Lily’s Banana Bread
My friend, Lily shared her banana bread recipe with me- it is moist, very easy to make, full of bananas and full of flavor! My favorite banana bread.
Ingredients
- 4 very ripe bananas mashed (about 2 cups of mashed banana)
- 1 cup butter salted or unsalted soft, at room temperature
- 1 ⅔ cup sugar brown, white, or a combination of the two works
- 4 eggs
- 2 ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp buttermilk or 2 tbsp milk mixed with ½ tsp vinegar
- ½ cup chocolate chips optional
- ½ cup walnuts optional
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon optional
- Cinnamon sugar for sprinkling optional *we halved each of these extra options to suit one loaf
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F or 180 C.
- In a bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs and mix till incorporated.
- Stir in the flour, scraping down the sides of the bowl, making sure everything is combined- try not to over mix, as this will lead to a denser, tougher bread.
- In a small bowl, mix together the buttermilk and baking soda until the mixture is frothy.
- Add the buttermilk mixture to the rest of the batter.
- Stir in the mashed bananas, just until combined.
- Finally, fold the chocolate chips, walnuts and cinnamon, if using, into the batter.
- Pour the mixture into two prepared loaf pans that have been greased with butter or lined with parchment paper and sprinkle atop the cinnamon sugar if using.
- Bake for 45-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Notes
Recipe from Lily Hubert