My youngest son’s favorite food is nana’s (bananas). He has to eat at least 1 a day! I have been craving some banana bread and finally made some this week. Obviously Max is a huge fan. He even refused to put it down this morning and took it to daycare with him.
I came up with this recipe one afternoon just by throwing some things together, and much to my surprise, it was the best banana bread I had ever had. I scrambled to jot down the recipe, because my memory is basically mush, but I think I did it.
Tara’s Banana Bread
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 very ripe bananas
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cream butter and sugars. Add vanilla, eggs, and bananas and mix until well combined. Add baking soda, salt, and cinnamon and mix until combined. Finally, add flour and mix slowly just until well incorporated. Pour into glass loaf pan and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes on the middle rack. Insert toothpick into the center of the loaf to check doneness- if only a few crumbs are attached it is ready to come out of the oven. If not quite done, bake in 5 minute increments, checking the toothpick each time. After the bread has been taken out of the oven and has cooled slightly, stuff your face.
Warning: This banana bread is slightly addicting.
kanesugardesigns.com 