Freezer Friendly Banana Bread

Name: Freezer Friendly Banana Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 cups all-purpose flour; ¾ cup sugar; 1½ cups firmly packed brown sugar; 1 tsp. salt; 2 tsp. baking powder; 1½ tsp. baking soda; 1 tsp. ground cinnamon; ¾ tsp. ground nutmeg; 8 medium extra-ripe bananas, peeled and mashed (3 cups); ¾ cup buttermilk; 3 large eggs; ¾ cup butter, melted 2 tsp. vanilla extract

8 steps

Prep:15minCook:1h

Use up your extra-ripe sweet bananas in this breakfast bread you can augment with nuts or chocolate chips.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 02:49:45 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories798.7 kcal (40%)

Total Fat20.4 g (29%)

Carbs141.7 g (55%)

Sugars63.4 g (70%)

Protein13.6 g (27%)

Sodium628.8 mg (31%)

Fiber4.2 g (15%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

8 servings

6 cupsall-purpose flour

¾ cupsugar

1 ½ cupsbrown sugar

firmly packed

1 tspsalt

2 tspbaking powder

1 ½ tspbaking soda

1 tspground cinnamon

¾ tspground nutmeg

8bananas

medium, extra-ripe, peeled and mashed

¾ cupbutter

2 tspvanilla extract

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray 4 (3½×7½-inch) loaf pans or grease with vegetable shortening or butter.

Step 2

2. In a medium bowl, combine all-purpose flour, sugar, brown sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, and ground nutmeg.

Step 3

3. In a large bowl, and using an electric mixer on medium speed, blend bananas, buttermilk, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Add dry ingredients, and stir with a wooden spoon until just combined.

Step 4

4. Fill prepared pans ⅔ full and bake for about 50 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool loaves in the pans for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Step 5

5. Wrap in foil, label, and freeze.

Step 6

To eat after freezing:

Step 7

1. Thaw at room temperature, and enjoy.

Step 8

Variation: This bread is very open to adaptation. Try adding about 2 cups of any of the following to the batter before baking: toasted nuts, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, raisins, or dried sweetened cranberries.