Basic Banana Bread

We had a few bananas that were turning brown, so I thought I would make some banana bread and kill 2 birds with 1 stone. I'd use up the bananas and not have to worry about what to eat for breakfast. I only used a half cup of sugar for the entire loaf, so there's no need to feel guilty about eating too much sugar at breakfast either! Sounds like a win to me! I started off with these recipes, but then made some modifications. Since I had already gotten started by the time I realized I only had about 2 tablespoons of butter, I only used 2 tablespoons (minus what I used to grease the pan). We had also finished off all our plain yogurt. I know you're supposed to keep some for the next batch, but we're going out of town for a few weeks in a bit, so I figured we could just eat it all now, and then I could start again when we got back. I've also been thinking about making coconut milk yogurt instead, so we'll see. Anyway - back to the recipe. Since I didn't have any yogurt, I substituted milk (and added a bit more to help with the moisture). This banana bread was quite simple, and it was also very forgiving of my edits. Give it a try and see what you think!

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Basic Banana Bread

by CJ Huang

A quick and basic banana bread - easy to dress up if you choose, perfectly delicious if you don't.

Materials:

Mass	Weight	Volume	Number	Material	Notes
		2 cups		flour	I used half wheat and half white.
		3/4 teaspoon		baking soda
		1/2 teaspoon		salt
		1/2-1 cup		sugar
		2 tablespoons		butter
			2	large eggs
		1.5 cups		mashed bananas
		1/2 cup		milk
		2 teaspoons		vanilla extract
		2 tablespoons		brown sugar

Methods:

1. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt, forming the dry team.
2. Mix together eggs, sugar, and butter, and then blend together with bananas, milk, and vanilla until homogeneous, forming the wet team.
3. Add dry team to wet team, and mix until just moist.
4. Pour into greased loaf pan and bake at 350F until knife/toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.