Classic Banana Bread

Name: Classic Banana Bread
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking soda; 355 milliliters mashed ripe banana (about 3 bananas); 59 milliliters butter, softened; 2 larges eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 79 milliliters plain low-fat yogurt; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Classic Banana Bread is a vegetarian morn meal. One serving contains 184 calories, 3g of protein, and 4g of fat. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 14. If you have baking soda, salt, flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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All Purpose Flour

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Place sugar and butter in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 1 minute).

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Butter

Sugar

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Blender

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Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

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Egg

Add banana, yogurt, and vanilla; beat until blended.

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Vanilla

Banana

Yogurt

Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until moist. Spoon batter into an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

All Purpose Flour

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Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

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Frying Pan

Kid-Friendly Upgrades:Upgrade 1Marble it. Stir 1 cup batter and 1/2 cup melted semisweet chocolate chips together in a small bowl. Spoon plain batter into pan, alternating with dollops of chocolate-chip batter. Drag a knife through batter to swirl.

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Semisweet Chocolate Chips

Chocolate

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Bake as directed.Upgrade 2Berry it. Fold 1 cup fresh blueberries into batter.

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Blueberries

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Bake as directed.Upgrade 3French-toast it.

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Toast

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Cut bread into 3/4-inch slices. Toast until slightly crisp on both sides.

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Bread

Toast

Whisk together 2 eggs, 2 Tbsp. milk, ground cinnamon and nutmeg to taste as well as a pinch of salt in a shallow bowl. Dip bread in mixture, let excess drip off, then fry, turning once, in a nonstick skillet lightly coated with vegetable oil over medium-high heat.Upgrade 4Chocolate-chip it. Fold 1 cup dark chocolate chips into batter.

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Dark Chocolate Chips

Ground Cinnamon

Vegetable Oil

Nutmeg

Bread

Egg

Milk

Salt

Dip

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Frying Pan

Whisk

Bowl

Bake as directed.Upgrade 5Streusel it.

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Combine 2 Tbsp. rolled oats, 2 Tbsp. flour, 1 Tbsp. brown sugar, 1 Tbsp. butter, melted, and 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg in a medium bowl. Divide batter among 12 paper-lined muffin cups. Top with streusel.

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Nutmeg

Brown Sugar