Best Banana Bread

First of, a quick disclaimer. I try to stay away from claiming any of my recipes the best of the best. Honestly, there can be many variations of THE BEST of anything, right? Well anyway, this basic banana bread recipe is the best though! Moist and tender, flavorful and nutty! It’s been our family favorite for quite a while now.

The ingredients are super simple. Just sugar, butter, flour, egg, you know, the basics. And you don’t even need a mixer for this recipe, just good ol’ wooden spoon will do here.

Ideally, you want to peel and freeze your bananas, when they get dark spots all over. And when you get the craving, they’re ready to go. However, that never happens around here. It seems like those bananas ripen at most inconveniently busy times (read: lazy times) that I simply throw them into the freezer, peels and all! So whenever I’m in banana bread mood, I take those frozen bananas out and hold it under hot tap water to soften a bit, and then peel them and put them in a microwave safe bowl and zip it in a microwave until they’re completely defrosted and practically liquid. Sounds like a lot of work? Nah, it’s not really that bad, and for that amazing banana bread, you won’t even mind it!

Ingredients:

• 8 frozen medium-to-large bananas (or 3.5-4 cups of mashed bananas), thawed
• 1 ½ cups (300gr) sugar
• ½ cup (115gr) unsalted butter, melted
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 3 cups (375gr) all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1- 1 ½ cups (120-180gr) chopped pecans, optional

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C).
2. Prepare two 9×5-inch bread pan and spray with non-sticl spray.
3. In a large bowl, mash the thawed bananas with a fork or potato masher.
4. Add sugar, melted butter and vanilla extract, and mix everything until combined.
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