Banana Bread Recipe

 An easy delicious and crispy Banana Bread Recipe this is loaded with bananas, tangy-candy raisins, and toasted walnuts.

 This is certainly considered one among our favorite overripe banana recipes.

 Banana Bread on a slicing board with walnuts, raisins and ripe bananas to make wholesome banana bread

       Ingredients for Banana Bread: 

This is the whole thing you want to make the satisfactory banana bread: flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, vanilla extract, softened butter, eggs and of direction very ripe bananas.

 Adding walnuts and raisins is elective, however provides high-quality flavor and texture, turning it right into a banana nut bread.

Are Walnuts and Raisins Necessary 

Of course not the recipe will nonetheless paintings if raisins and walnuts are omitted.We make it nut-loose all the time because of a walnut hypersensitivity with inside the family. You will nonetheless have the softest, incredible wet and delicious loaf. You also can update them with a few chocolate to make Chocolate Chip Banana Bread.

 Ingredients for Banana Bread with ripe bananas

• Flour
• Sugar
• Eggs
• Butter
• Walnuts and Raisins

 How to Ripen Bananas:

 Quick Oven Method: If your bananas are a touch inexperienced, and also you need them to ripen quicker, region them on a baking sheet and bake at 250˚F for 15 to twenty mins relying at the preliminary ripeness of the bananas.

 24 Hour Counter Method: If you're inclined to attend 1 day, you may region the bunch of bananas (without keeping apart them) in a paper bag, cowl and go away at room temperature. Bananas emit ethylene, which reasons ripening. Adding an apple to the bag will accelerate the process.

 Can I Freeze Overripe Bananas?

 If you've got overripe bananas and aren’t geared up to bake with them, DO NOT throw them away!

 How to Freeze Bananas: region them unpeeled in a freezer-secure bag, get rid of any extra air, and freeze up to 3 months. You can use thawed bananas for banana bread. You also can freeze them peeled and reduce into portions for less difficult use in smoothies. P.S. You also can freeze an entire banana bread with the identical method! 

Slices of banana nut bread on a plate

 How to Make Banana Bread:

 This is the very best banana bread recipe. We blend it in a stand mixer due to the fact it’s smooth, however you may use an electric powered hand mixer and may even make it paintings with a hand whisk. There isn't any fancy device required. Watch the video academic under, and you'll be a seasoned in no time!

1.  In the integration bowl, cream collectively butter and sugar.
2.  Mix in mashed bananas and eggs.
3.  MİX collectively dry ingredients: flour, salt, and baking soda and add to mixture.
4.  Stir in vanilla, walnuts, and raisins, switch to organized loaf pan and bake.

 Substitutions for a Healthy Banana Bread: 

•  Replacing sugar with honey.
•  Use natural entire wheat flour rather than all-reason flour.
•  Replace 1 Tbsp of flour with 1 Tbsp floor flax seed.
•  Reduce sugar to half cup while the usage of very ripe bananas; they add lots of sweetness 

Moist Banana Bread Recipe

 Ingredients 

• 3 very ripe bananas, (large)
•  ½ cup unsalted butter, (8 Tbsp) at room temperature 
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
•  2 large eggs, gently beaten 
• 1 ½ cups all-reason flour
•  1 tsp baking soda
•  ½ tsp salt
•  ½ tsp vanilla extract 
• 1 cup walnuts
•  ½ cup raisins

 Instructions 

1. Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Grease an oven tray with butter and sprinkle it with flour. Lightly roast walnuts on a skillet, constantly stirring in order that they won’t burn. Coarsely chop and funky to room temperature.

2. In a blending bowl, cream collectively eight Tbsp softened butter and three/four cup sugar (or honey).

3. Mash bananas with a fork till the consistency of chunky applesauce and upload them to the batter in conjunction with 2 eggs, blending till blended.

4. In a separate bowl, whisk collectively: 1 half cups of flour, 1 tsp of baking soda and half tsp of salt then upload to batter. 

5.Add half tsp of vanilla extract and blend in chopped walnuts and raisins. Pour into organized loaf pan. Bake at 350˚F for 55-60 min, or till a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Let banana bread relaxation for 10 min earlier than moving to a cord rack to cool.