I have been searching for the best banana bread recipe for a long time. I have made a ‘brick’, ‘gooey’,’dry’….you name it. At times I had to toss the entire loaf in the trash. Wasted so many bananas and butter….Is there anybody out there feeling this pain? I personally think banana bread is the hardest quick bread to make it right. But after what it seems endless melt downs, I finally made the best banana bread ever. It is super moist and flavorful. I added a teaspoon of matcha green tea. (Don’t get too excited and put more than what you need…It will taste like pot…in a bad way) Just a teaspoonful of matcha powder adds nice earthiness to the loaf.
Another yummy variation : Instead of matcha, try adding 2 Tablespoon ground flaxseed meal. (I used Bob’s Red Mill whole ground flaxseed meal) It tastes so nutty and robust! You don’t even need to add walnuts. And it’s super good for you!!
Ingredients
1 stick butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups unbleached flour
2 teaspoon matcha powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed ‘over’ ripe bananas (the more over ripe, the better)
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Preparation
1. Cream butter and add sugar, mix till fluffy .
2. Add one egg at a time.
3. Add banana, sour cream and vanilla
4. In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients and fold it into wet batter
5. Add walnuts
6. Bake for 1 hour at 350’F till center comes out clean
Dang. That’s one hot oven! Mine only goes to 550F. You using fancy wood fired brick oven?
Admittedly, I’ve only been baking for a few months now. Sure, I helped my grandmother many times when I was little, her tidbits have carried me through my trials with some success. I’ve had some stellar loaves of banana bread. Both in texture (crumb & crust) and flavors. Used Joy of Cooking’s latest recipe. Here’s one of the loaves I made!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7295452@N03/6118559929/in/photostream
Will grab me some Matcha next time I’m out, would love to give it a shot!
xo, Biggles
Yours looks amazing…..I should try that recipe next time!! Thanks dr. biggles. Now I’m craving some meat….hmmm
-newbie blogger, christina
Thank you! I made a pretty nifty potato gratin the other day, with rendered bacon and two kinds of cheeses. I really wanted to do a poppy seed cake this week, but found out it was going to be about 10 dollars or so for the seeds !!! Er, no thank you ma’am! Need to find a local source for some reasonably priced poppy seeds, eh?
xo, Biggles
$10?!? Yikes…didn’t know poppy seeds were that expensive. I do love lemon poppy seeds cake though….post up pics! (Maybe some place sells by bulk?) Wooo potato gratin….yummmmm
How awesome are gratins? Yup, that awesome. I didn’t know they were that expensive either. But we’re talking grocery store prices in small containers. Being in the San Francisco Bay Area, there’s got to be a place where I can find something a little more accommodating. OoOoO, lemon poppy seed cake! I have a lemon tree, now all I need are those pesky poppy seeds …
Try Nutsonline.com for reasonably priced poppy seeds. They’re organic. I’ve tried their poppy seed filling (for family poppy seed/nut roll recipe) and it’s excellent.
http://www.nutsonline.com/search?q=poppy+seeds
-Diane E.
Cool! Thanks, Diane. I will make sure dr. biggle above gets your info! 🙂
Qué rico, tiene una pinta….Fantastico
Flaxseed was cultivated in Babylon as early as 3000 BC. In the 8th century, King Charlemagne believed so strongly in the health benefits of flaxseed that he passed laws requiring his subjects to consume it. Now, thirteen centuries later, some experts say we have preliminary research to back up what Charlemagne suspected.^`
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