Thursday, August 8, 2019

Basic Banana Bread



Ingredients

  • Wet
    • 2 eggs
    • 3-4 bananas, mashed well
    • 1 cup of coconut oil, completely melted (or 1 stick of melted butter)
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Dry
    • 2 cups regular flour
    • 3/4 cup of granulated white sugar (or 1/2 cup for slightly less sweet)
    • 1/2 cup of brown sugar
    • 1 tsp baking soda
    • 1/2 tsp baking powder
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 1 tsp cinnamon 
    • pinch of nutmeg
    • ~2 tsp of cocoa powder
    • 1/4 cup of shredded coconut (plus more for topping)
    • Optional (1/4 cup chocolate chips, if you're doing only 1/2 cup white sugar)
    • Optional: Nigella Lawson's lime and cream cheese frosting to go on top (if you're doing slightly less sugar)
Steps
  1. Preheat oven to 350* F. Grease a glass baking tray 9 x 13 
  2. Sift dry ingredients (except coconut & chocolate chips) in large bowl
  3. Mash bananas in separate medium bowl, add oil to bananas, add vanilla extract, add eggs. Stir until well combined
  4. Add wet ingredients to dry. Mix until just combined using a soft spatula
  5. Fold in chocolate chips and coconut
  6. Pour into baking tray. Sprinkle extra coconut on top to be cute
  7. Bake for 30 minutes. Test if knife in center comes out clean