Banana Bread Recipe! How to make Banana Bread!

Everybody likes bananas. They are a popular and highly nutritious fruit that can be found in almost any country around the globe. They are the second most exported fruit after tomatoes worldwide, if you can accurately identify them as traditional type fruit. There's hardly any calories to worry about in a banana, and they taste delicious, but eating them all the time on their own can get a bit boring even for the biggest banana fans out there.

Having this in mind, I figured I'd share a quick and straightforward recipe for banana bread that I picked up while staying with some friends over the weekend. Trust me that you don't need to be a Gordan Ramsay in the kitchen to be able to do this, and I want to make the point that if I can do it, then anyone can!

Ingredients For Very Simple Banana Bread Recipe

So first things first, I'll mention here the ingredients you'll need for this straightforward recipe for banana bread. These are all things you'll possibly have in the kitchen, but they're all conveniently found at any local store or supermarket.

Four bananas, the riper (or browser), the better
* 1/3 cup of butter
* 1 egg
* 1 teaspoon of vanilla
* 1/3 cup of raisins
* 1 teaspoon of baking soda
* Sprinkling of salt
* 3/4 cup of sugar
* 1 and a half cups of flour

Utensils needed

* Oven
* Wooden spoon
* Cup (to measure your ingredients)
* A teaspoon
* A large bowl
* Fork
* 4*8 deep loaf pan
* Cooling rack

If you don't like them or don't have any in the fridge, you don't have to have the raisins; they're just an extra ingredient that I used to make my simple recipe for banana bread that little bit more delicious.

How to Make Banana Bread?

So you have all your ingredients in front of you, now it's time for a very brief summary to illustrate how simple this recipe for banana bread is. Preparing the banana bread shouldn't take you more than five minutes before popping it up in the over for about an hour.

1. Turn the oven on at 175 degrees C or 350 degrees F until you get your hands on the ingredients, this is to ensure that it is preheated by the time you pop your banana bread mix to cook in it.

2. Peel and put the bananas in the pot, and mash them with the fork.

3. Take your wooden spoon and mix the butter in the bowl with mashed banana.

4. Then add the egg and proceed to blend, then add the raisins, sugar and vanilla, then blend again.

5. Attach the salt and the baking soda while you are still mixing.

6. Next, add the flour and more blend.

7. Butter the saucepan before pouring/scooping into the mixture.

8. Lie down for an hour in the oven.

9. Clear from the oven, and put on rack 10 for cooling. Love it!

As you can see, in 9 fast and easy measures, this simple banana bread recipe can be accomplished by anyone irrespective of their level of kitchen expertise.

Calories in banana bread 

If you are someone who watches their weight and counts the calories, then you may be interested in the amount of calories in banana bread. It's hard to put an exact number on each slice, but I'd say there are about 220-240 calories in each slice of banana bread.

Nevertheless, I would also add that you can receive multiple nutritional benefits from consuming banana bread with the exact nutrients mentioned below:

* Potassium
* Iron
* Calcium
* Sodium
* Vitamin A
* Vitamin C
* Protein

I hope you've found my basic recipe for banana bread useful and that you'll give it yourself a go at home.

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