Very key right here is the scale of your loaf pan as a result of this can fill out each speck of it earlier than it’s carried out. Mine holds 6 liquid cups; it’s 8×4 inches on the underside and 9×5 inches on the highest. If yours is even barely smaller otherwise you’re nervous, go forward and scoop out slightly to make a muffin or two on the aspect. When making this for the primary time, place a sheet pan beneath, simply in case it spills over however I can promise you that in a number of exams, mine by no means has.
- 1/2 cup (4 ounces or 115 grams) unsalted butter, minimize into chunks, plus extra for pan
- 1 cup (190 grams) packed mild brown sugar
- 2 barely heaped cups (about 18 ounces or 510 grams) (up to date weight, see why) of mashed banana, from 4 extra-large or 5 medium-large bananas
- 2 massive eggs
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon wonderful sea or desk salt
- 1 heaped teaspoon floor cinnamon
- A number of gratings of recent nutmeg (non-compulsory)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups (260 grams) all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons (25 grams) uncooked or turbinado sugar (on prime)
Soften butter in a big bowl and whisk in brown sugar till clean, then stir in mashed banana. Whisk in eggs and vanilla. Sprinkle the floor of the batter evenly with salt, cinnamon, nutmeg (if utilizing), baking soda, and baking powder, and whisk till the elements are absolutely dispersed within the batter, after which whisk 10 extra occasions across the bowl as a result of it’s higher to be overly cautious than to finish up with unmixed pockets. Add flour and stir till mixed. Scrape batter into ready loaf pan. It ought to come to simply over 1/2-inch from the highest rim. Sprinkle the highest of the batter with the uncooked sugar; it should seem to be lots however will bake up fantastically.
Bake banana bread for 55 to 65 minutes. It’s carried out when a toothpick or skewer inserted into the bread is batter-free — remember to verify the higher third as properly, close to the rim of the pan; that’s the place I’d discover the unbaked pockets of batter hanging out. The bread will get very darkish however is not going to style burnt.
Let cool in pan. This banana bread is sweet on the primary day however distinctive on the second and third, when you can bear to attend.
To retailer: Go away the banana bread within the pan, uncovered. As soon as minimize, press a chunk of foil towards the minimize aspect of the remaining loaf however depart the highest uncovered — you labored laborious for that crunchy prime and shouldn’t sacrifice it to humidity. It retains for 5 days at room temperature, presumably per week within the fridge, but it surely vanishes in two to 3 days, max, so that you, like us, may by no means discover out.
