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Classic Banana Bread
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Prep Time
30
minutes
mins
Cook Time
1
hour
hr
15
minutes
mins
Course
Bread, Breakfast, brunch
Cuisine
General
Ingredients
1/2
cup
butter, salted
If using unsalted butter, add 1/4 tsp salt to dry ingredients.
1
cup
sugar
2
large
eggs
1
cup
ripe bananas, mashed
Approximately 3 - 4 bananas.
1/2
tsp
vanilla extract
1/3
cup
greek yogurt
(Optional)
1
tsp
lemon juice
2
cups
flour
3
tsp
baking powder
1
cup
walnuts
Instructions
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Butter should be softened at room temperature to allow it to mix properly.
In a separate bowl, beat eggs until light. Add to sugar mixture.
Mash bananas and add lemon juice. Blend with creamed mixture.
Sift flour, baking powder and salt (omit if using salted butter) and mix with banana mixture.
Mix together until just combined.
Add walnuts.
Bake in greased loaf pan (or lined with parchment paper).
Bake at 375C for 1 1/4 hours.
Keyword
banana, bread