Banana Bread Recipe - An Ultimate Guide

By: Bryan F Rowey

This sweet bread is made up of a combination of mashed bananas and baking soda. This ingredient helps act as a leavening agent bread and also makes the bread rise.

To add variety to the bread one can also make a choice betweed adding nuts, raisins or other similar type ingredients. This is a straight forward recipe and can even by made completely by hand without any assistance from electronic gadgets.

Banana bread was popularized in mid 1900's when baking soda was also popularized. In some Asian countries, banana bread is a regular food and can also be served as an alternative to white bread.

The Banana Bread Recipe.

Here is a banana bread recipe that are easy to make and very delicious. What you will need for this banana bread recipe:

A single cup of butter (for shortening).

5 mashed up, over-ripe bananas.

2 1/2 cups of sugar.

4 eggs

About three quarters of a cup of buttermilk.

Three cups of flour.

1 and 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda.

Salt - 1/2 a teaspoon.

1 cup chopped nuts

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.

First of all add the bananas and the sugar together and slowly add in the eggs (only 1 at a time) and beat them all together well whilst doing this. Put in the sifted baking soda, salt and flour and then add the buttermilk. At this point you can add in the nuts if you have chosen to use them or any other additions.

Get a hold of 2 loaf pans that are well greased and add the mixture into both leaving about an inch from the top to allow the mixture to rise a little. Put the mixture in the oven for about 80 minutes on 325 degrees and test with a toothpick to see if it comes out of the bread clean when you think it is ready.

Banana bread is also a nutritious alternative to white bread and can also be made with wheat bread or whole grain. There are many variations to the traditional banana bread but the more effective banana bread recipe calls for overripe bananas.

If you do not use overripe bananas, the tendency is that the top of the banana bread loaf will remain moist and you will have a hard time distinguishing if it is already done or not.