World's Best Banana Bread! (Secret family recipe)

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

More nutritious option.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Lower in saturated fat.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Natural sweetener.

Preheat the oven to 325°F (170°C).

In a bowl, mix together 220 g of all-purpose flour, 300 g of sugar, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt until well combined.

Set the dry ingredients aside.

Mash 2 ripe bananas in a bowl until chunky, ensuring they are very soft and mushy.

Add 2 whole eggs to the mashed bananas and stir to combine.

Add 125 ml of canola oil and 90 ml of buttermilk to the mixture, followed by 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Stir until well combined.

Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the wet mixture. Stir until just combined, ensuring not to overmix.

Fold in 1 cup of chopped walnuts (optional).

Prepare a 9x5 loaf pan with parchment paper or by buttering and flouring it.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan.

Bake in the oven at 325°F for 1 hour and 20 minutes, checking at 1 hour and 10 minutes with a toothpick.

Check the bread for doneness using a touch test and a toothpick test, ensuring it springs back and the toothpick comes out mostly clean.

If necessary, bake for an additional 2 minutes if the bread is not done.

Let the bread cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing it and allowing it to cool to room temperature.

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