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Slightly decadent banana bread

29 Wednesday Jun 2016

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I found that buying bananas in the summer months is a mistake, bananas are more of a winter fruit, but my mistake yielded us a delectable delight, banana bread! I looked up the Starbucks recipe which I included at the bottom of this post along with the baking directions, however I made some changes to the ingredients, not big changes more like a tweak or two. I used a cup of whole wheat flour and a cup of un bleached flour, I used 3/4 cup of sugar, I used a 7 oz of Fage 2% plain Greek yogurt, I put all of the walnuts in the batter and I used 1/3 cup of sunflower oil, I didn’t use any buttermilk, I figured the yogurt was an adequate substitute for the buttermilk and the missing portion of oil. The resulting banana bread was a hit, it was just as moist if not more so than Starbucks version, I felt pretty good about eating it, what with whole wheat flour, the yogurt, the lesser amount of sugar and of oil, the changes I made didn’t alter the baking time or the oven temperature, I followed the directions to the letter without a problem.

I’m glad I put all of the walnuts in the batter, for me banana bread isn’t complete without walnuts and the more the better, bananas and walnuts are a marriage made in tasty heaven.

It’s hard not eating more than one slice a day, one thing about banana bread is that it is caloric, 400 calories a slice, so my willpower is being tested lol.

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 325. Grease a 9x5x3 loaf pan and dust with flour.

Blend the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

Mix the egg, sugar, and vegetable oil until combined.

Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and when blended, add the buttermilk, vanilla, and mashed bananas; mix well.

Fold 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts and pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

Top the batter with remaining 1/3 cup of walnuts.

Bake for 45-60 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1⁄4 teaspoon salt

1 egg

1 1⁄8 cups sugar

1⁄2 cup vegetable oil

2 tablespoons buttermilk

1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 ripe medium-large bananas, mashed

1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts

1⁄3 cup chopped walnuts (in addition to 1/2 cup)

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