BASIC BANANA BREAD RECIPE

To make a perfect loaf, make sure your bananas are VERY RIPE. I mean the peel should be dark brown to black...Then you will have perfect banana nut bread all the time.

Another one of my banana recipes is basic banana bread recipe. This is a very dense and moist banana bread - which is just how I like it...It's delicious. You may also use this recipe to make banana cupcakes.

MOIST BANANA BREAD RECIPE

2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup homemade unsalted butter
3/4 cup homemade brown sugar, packed
2 eggs, beaten
2-1/3 cups ripe bananas, mashed - 7 bananas
1/4 cup homemade applesauce
1 TBS homemade pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup chopped walnuts, optional

PREHEAT oven to 350 degrees, and lightly grease a 9"x5" loaf pan. Adjust so loaf is baking just below the middle of the oven. (one notch below the middle)

Mix together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

In a small bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Slowly add the eggs and beat until well mixed. Now add the remaining ingredients and stir by hand with a wooden spoon, so the batter is not over mixed.

Add the mashed bananas, and slowly stir until just incorporated. Slowly add banana mixture to the flour mixture and stir until it everything just comes together. NO OVER STIRRING. Fold in the walnuts.

Pour batter into the loaf pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. It is done when a toothpick inserted in several places in the bread comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn over on a cooling rack.