Ginger Spiced Banana Bread Food

SPICED BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8x3 inch loaf pans. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and baking soda; set aside.
• Mash the bananas, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves together in a large bowl with a fork until well combined. Stir in the melted butter and vanilla extract, then fold in the flour mixture until a batter forms and no dry lumps remain. Pour into the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove from the pan, and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.

GINGER SPICED BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare two 4-inch-by-8-1/2-inch loaf pans; grease the bottom and sides of each pan with butter and dust lightly with flour. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, use the back of a large fork to mash together the bananas, Greek yogurt, milk and ginger. The mixture should be well-mixed with small chunks of banana remaining. Add to a stand-up mixer. With the mixer running on low speed, add the vanilla, butter, egg whites and sugar, until well-combined.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, salt, and cardamom, if using. Add the dry ingredients to the mixer, a half cup at a time until just mixed. Be careful not to overbeat. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake for 1 hour, until the tops are golden brown and a cake-tester inserted into the middle of each loaf comes out clean. Remove the pans from the oven and let cool on a baking rack for 10-15 mins. Run a knife around the edge of the pans, and gently flip over to remove the loaves. Let cool completely on a baking rack. Slice and serve.
• The bread can be stored for up to a week, if refrigerated and wrapped in aluminum foil or plastic wrap. It will continue to get more moist over time.

PERFECTLY SPICED BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
• Sift flour,baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, allspice and nutmeg together in bowl.
• Add lemon zest and almonds.
• Stir until combined.
• Set aside. Beat butter in large mixing bowl until soft and creamy.
• Beat in sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs and beat until thoroughly blended.
• Beat in flour mixture alternately with bananas until mixture is well blended.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in center of oven 1 hour to 1 hour 5 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes.
• Invert from pan and cool completely on rack.
• Variation: Banana-walnut or -pecan bread: Omit almonds.
• Add 3/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans with bananas.

GINGER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Stir bananas, eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla extract into creamed butter mixture until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture until batter is just combined; pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 60 to 65 minutes. Cool bread in the pan for 10 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.

CHAI-SPICE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º. In a large mixing bowl, mix butter into mashed bananas. Add sugar, egg and almond extract. Sprinkle baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt over entire mixture and mix well. Add flour and nuts last and mix well. Pour batter into buttered loaf pan. Bake 60-75 minutes. Cool on a rack before removing from pan.

SUPER MOIST SPICED BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• 1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• 2.In a large bowl, stir together the melted butter and sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla, mix well. Sift then Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves and salt, stir into the butter mixture until smooth. Finally, fold in the sour cream, walnuts and bananas. Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
• 3.Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool loaf in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

SHEET PAN SPICED BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a rimmed 18" x 13" baking sheet with nonstick baking spray. Line with parchment paper and spray again. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk to combine flour, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, baking soda, and salt.
• Place butter and brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until lightened, about 3-4 minutes, scraping down the side of the bowl as necessary with a spatula. Reduce speed to low and add eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla and oil. Beat until combined, again scraping down the bowl.
• In three additions, add flour mixture, alternating with two additions of sour cream, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix only until no dry ingredients remain. Do not overmix. Remove bowl from stand mixer.
• Add mashed bananas, walnuts, and chocolate and fold to combine. Transfer batter to prepared baking sheet and spread into an even layer. Top with sliced bananas.
• Transfer to oven and bake, rotating halfway through, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Remove from oven and brush tops of bananas with honey. Let cool on a rack. Cut into pieces and serve.