Banana Bread

My name is Brianne Sorensen. I'm a baker at heart, and love to take old favorites and spice them up a little bit. Recently, I've been making a lot of banana bread, and so I thought I'd share the recipe. I got the basic recipe from elise.com/recipes, but spruced it up a bit to give it more flavor.


This is the original recipe:

INGREDIENTS

• 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

METHOD

No need for a mixer for this recipe. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.

To give this recipe more flavor, I use brown sugar instead of white sugar, add about a cup of walnuts, and a teaspoon of nutmeg. I also sprinkle a little brown sugar and more walnuts on top.

The great thing about banana bread is that it's incredibly easy to make and can be altered to fit individual tastes. I hope everyone enjoys this recipe!

Brianne