Dominique Ansel's Banana Bread

Name: Dominique Ansel's Banana Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 12 serving
Ingredients: 2 cups granulated sugar; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ¾ teaspoon baking soda; ¾ teaspoon nutmeg; 1 teaspoon salt; 3 eggs; 2 cups mashed ripe bananas; 14 tablespoons unsalted butter

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Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 15 mins
Total Time
1 hr 25 mins
Servings
12
Course
Bread

Dominique Ansel's Banana Bread

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Dominique Ansel’s Banana Bread is rich and flavorful, with a perfect crumb. If you take banana bread seriously, this is the loaf for you.

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Ingredients

Servings

2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¾ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
2 cups mashed ripe bananas from about 4 bananas
14 tablespoons unsalted butter melted, plus more for greasing pan

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 10" x 5" x 3 ½" loaf pan and set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, flour, baking soda, nutmeg, salt and baking powder.
In a separate large bowl, beat the eggs and combine with the mashed bananas. Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and mix together until just combined. Stir in the melted butter until fully incorporated.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until golden brown and a cake tester inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Allow to cool for 20 minutes before turning the bread onto a wire rack to cool.

Notes

I like to add a crunchy cinnamon-sugar topping to this bread. To do this, mix together 3 parts sugar and 1 part cinnamon (by volume) and sprinkle generously over the batter before baking.
Makes 1 10x5-inch loaf
Recipe from Dominique Ansel.