The PERFECT Banana Bread Recipe - Baking Basics

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.

In a medium bowl, add 2 cups of all-purpose flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon baking soda. Whisk together until well combined.

Set the flour mixture aside and grab a big mixing bowl.

In the big mixing bowl, cream together 1/2 cup of soft butter and 1 cup of sugar until light and fluffy using an electric hand mixer on medium speed.

Add 2 eggs to the butter and sugar mixture and mix until well combined.

In a separate bowl, peel and mash 4 ripe bananas using a potato masher until smooth.

Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon of milk to the mashed bananas and mix well.

Alternate adding the dry flour mixture and the banana mixture to the butter mixture, mixing after each addition until combined.

Fold in 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts into the batter using a spatula.

Pour the batter into a greased 9x5 loaf pan.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick comes out clean.

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