Banana bread
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 25 min. preparation time, 50 min. baking time
Nutrition: Calories ca 261 / Protein 6g / Carbohydr. 43g / Fat 12g
Ingredients (12 servings)
| 220 g | all-purpose flour |
| 0.5 tsp | baking powder |
| 1 tbsp | vanilla sugar |
| 75 g | butter (melted) |
| 3 | bananas (divided) |
| 3 | eggs |
| 100 g | brown sugar |
| 100 ml | buttermilk |
| 100 g | hazelnuts |
| salt | |
| butter for greasing | |
| confectioners’ sugar for serving |
Utensils
fork, baking dish, standing mixer or hand mixer with beaters, oven, large bowl, whisk, toothpick, freezer bag, rolling pin
Wine Tip
Vin Santo
This Italian dessert wine is aged in wood barrels, making it pair especially well with nuts.
Step 1
In a standing mixer, combine flour, baking powder, vanilla sugar, and a pinch of salt.
standing mixer or hand mixer with beaters
220 g all-purpose flour / 0.5 tsp baking powder / 1 tbsp vanilla sugar / salt
Step 2
Peel some of the bananas. Use a fork to mash in a bowl.
fork, large bowl
2 bananas
Step 3
Add eggs, brown sugar, buttermilk, and melted butter to bowl and whisk to combine.
whisk
3 eggs / 100 g brown sugar / 100 ml buttermilk / 75 g butter
Step 4
Add wet ingredients to mixer and beat until well combined.
standing mixer or hand mixer with beaters
Step 5
Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F. Add hazelnuts to freezer bag and crush with rolling pin.
oven, freezer bag, rolling pin
100 g hazelnuts
Step 6
Add crushed hazelnuts to mixer and beat to combine.
standing mixer or hand mixer with beaters
Step 7
If needed, grease baking dish. Pour in half of batter. Peel remaining banana and place it on top of the batter. Cover with remaining batter. Transfer to oven and bake in preheated oven at 180°C / 350°F until an inserted toothpick comes out clean, approx. 40 – 50 min. Allow to cool, then sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar. Enjoy with whipped cream or with homemade hazelnut spread.
baking dish, oven, toothpick
1 banana / butter for greasing / confectioners’ sugar for serving