When Art Meets Science Banana Bread
The magic ingredients are the flaxseed, whole wheat, yogurt and walnuts. Two superfoods and two super-fibers in one heavenly loaf. But even better, this is a moist banana-y bread, especially delicious when smeared with butter or cream cheese. Does that defeat the science of it? Nah.
You will need:
1/2 cup butter at room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 tablespoons flaxseed meal
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about three)
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup coarsely chopped walnut halves
To make the bread:
Preheat your oven to 350 and butter a large loaf pan.
In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugar until pale yellow and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat to combine.
In another bowl, sift together flours, flaxseed meal, baking soda, and salt. Using a spatula, mix the flour mixture into the butter mixture, folding until just combined. Add bananas, yogurt, vanilla and mix gently, again until just combined. Fold in walnuts.
Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for an hour and ten minutes, or until your finger doesn't leave an indentation when you gently press the top. Remove from the oven and let the loaf rest for ten minutes or so before releasing it on a cooling rack.
The bread should keep, if wrapped, on the counter for a week.
3 comments:
That bread is pure magic. Scientific magic, of course. I can't wait to try my hand at making it (or beg some from you).
Wait. I saw this somewhere else...and your pictures are better. Actually, your pictures are quite beautiful. Well done.
Thanks for the teaching tips...
SWW: There's plenty more where that came from. ECG recently bought a ton of bananas just to keep himself in banana-bread supply.
AH: Thanks for the kudos! I really appreciate them. I hope school is moving along swimmingly for you.
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