Beth's Ultimate Banana Bread Recipe
- Hey guys! Today, I'mgoing to share with you one
of my favorite recipesfor this time of year,
my nutty, chocolaty banana bread.
You guys have been askingme for a banana bread recipe
for some time, and let metell you, this one is it.
I love this recipe becauseit's really foolproof.
It comes together so quickly and easily,
and it is the perfect treatfor any chilly fall morning.
Before we get started,I also should point out
a new feature here on Youtube.
Do you guys see this little ithat's up there in the corner?
It's a new feature that, whenyou roll over it and click
on it, you'll see suggested videos.
I point this out becausethis recipe is very close
to my pumpkin bread recipe,which is another recipe
that's great for the fall.
So after this is done, ifyou wanted to learn how
to make the pumpkin bread,just click that little i
and you'll see the pumpkin bread video.
The first thing we'regoing to do is prepare
a 9 by 13 loaf pan.
You can just give it a nicedusting with some baking spray
and set it aside.
In a large bowl, we'regoing to mix together
our dry ingredients.
You're going to take 2 1/2cups of flour,
1 1/2 teaspoons of salt, andtwo teaspoons of baking soda.
You can go ahead and just whisk that up
and set it aside.
Here is the secret togetting a really fantastic
banana bread is you want tomake sure that those bananas
are really ripe, because as bananas ripen,
their sugar becomesmore and more pronounced
and the banana flavor becomesmore and more pronounced.
So if you use a bananathat isn't really ripe,
you're not going to get much sweetness
and you're not going toget much banana flavor,
so it really pays to make surethat they're nice and brown
and almost mushy-looking.
Then we need to mash up these bananas,
and I find the best way to dothat is with a potato masher.
But if you don't have a potato masher,
you could also use a fork,that does the trick as well.
Just make sure thatthey're nice and mashed,
and then you are going to add three eggs,
a 1/2 cup of sugar.
I'm not going to add a lotof sugar to this recipe
for the simple reasonthat very ripe bananas
actually provide a lot ofsweetness, and I also always find
that if you add more vanillathan sugar, you'll get
flavor and sweetness than just sweetness.
So we're also going to beadding a tablespoon of vanilla.
Then we're going to add3/4 cup of canola oil
or vegetable oil.
If you don't want to use theoil you could also use butter,
but I find that the oil, becauseit's a pure fat, it's going
to create a more moist banana bread.
And 1/4 cup of water.
You're going to just whiskthat all up until it's nice
and combined, and then youcan add the dry ingredients
to the wet ingredients.
You want to stir it gently,you don't want to overstir
or you'll end up with a toughbread, and that's not going
to be any good.
The final step is to add1/2 cup of chopped pecans.
You could also use walnuts, Iknow that's very traditional
for banana bread, but I findthat the pecans give it a
richer, almost nuttier flavor,
so I like to use them instead.
We're also going to add,this is where we get naughty,
a 1/2 cup of chopped chocolate.
I really think that thecombination of chocolate
and banana is such awinner, so I like to add
about 1/2 cup of chopped,bittersweet chocolate.
Then you're just going to stir that up,
and your batter is ready.
We're going to transferit into our loaf pan,
smooth it out with a spatula,and then we are going
to bake at 350 degreesfor at least 55 minutes.
That's the thing whenyou're baking in loaf pans.
Because they are so deep,they take a long time
to make sure that they'rebaked all the way through.
You'll know that they'redone by taking a nice skewer
and inserting it into the center.
If you get some batter on that skewer,
the banana bread is notdone, but what can happen is
sometimes your bread is getting too brown
but it's not baked in all the way through.
A way to solve for that isjust to place a little bit
of tinfoil on top of yourbread for the last 10 minutes
of the baking time.
That way, you'll make surethat your bread is totally
baked through, but itwon't get overly browned.
Once your bread is cool enoughto handle, you can go in
with a knife and just freethe bread from the sides
of the pan, invert it,place it on a cooling rack,
and once it's ready to beserved, what I like to do
is actually take the bread,place it on a cutting board,
cut four or five generous slices,
and then let my guests helpthemselves over and over again.
This banana bread is reallyone winner, I'm telling you,
you guys will go nutswhen you taste this bread.
It's moist, it's delicious,
it has the crunch coming from the pecans
and that decadent sweetnesscoming from the chocolate.
It is so addictive, you'lleither love me or hate me
for this one (chuckling).
I hope you guys give ita try and let me know
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I will see you back here next week
for a really decadent treat for Halloween.
I'll see you then. Bye.
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