Vanilla ice cream on some crumbled homemade banana bread
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recipe
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup brown sugar
½ cup butter (8tbs)
2 large eggs, beaten
2 ⅓ cups mashed overripe bananas
1) Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
Ingredients for banana bread, including mashed banana, butter, flour, brown sugar, egg mixture, salt, and baking soda
2) Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Beat brown sugar and butter with an electric mixer in a separate large bowl until smooth. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir the banana mixture into the flour mixture until just combined.
Banana bread batter is best mixed in a glass bowl with a spatula
3) Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
Batter spread evenly in a rectangular baking pan, ready to be baked into banana bread
4) Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 60 minutes.
Freshly baked banana bread in a rectangular pan with a toothpick and a checkered towel beside it
5) Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
You can add chocolate and peanut butter chips to this if desired in step 2.