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Dominique Ansel's Banana Bread
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Dominique Ansel's Banana Bread

Dominique Ansel's Banana Bread recipe yields a moist, flavorful loaf using ripe mashed bananas, eggs, melted butter, and a blend of sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt. Baking in a loaf pan creates a golden crust with a tender crumb balanced by warm spice notes from nutmeg.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 10 mins
Total Time
1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 12
Course: Bread

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 egg
  • 2 cups banana from about 4 bananas, mashed ripe
  • 14 tablespoons butter melted, plus more for greasing pan, unsalted

Instructions

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  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 10" x 5" x 3 ½" loaf pan and set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, flour, baking soda, nutmeg, salt and baking powder.
  3. 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.
  4. 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

  • A crunchy cinnamon-sugar topping can be added by mixing three parts sugar with one part cinnamon and sprinkling it over the batter before baking.
  • This recipe makes one 10x5-inch loaf size.
  • Recipe source is Dominique Ansel.