ULTIMATE BANANA BREAD
Most banana breads are either lacking in flavor or hopelessly dense. This version cooks out some of the water to help reduce the density. The bananas should be VERY ripe, heavily speckled with brown and black. You may use thawed, frozen bananas for the five mashed bananas; because they will exude a lot of liquid when thawing, you can skip the microwaving step and simply put them in the strainer. (Peel them before freezing to prevent the extracted liquid from turning black.) Do not use a frozen banana for the top of the loaf; it will be too soft to slice. Adapted from Cook's Illustrated. http://bit.ly/fBfyCw
Provided by DrGaellon
Categories Quick Breads
Time 1h39m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F Spray an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 loaf pan with non-stick spray.
- Whisk together flour, soda and salt in a large bowl.
- Peel 5 bananas and place in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap, poke several holes, and microwave 5 minutes until bananas are soft and release water. Dump into a strainer set over a sauce pot and let stand about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. You should have 1/2 to 3/4 c liquid.
- Transfer bananas to a bowl. Boil collected liquid over medium-high heat, until reduced down to 1/4 cup. Add syrup back to bananas and mash with a potato masher. Whisk in butter, eggs, brown sugar and vanilla.
- Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients. Stir until just barely combined, with a few streaks of flour showing. Add nuts and fold gently.
- Transfer batter to prepared pan. Slice remaining banana into 1/4" slices on the bias. Arrange banana slices, overlapping, down the two long edges of the pan. Sprinkle top of banana slices and batter with sugar.
- Bake in preheated oven, 55-75 minutes, until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes, then remove from pan and let rest on a rack until completely cool. Tastes best the day its made, but will last up to 3 days if tightly wrapped in plastic wrap.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 298.9, Fat 12.1, SaturatedFat 5.5, Cholesterol 51.4, Sodium 285.9, Carbohydrate 45.1, Fiber 2.7, Sugar 21.3, Protein 4.8
ULTIMATE BANANA BREAD
Here's the perfectly moist banana bread you've been looking for! This also freezes well and serves as a great hostess gift.
Provided by Shabby Sign Shoppe
Categories Quick Breads
Time 1h15m
Yield 4 loaves, 15-20 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Cream butter, sugar and pudding mix in mixing bowl.
- Hand mash bananas and add to butter mixture.
- Stir in milk + vinegar.
- Gradually add eggs, flour vanilla, baking soda and salt.
- Pour batter evenly into 6 mini loaf pans or 4 larger loaf pnas.
- Bake approximately 45 minutes - 1 hour depending on oven and altitude.
- Bread is done when toothpick comes out clean.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 484.6, Fat 20.5, SaturatedFat 12.4, Cholesterol 106.5, Sodium 557.6, Carbohydrate 70.5, Fiber 2.1, Sugar 40.2, Protein 6.4
ULTIMATE BANANA BREAD
From America's Test Kitchen I was skeptical about this recipe at first, but since I've made this now twice I know the method of exracting the juice from the banana's and reducing the liquid is the best way to make banana bread. Give this a try just once. It's has just two extra steps but well worth the little bit of extra work! From America's Test Kitchen: Why this recipe works: Recipes for ultimate banana bread abound, but because they include an overload of bananas for flavor, the bread's texture is often soggy. We wanted a moist, not mushy, loaf that tasted of banana through and through. To impart lots of banana flavor, we needed to use a generous amount of bananas, but we needed to rid them of excess moisture. We turned to the microwave to help us out. We piled as many bananas in a bowl as we dared and zapped them in the microwave. Then we drained the now-pulpy fruit and mixed the fruit into a batter. We didn't want to toss the flavorful liquid, so we reduced it and added it into the batter as well. Like a mock extract, our reduction infused the bread with ripe, intensely fruity banana flavor. With the flavor problem solved, a few minor tweaks completed the recipe: We exchanged the granulated sugar for light brown sugar, finding that the latter's molasses notes better complemented the bananas. Swapping out the oil for the nutty richness of butter improved the loaf further. We also added toasted walnuts to the batter, finding that their crunch provided a pleasing contrast to the rich, moist crumb. Wondering if the crust might benefit from a little embellishment, we sliced a banana and shingled it on top of the batter. A final sprinkle of sugar helped the buttery slices caramelize and gave this deeply flavored loaf an enticingly crisp, crunchy top.
Provided by chefRD
Categories Quick Breads
Time 1h30m
Yield 1 Loaf
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
- Adjust rack to middle. Spray Loaf pan with non-stick spray.
- Whisk flour, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl.
- Place five bananas in a extra large glass or other microwave safe bowl, cover with plastic wrap and cut several steam vents in plastic with a paring knife. (NOTE: Use the biggest bowl you have the first time I did this the juice went all over my microwave, even though I had plastic wrap on my bowl.) Microwave on High until the bananas are soft and have released liquid, just about 5 minutes *may be less depending on your microwave wattage*. Transfer bananas to a fine mesh drainer placed over a medium pot and allow to drain stirring and mashing the bananas occassionally, 15 minutes (you should end up with around 1/2 to 3/4 cup of liquid).
- Cook the liquid in the pot over medium-high heat till reduced to about 1/4 cup, takes about 5 minutes. Remove the pot from heat , stir reduced liquid into the bananas and mash with a potato masher until fairly smooth. Whisk in the eggs and butter, brown sugar and vanilla.
- Pour the banana mixture into flour mixture and stir until just combined with some streaks of flour remaining. You don't want to "over-mix" or it will make it tough. Gently fold in walnuts (optional).
- Scrape batter into prepared pan. Slice remaining banana onto top (like shingles on a roof) layered leaving a 1 1/2 inch space in the very middle. Sprinkle granulated sugar evenly over loaf.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 50 - 60 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 3151.6, Fat 106.5, SaturatedFat 62.7, Cholesterol 616.2, Sodium 2635, Carbohydrate 524.9, Fiber 27.1, Sugar 269.8, Protein 45.2
COOK'S ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE BANANA BREAD RECIPE
Provided by Jillh929
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- 1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 8½ by 4½-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in large bowl. 2. Place 5 bananas in microwave-safe bowl; cover with plastic wrap and cut several steam vents in plastic with paring knife. Microwave on high power until bananas are soft and have released liquid, about 5 minutes. Transfer bananas to fine-mesh strainer placed over medium bowl and allow to drain, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes (you should have ½ to ¾ cup liquid). 3. Transfer liquid to medium saucepan and cook over medium-high heat until reduced to ¼ cup, about 5 minutes. Remove pan from heat, stir reduced liquid into bananas, and mash with potato masher until fairly smooth. Whisk in butter, eggs, brown sugar, and vanilla. 4. Pour banana mixture into flour mixture and stir until just combined with some streaks of flour remaining. Gently fold in walnuts, if using. Scrape batter into prepared pan. Slice remaining banana diagonally into ¼-inch-thick slices. Shingle banana slices on top of either side of loaf, leaving 1½-inch-wide space down center to ensure even rise. Sprinkle granulated sugar evenly over loaf. 5. Bake until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean, 55 to 75 minutes. Cool bread in pan on wire rack 15 minutes, then remove loaf from pan and continue to cool on wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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