Unsalted butter
113 g, softened, plus greasing
Bread
Banana bread.
A spiced banana loaf with brown sugar and honey.
- Makes
- 1 loaf, 12 slices
- Hands-on
- 20 minutes
- Total time
- About 2 1/2 hours including cooling
- Effort
- Easy
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For 1 loaf, 12 slices.
Brown sugar
142 g
Vanilla extract
1 tsp
Ground cinnamon
1 tsp
Ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp
Baking soda
1 tsp
Baking powder
1 tsp
Table salt
1 tsp
Mashed ripe banana
340 g
Honey
85 g
Large eggs
2
All-purpose flour
270 g
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Tools & supplies
9-by-5-inch loaf pan
Use the specified pan size.
Mixing bowl and spatula
Mix batter.
Kitchen scale
Measure banana and flour.
Foil
Shield browning top.
Cooling rack
Cool loaf outside pan.
STEP BY STEP
Make it
Prepare
Heat oven to 325°F; grease pan.
Mix
Beat butter, sugar, vanilla, spices, baking soda, baking powder and salt smooth. Stir in banana, honey and eggs.
Fold
Stir flour in just until combined. Fill pan, level top and rest 10 minutes.
Bake
Bake 45 minutes, loosely cover top with foil, then bake about 25 minutes more. A tester should show crumbs, not wet batter.
Cool
Rest in pan 10 minutes, then turn onto rack and cool before slicing.
Good to know
- Tent loosely with foil so the top does not overbrown before the center cooks.
- Weigh mashed banana; individual fruit sizes vary.
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Sources & further reading
Independent instructions informed by the sources below. No affiliation or endorsement is implied. These instructions have not been kitchen- or workshop-tested by DIBuyIt.
- King Arthur Baking: Banana Bread — Ingredient quantities and preparation method.