Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Most Ordinary/Extraordinary Banana Bread

Aaaaah! You guys! I miss my blog so much! I know by now I should be posting Holiday appropriate recipes and photos with backgrounds-full of lit-up Christmas trees and decorations but you know what? I'm not there yet. Soon, very soon, but for now, I will share with you my most ordinary/extraordinary recipe.

Ordinary because, really, does the internet need yet another banana bread recipe? No, probably not. But also extraordinary because it is the only one in my repertoire that I know by heart, that I go to almost every week and also, because we all love it, all 5 of us. So I thought it was time that it got the respect it deserves and a rightful place alongside the other banana bread recipes floating about the web.



Ordinary/Extraordinary Banana Bread

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 egg
1/3 cup canola oil
2/3 cup granulated sugar
3 medium bananas, mashed (about 1 cup)
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 cup semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips

Preheat your oven to 350F. Grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan and set aside.

In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; set aside.

In a large bowl, mix the egg, oil and granulated sugar. Mix the lemon juice with the mashed bananas. Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture alternately with the bananas, starting and ending with the dry ingredients. Fold in the chocolate chips. Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan and bake in preheated oven for 60 to 70 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean. Invert onto a wire rack and let cool completely.
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8 comments:

Lauren at KeepItSweet said...

i think there is always room for more banana bread, especially if there are chocolate chips:-)

nancy@skinnykitchen.com said...

Your banana bread recipe looks delish. I too make one but skinny!

Sean Grey Hanson said...

I've got Banana Bread recipe from watching cookings shows but the ingredients were slightly different from this.

Unknown said...

you are right the world probably doesn't need another recipe for banana bread but recipes for me are like shoes and handbags I WANT them so badly even if I don't actually need 'em. Thanks for the share

grace said...

i ADORE the name for this recipe--it excites my wordyplay-loving mind. of course, the bread itself is pretty swell too--bravo. :)

Lucie said...

You could show me a thousand banana bread recipes--especially with chocolate chips--and you'd have my full attention. Sounds great!

kimberleyblue said...

Everyone always has their go-to banana bread...this one sounds just perfect. Anything with chocolate chips gets my attention (I'm usually all about the pecans in my banana bread)

Cola said...

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