Banana Bread
January 10th, 2009
My pregnancy hormones are in full swing, and I am finding myself craving anything home baked! I’m somehow no longer satisfied with just a simple bowl of cereal for breakfast — I need something more substantial, something sweet… like banana bread! Yummm….
I know everyone has a recipe for banana bread, but I just LOVE mine! It’s a mix between my mom’s recipe and Martha Stewart’s recipe, which calls for crème fraîche instead of milk. It’s perfect and moist, and while some recipes call for nuts, I like it without.
Here is the recipe…
Banana Bread:
-½ cup butter
-1 cup sugar
-2 eggs
-3 ripe bananas
-½ cup crème fraîche
-1 teaspoon baking soda
-2 cups flour
-1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Mix the butter and sugar together until smooth. Add eggs and stir. In a separate bowl, mash the bananas and crème fraîche together, and add to the butter mixture. Add the rest of the ingredients and stir until smooth. Pour into a loaf pan and bake at 350ºF (175ºC) for aprox. one hour.
And that’s it! Easy peasy and oh-so tasty!
For a printable version of this recipe, click here.
-Courtney
P.S. I know Esther uses a muffin tin to make banana muffins instead of bread, which are obviously just as tasty! (They just need less time in the oven to cook.)
10 Comments Add your own
1. Esther | January 10th, 2009 at 7:47 am
I made the muffins yesterday! They’re so yummy.
I tend to use less sugar though, and add some walnuts sometimes…
2. erin | January 10th, 2009 at 10:14 am
We bake them in mini muffin pans and add mini chocolate morsels!
3. Kayt | January 10th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Court – I can’t believe you have revealed your wonderful banana bread recipe. I’m off to buy the ingredients and bake one this afternoon. It’s just what my preggy hormones want.
4. Christine V | January 10th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
i think banana bread must be one of the ultimate comfort foods! my family always melts a little bit of butter (1/4 to 1/2 stick) in the bottom of the pan and sprinkles some brown sugar on the melted butter before adding the batter….this way you get a little sweet crunchiness on the top of your bread.
5. Alisa | January 11th, 2009 at 2:39 am
Yum!! I’ll have to give this one a try, thanks for sharing your recipe. There’s also a great recipe for banana bread in the ‘Apples for Jam’ cookbook. I love it because there seems to be no way I can muck it up!!
6. ~SarahInParis~ | January 11th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Perfect timing Courtney as I have been wanting for a good banana bread recipe!! Thx.
7. Emilie | January 12th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Thank you! I love banana bread!
8. Vanessa Boz | January 12th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
humm….i love banana bread but am a terrible cook…suddenly you make it sound so simple!
9. Michela | January 12th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
it is easy!
I bake dit this morning and it’s so yummy!!
10. Babyccino » Smoothie maker | June 24th, 2009 at 6:01 am
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