Banana Bread
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Banana Bread
 A one-bowl banana loaf, mixed without a mixer. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Butter an 8x4-inch loaf pan. Mash the bananas and add the butter In a mixing bowl, mash with a fork until completely smooth: 2 to 3 medium (7” to 7-7/8” long) very ripe bananas, peeled (about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups mashed) Stir into the mashed bananas: 1/3 cup (76g) butter, unsalted or salted, melted Mix in the remaining ingredients Mix in: 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (not baking powder) 1 pinch salt Stir in: 3/4 cup (150g) sugar (1/2 cup if you would like it less sweet, 1 cup if more sweet) 1 large egg, beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Mix in: 1 1/2 cups (205g) all-purpose flour Bake the bread Pour into the prepared loaf pan: the batter Bake for 55 to 65 minutes at 350°F (175°C). Cook until a toothpick or wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. A few dry crumbs are okay; streaks of wet batter are not. If the outside browns before the center is done, tent loosely with foil. Keep baking until fully baked. Cool and serve Remove from the oven and cool in the pan for a few minutes. Then turn out and cool completely. Slice and serve. A bread knife gives slices that do not crumble. Wrapped well, it keeps at room temperature for 4 days. For longer storage, refrigerate up to 5 days, or freeze. |
Banana Bread (8 servings) crumb: mashed-banana loaf quick bread Joy of Cooking includes “Banana Bread (8 servings)”. Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker wrote it (1997 All New edition). This book is the big American home cookbook. It covers baking, roasting, canning and everyday family meals across a century of editions. Differences: Both bake sweet mashed-banana quick bread as a loaf. Joy uses an 'unusual mixing method' for a tender, cakey crumb. The online recipe is a one-bowl version. It stirs melted butter into mashed bananas. It then adds baking soda, sugar, one egg, vanilla and flour. It is denser and moister. |
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Both bake sweet mashed-banana quick bread as a loaf. Joy uses an 'unusual mixing method' for a tender, cakey crumb. The online recipe is a one-bowl version. It stirs melted butter into mashed bananas. It then adds baking soda, sugar, one egg, vanilla and flour. It is denser and moister.
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Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931).
This book is the big American home cookbook. It covers baking, roasting, canning and everyday family meals across a century of editions. This site cites three editions. One is the classic 1975 Rombauer–Becker text (Plume 1997 printing). The others are the 1997 All New edition and the 2006 75th-anniversary edition. Each dish names its edition.