Banana Bread

Submitted by hank on Sun, 12/12/2021 - 14:23
Description

A lighter-than-usual banana bread, thanks to The Book Of Bread.  Use soy or almond yogurt to be dairy free.

Yield
1 Loaf
Preparation time
10 minutes
Cooking time
1 hour
Total time
1 hour, 10 minutes
Ingredients
4 T Vegetable Oil
3⁄4 c Sugar
3 Banana (medium-sized, ripe)
1 Eggs
1⁄3 c Yogurt (soy or almond yogurt may be substituted)
225 g White Flour
75 g Whole Wheat Flour
1 1⁄2 t Baking Powder
1⁄2 t Baking Soda
1 t Salt (fine, or double for course)
150 g Walnuts (chopped; may substitute pecans, sunflower seeds, or even semisweet chocolate chips)
20 g flax seed (ground; optional)
Instructions
  • Preheat oven to 350° F.
  • Mix the oil, sugar, bananas, egg, and yogurt in a stand mixer using a wire-whisk attachment on moderate speed.
  • In a separate bowl, mix the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and (optionally) nuts or chocolate chips.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl.  Mix on a moderate speed for 20 seconds.  Scrape the bowl. 
  • Add the mixture to a 9-inch loaf pan.
  • Bake at 350° F for 1 hour.
  • Allow to cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
  • Cool completely before slicing.
Source

The Book OF Bread