snacks. Ideal for any occasion. It can be considered a recipe for use since ripe bananas are needed to make it, so if you have bananas that are about to go to the trash... don't throw them away and prepare this delicious recipe!
2. How to make banana bread or banana bread and walnuts
Banana bread or banana bread: recipe to take advantage of ripe bananas
We remember our advice to take advantage of the ripe bananas that remain in the fruit bowl. Among the eight ideas that appear on our list, the first one is banana bread. You can also try our 2 Christmas Cake Recipes for 2022
My favorite and the one I put into practice the most. Although I transform it into walnut banana bread or banana bread and walnuts, because I think these two ingredients go together wonderfully.
The origins of banana bread or banana bread transport us to the United States, almost a century ago, where this tasty recipe was born that soon became popular all over the world. Which is not surprising because its preparation is simple, all you need is a large bowl and a fork to mix, the cheap ingredients and the tasty result.
Ingredients for 8 people
- room temperature butter 75g
- Brown sugar 60g
- White sugar 50g
- Egg M, at room temperature 2
- Ripe banana 4
- Wheat flour 225g
- chemical yeast 15g
- Walnuts 50g
- Difficulty: easy
- total time 50m
- Elaboration 10m
- Cooking 40m
We start by turning on the oven and pre-heating it to 180ºC, top and bottom. The process of preparing the mixture is relatively quick, so the oven will be ready when we have finished it.
Next, we grease a 12x25 cm mold with a little butter. We take a glob with our fingers and spread it over the base and walls by hand. Cut a strip of parchment paper, the same width as the mold, and place it lengthwise on the base. We let the ends protrude, which we can pull to unmold the bread easily.
In a large bowl, beat the butter together with the two types of sugar. Add the eggs and bananas, previously mashed with a fork. Stir until all the ingredients are incorporated.
Finally, the flour and yeast. We remove again and gently, until there are no remains and we have obtained a homogeneous mixture. Add the roughly chopped walnuts and mix well. Pour the dough into the mold and put it in the oven. Let it cook for about 40 minutes or until, when you insert a skewer into the bread, it comes out clean.
With what to accompany the banana bread or banana bread and walnuts
In Anglo-Saxon countries, this banana bread or banana and walnut bread is eaten for breakfast or as a snack, accompanied by butter, jam, etc. In Spain, where we associate it with a sponge cake instead of bread, we would eat it as is. In fact, that's how I recommend taking it. So we can appreciate the flavor of banana and nuts, how well they get along with each other.
