Food Network Banana Bread

Since the majority of my bananas started to brown I decided to bake some banana bread. I found this really great recipe on foodnetwork. 


http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/banana-bread-recipe/index.html


All you need is...

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 large eggs
• 3 ripe bananas
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt

Preheat your oven to 325 F 

Cream the sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. 

Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

 In a small bowl, mash the bananas with a fork. Mix in the milk and cinnamon.

Add the banana mixture to the creamed mixture and stir until combined. 

You can also add the milk and cinnamon at this point if you forgot, like I did.. shh! 

 In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture. Or you can just measure out all your dry ingredients into a sifter like I did. Do whatever is easier for you. 

Keep mixing until the flour disappears!! 

Your end result should look like this. Your banana "mush" may be smaller than mine so no worries, I just like some chunky banana pieces in my banana bread. 

 Next I suggest you butter and flour dust your choice of pan, this will help the bread come out easier after baking. 

Bake your fabulous banana bread for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 

WABAM! My banana bread was ready in an hour so consistently check if you don't want it to get burned. Set aside to cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Remove bread from pan, invert onto rack and cool completely before slicing.

Now that's what's cooking good-looking! This banana bread recipe is my favorite and I hope you guys enjoyed it too. You can eat the banana bread plain or serve it with honey or your favorite ice cream. Bon Appetit!