The Perfect Banana Bread. Follow our step-by-step how-to for perfect banana bread, then cut into thick slices and enjoy! Get the Recipe: The Best Banana Bread The Ingredients. Gather (clockwise from top left) sugar.

The recipe is good, it's me baking the banana bread that is a work in progress! Next time, try out my triple chocolate banana bread, cranberry pumpkin banana bread, or homemade white bread. I'm not a fan of bananas in general, but good lord do I love banana bread. You can have The Perfect Banana Bread using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of The Perfect Banana Bread

Prepare 1 3/4 cups of all-purpose flour/ maida.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
Prepare 3-4 of very ripe bananas.
Prepare 8 tablespoons (1 stick) of unsalted butter.
You need 2 of large eggs.
Prepare 3/4 cup of light brown sugar.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
Prepare 1/2 cup of toasted chopped walnuts.
It's 1 cup of chocolate chips.

In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, combine the eggs, bananas, oil, buttermilk and vanilla; add to flour mixture, stirring just until combined. For starters, we swap in full-fat sour cream (don't even think about reaching for low-fat) instead of milk, which we find gives the banana bread a subtle tangy flavor and richer texture. The bananas have to be over-ripe.

The Perfect Banana Bread instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Prep a bread loaf tin or a 8X8 inch baking tray with oil spray and dust with flour..
The most important step in this recipe is to eliminate the excess moisture from bananas. To add intense banana flavor without the moisture (to avoid a dense cake), we place our bananas in a glass bowl and microwave them for 4-5 minutes. Then we transfer the microwaved bananas to a fine mash strainer and let the juice drain. Now transfer the liquid to a saucepan and cook over medium heat till it's reduced to 1/4th cup. Mash the banana concentrate into the bananas until it's smooth..
Whisk melted butter, eggs, brown sugar and vanilla into a bowl. Pour the banana mix into this and whisk throughly. Next sieve flour, baking soda and salt into this mix and stir until combined. Gently fold in the roasted walnuts (roasting the walnuts gives it a nice crunch). Coating the chocolate chips with 1/2 teaspoon of flour ensures that the chocolate chips don't sink to the bottom of the pan, and spread evenly in the banana bread. Fold the dusted chocolate chips into batter..
Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake for 45-55 min. Bake until done; use a toothpick to the check the center of the loaf to see if the baking process is complete and the toothpick comes out clean. Let the cake cool in pan for 10 minutes then turn the pan upside down into wire rack to release the cake. Let it cool further. Enjoy with a glass of cold milk or strong coffee!.

When it comes to banana bread, the blacker the peel, the better. These mushy bananas give off a much sweeter flavor, making them perfect for baking banana bread. Previously frozen ripe bananas work great as well! To do so, you can use a fork, a potato masher or hand mixer. Sprinkle on the reserved chopped walnuts and sugar.