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Monday
Apr162012

My Best Banana Bread

This is THE easiest and tastiest recipe I have come across... and it came from Starbucks! No joke. I have been keeping this gem to myself and tweaking it a little each time to get it just right for my family. My Sister-in-Law loves it. My Mother-in-Law asks for it all the time but I have always smiled and said it's my secret weapon!

So, with the encouragement of The Hubster, I shall blog it. He is certain that my highly coveted banana bread just won't be the same when his mom makes it, as happened with his favorite french toast  (minus the grand marnier and brulee).

Brace yourself for how easy this is!

Preheat oven to 325 and gather two mixing bowls, a whisk, rubber spatula, 1 Cup measure, 1/4 Cup measure and your measuring spoons.

I like to gather my ingredients before I start- you will need flour, baking soda, salt, 3 over ripe bananas, sugar, unsweetened apple sauce, buttermilk, one egg, and vanilla




In the smaller bowl, whisk together your dry things:
2C flour, 1tsp baking soda, 1/4 tsp salt



In the larger bowl, mix your wet ingredients: 1 cup + 2 TBS sugar, 1/2 Cup UNsweetened applesauce*, 1 egg.



Pour your Dry mix into your wet mix and combine



(all mixed)



Prep bananas for mashing (I reuse the small bowl I used for the dry mix) 



All Mashed up...with a whisk!


Add the mashed bananas, 2 TBS buttermilk, 1/2 tsp vanilla to your batter bowl



mix



pour into pan and bake for 60 min. you can line two bread pans with parchment or use a square baker like I did. I have also baked this recipe off in muffin tins with paper liners. The loaf pans look prettiest once baked, muffins are the most convenient for grab-and-go breakfasts and the square baker is easiest to prep, bake and clean.





Ta-Da!



*The original recipe calls for 1/2 Cup vegetable oil. I sub the applesauce to save on fat and calories which changes the texture slightly but it's worth it! Sometimes I will grind up oats in the old food processor and replace some of the flour with the oats. This also changes the texture up and boosts the nutritional values a little.

**1/2 to 1/3 cup chopped walnuts may also be added but I only put them in when I bake off two loaf pans- one with nuts, one with out.

 

There you have it. Coffee house Banana bread at home.
Simple ingredients, easy process, crowd pleaser.

My secret is out!

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