Banana Bread
"Williams Sonoma"
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
12 pieces
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 1 2⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 medium bananas, very ripe and peeled
- 2⁄3 cup sugar
- 1⁄3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
directions
- Before you start.
- Be sure an adult is nearby to help.
- Preheat an oven to 350°F Grease an 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch metal loaf pan with butter.
- Make the batter.
- In a bowl, using a wooden spoon, stir together the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
- In a large bowl, smash the bananas with a fork. Add the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla and beat with the wooden spoon until well blended.
- Add the flour mixture to the banana mixture and stir just until blended.
- Bake the bread.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared pan, spreading it evenly with the wooden spoon. Put the pan in the oven and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out with just a few crumbs clinging to it, about 45 minutes.
- Using oven mitts, remove the pan from the oven, set it on a wire cooling rack and let cool for 20 minutes.
- Remove the bread from the pan
- Gently run a table knife along the inside edge of the pan to loosen the bread from the sides.
- Using oven mitts, turn the pan on its side and slip the loaf out onto the wire rack. Let the loaf cool for 15 minutes before serving. Makes 1 loaf.
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