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Banana Bread

A good base open to modification. Add more bananas, adjust spices, sprinkle with sugar for a sweet crust, etc.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar or amber (or mixed)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 1 2/3 cup bananas over-ripe, mashed (about 4 bananas)

Notes

  1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
  2. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter, sugar and vanilla. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
  3. Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.