Silver Palate Banana Bread Food

OUR FAVORITE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x5" loaf pan with butter and dust with flour, tapping out any excess.
• Combine banana, sour cream, and vanilla in a medium bowl. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
• Using an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar on medium speed in another large bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 1/2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time and beat on medium speed until fully combined, about 1 minute each. Add banana mixture and beat until just combined, about 30 seconds. Add dry ingredients in 2 batches, beating on low after each addition and scraping down sides of bowl if necessary, until fully incorporated, about 20 seconds per batch. Fold in walnuts. Transfer batter to prepared pan and smooth top with a spatula.
• Bake, rotating halfway through, until batter is set, top is dark golden brown and starting to crack, sides are starting to pull away from pan, and a tester inserted into center of bread comes out clean, 60-65 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack at least 15 minutes. Run a butter knife around perimeter of pan to loosen loaf, then tap pan gently on its side until loaf releases. Transfer to a cutting board or plate and let cool completely before slicing.

SILVER PALATE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• Whisk together the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda and salt. This step is important, so be sure to whisk or stir very, very, well to make sure baking soda is evenly distributed.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time.
• Add flour mixture to butter mixture, stirring until blended.
• Fold in the bananas, vanilla and walnuts, then transfer to the pan.
• Bake 50-60 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. If using a glass loaf pan the bread may take up to 75 minutes.

SILVER PALATE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan. (I used a bundt pan) 2. Mix flour, soda, salt together 3. Mash bananas with a fork, add vanilla to the banana mixture. 4. Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time and beat. 5. Alternately add dry and wet ingredients to butter mixture, beginning and ending with the dry (dry-wet-dry-wet-dry) 6. Pour into pan. Bake 50-60 min, or until cake tester comes out clean (I look for a few mini moist crumbs). Cool in pan 10 min, then on rack.

MULTI-GRAIN PANCAKES FOR SILVER PALATE

Steps:

• Process the flours, oats, , corn meal, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Process until it resembles a coarse meal.
• Beat eggs and buttermilk in a large bowl, beat in honey, stir in flour mixture, then fold in pecans (if using).
• Heat griddle, brush with oil or butter, ladle batter on grill to make 6" cakes, cook until golden on both sides.