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Banana Bread

Banana bread

An easy banana loaf recipe that has a sweet taste and cake like texture.

Ingredients

  • 5 bananas
  • 1 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1/4 cup butter or 4 TBS
  • 1/4 cup oil I use coconut
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups All purpose flour or combination with whole wheat
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and oil a 9X5 loaf pan with coconut oil.

  2. Melt butter with coconut oil on the stove. Set aside to cool slightly.

  3. In a large bown, mash bananas with a fork or potato masher. Leave it somewhat chunky :)

  4. Mix in sugar, oil, butter, eggs and vanilla until well combined.

  5. Sift in your remaining dry ingredients and fold in just until combined.

  6. Pour batte into prepared pan bake for one hour or until tooth pick enterd in the center comes out clean.

Recipe Notes

I almost always make this recipe with 1/2 all purpose and 1/2 whole wheat flours. 

Feel free to mix in chocolate chips or butterscotch ships. It's super delicious that way!

You can substitute some of the oil/butter for sunflower seed butter for a unique, nutty flavor.