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Baking & desserts · American · Weeknight

Banana Bread

Not too sweet. Great for when you have friends over for tea.

Open it in the app → Scaled list, tap-off ingredients, and cook mode with timers. The iPhone app is coming soon; the web mockup runs it now.

Ingredients serves 4

  • 2 cupsall purpose flour
  • 1½ teaspoonbaking powder
  • ½ teaspoonbaking soda
  • Spices:
  • 1 teaspooncinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoonnutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoonginger
  • ¼ teaspoonsalt
  • 1½ cupsmashed bananas (this is around 4-5 bananas)
  • 2eggs
  • 1 cupsugar (brown or white is fine)
  • ½ cupbutter
  • ¼ cupcrushed walnuts

Method one step at a time, with timers in the app

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C)
  2. Mix the wet ingredients (eggs, bananas, butter, sugar) in one bowl.
  3. Mix the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda/powder, spices, salt) in another
  4. Slowly add the wet to the dry while mixing.
  5. Mix until dry bits of flour are gone.
  6. Pour into lightly buttered or oiled loaf pan.
  7. Bake for around an hour (it's definitely ready when a wooden skewer or

Allergens, with the fine print read

Original recipe by martin-chrzanowski, published in the public domain by Public Domain Recipes (Unlicense). Shown as written; not yet tested in the Socrabites kitchen.