Good Neighbor Day Banana Bread is really just an excuse to use up some over-ripe bananas (and maybe say hi to the neighbors).
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 16
Author Cookie Madness
Ingredients
1 ½cups200 grams all-purpose unbleached flour
½cup70 grams whole wheat flour
¾cup150 grams of sugar
¾teaspoonbaking soda
½teaspoonsalt
½teaspooncinnamonoptional
3large ripe bananas12 oz
⅓cupyogurt -- plainvanilla, coconut any fat level okay
2large eggs
1teaspoonvanilla extract
3tablespoonsunsalted buttermelted
3tablespoonscoconut oilmelted or canola oil
½cupchopped pecans or walnutsoptional
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease the bottom and short sides of an 8 ½ by 4 ½ or a 9x5 inch loaf pan and line with a strip of parchment. Grease again, only going up about ¼ inch up the sides, then dust with flour.
Whisk together both of the flours, sugar, baking soda, salt, and salt. Add cinnamon (if using). When you whisk, do it very thoroughly so that all dry ingredients are evenly distributed.
In a large bowl, mash the bananas with a fork, then stir in the yogurt, eggs, and vanilla.
With a heavy duty scraper, stir the dry ingredients into the banana mixture.
Pour the melted butter and coconut oil over the batter and stir with a heavy scraper until well blended – do not overbeat, just gently fold.
Transfer batter to the pan and spread evenly. Sprinkle nuts over the top.
Bake for 60-70 minutes or until it appears cracked on top and a toothpick inserted comes out clean
Let cool for about half an hour, then loosen from pan. Let cool for another half hour, then remove from pan and let cool completely.
Notes
It rises a little higher when using the buttermilk and sour cream combo.