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Best Banana Bread
With a tender, buttery crumb, bold banana flavor, and big chunks of chocolate, this is the best banana bread recipe I've made based on years of experimentation.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 466 kcal
Course:
Bread , Brunch
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
For pan
- ½ tablespoon cultured unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon evaporated cane sugar
Dry ingredients
- 325 grams all-purpose flour (~ 2 ½ cups)
- 100 grams granulated sugar (~ ½ cup)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon table salt
- 160 grams chocolate chunks
Wet Ingredients
- 85 grams cultured unsalted butter (6 tablespoons)
- 350 grams very ripe bananas (3-4 large bananas)
- ½ cup PLAIN yogurt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 C).
- Grease the inside of your loaf pan(with 2 teaspoons of butter or vegetable oil. Be sure to get into the corners. Add a tablespoon of sugar and shake it around to coat the bottom and sides of the pan evenly.
- Sift the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt together into a bowl and whisk the ingredients together.
- Microwave the butter on low power until it's barely melted. Make sure you don't boil the butter.
- Add the peeled bananas, yogurt, eggs and vanilla to a blender (or you can use a bowl and stick blendeand blend until smooth. You can also mash the bananas in a bowl and use a whisk to incorporate the other ingredients.
- With the blender running, pour the melted butter into the other wet ingredients and blend until smooth.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and fold the mixture together until it's mostly wet.
- Add the chocolate and continue folding until there are no large clumps of flour. Be careful not to overmix the batter, or your banana bread will end up tough.
- Dump the batter into the prepared loaf pan(and flatten off the top.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out more or less clean.
- Transfer the banana bread to a wire rack and cool until you can handle it without mits. Remove the bread from the pan and let it cool to room temperature on the rack.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
466kcal
(23%)
Carbohydrates
66g
(22%)
Protein
8g
(16%)
Fat
19g
(29%)
Saturated Fat
11g
(55%)
Cholesterol
69mg
(23%)
Sodium
316mg
(13%)
Potassium
352mg
(10%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
28g
(56%)
Vitamin A
400IU
(8%)
Vitamin C
4mg
(4%)
Calcium
48mg
(5%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 466
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 466kcal | 23% |
| Carbohydrates | 66g | 22% |
| Protein | 8g | 16% |
| Fat | 19g | 29% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Cholesterol | 69mg | 23% |
| Sodium | 316mg | 13% |
| Potassium | 352mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 28g | 56% |
| Vitamin A | 400IU | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 4mg | 4% |
| Calcium | 48mg | 5% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.