Ingredients:
3-4 Over-riped bananas
2 tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 cup cold butter
1 1/4 cup bread flour
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
Optional:
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Walnut slices to garnish
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and butter baking pan.
2. In a mixing bowl, mash 3-4 over-riped bananas with a fork until runny (like baby food consistency)
3. Sieve 1 1/4 cup bread flour into the mixing bowl. Then add 2 Tbsp cinnamon and 2 tsp vanilla extract. Mix everything.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk 2 eggs and 1/2 cup sugar until pale yellow. Combine with the banana mixture.
5. With a cheese grater, grate the cold butter into the mixture and mix thoroughly.
6. Fold in 1/2 cup of pecans or walnuts. (Your batter should look like a thick cake batter at this point)
7. Pour into buttered baking pan and top with walnut slices.
8. Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a brown crust is formed.
9. Insert a toothpick and if the toothpick comes out clean, it is ready to cool down and serve!
10. Enjoy! (:
Tips:
- Try to use high quality ingredients. You can't expect a 5 star steak if you are getting the steak from dollar tree. Same with baking.
- I used salted butter so I omitted salt in my recipe. If you decide to use unsalted butter, add 1/2 tsp salt.
- GRATE the cold butter. Seriously. It may sound weird, but by grating the butter, the butter will melt throughout the baking process creating a moist, buttery bread.
- I tried omitting nuts in my banana bread before, but by adding nuts to the bread, it balances out the strong banana flavor and also adds a nice texture.
