Soft Banana Bread

banana bread with butter and walnuts

Makes 2 loaves · 254 kcal per serving

Ingredients

• 575 g banana
• 151 g butter
• 142 g brown sugar
• 132 g white sugar
• 200 g egg
• 4 g vanilla extract
• 420 g all purpose flour
• 18 g baking powder
• 2 g baking soda
• 6 g salt
• 1 g ground cinnamon
• 85 g walnuts

Method

1. 1. Heat the oven to 350°F / 175°C. Line loaf pans with parchment paper.
2. 2. Beat the butter with both sugars. Beat in the eggs, then mix in the mashed bananas and vanilla.
3. 3. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Fold into the banana mixture just until combined, then fold in the walnuts or dark chocolate chips.
4. 4. Scoop into the lined loaf pans. Bake 35-50 min, depending on your oven, until a skewer comes out with moist crumbs. Don't overbake, and don’t use convection settings (the hot air tends to cook it too fast and dry the outside).

Source and attribution

Christopher and Susan Paidhrin family recipe