Starbucks Banana Bread vs. Homemade Copycat Recipe - (Easy to Make)

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 350° and grease a 9­ x 5 ­inch loaf pan.

In a large bowl, whisk the dry ingredients together (flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt).

Mash the bananas very well in a medium bowl, then measure out 1½ cups. Any extra can be saved for another use. Too much banana will make the bread heavy and dense.

Add the sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract to the 1½ cups of mashed bananas. Whisk until well combined.

Use a large spatula to fold the dry mixture into the wet ingredients until they are just combined.

Combine the walnuts and pecans then fold two thirds of the chopped nuts into the batter. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and top with the remaining chopped nuts.

Bake for 55 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the banana bread cool in the pan for 20 minutes, then remove it from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.

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