Johns Banana Bread Recipes

BANANA BREAD PANCAKES

Steps:

• Combine flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda in a small bowl with a whisk. Reserve until needed.
• Place banana in a mixing bowl and mash into a smooth paste with a potato masher. Add egg and sugar and whisk thoroughly until sugar is dissolved and mixture is smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Add milk, vanilla extract, 1/4 cup melted butter, walnuts, and flour mixture. Whisk until just combined.
• Let batter rest for 10 minutes.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large, nonstick pan or skillet over medium-high heat. Once the pan is hot, transfer in about 1/3 cup of the batter per pancake. Reduce heat to medium and cook until edges start to look dry and small air bubbles pop up through the surface, about 3 minutes. Flip and cook until golden brown, about 3 minutes more. Serve immediately.

JOHN'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Grease and line three 9"X5" loaf tins.
• Pre mix the flour, salt, and baking soda.
• Mash the bananas in the mixer.
• Mix in the eggs, sugar.
• Add the dried ingredients.
• Add the dried fruit nuts etc. - this is where all that extra horsepower from a good mixer comes in handy!
• Spoon out the mix into the three loaf pans - a scale is a handy way to get them approximately equal.
• Bake about 1 hour at 350°F When done, a test stick will come out clean.

BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan. Using electric mixer, cream butter until smooth and fluffy. Add sugar and cream together 2 minutes more. One at a time, mix in eggs. Mix in bananas until only small lumps remain.
• Stir dry ingredients together and mix into banana mixture just until combined. Pour into prepared pan. If making topping, stir ingredients together and sprinkle over batter.
• Bake about 55 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool in pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack and let cool completely before wrapping tightly for storage.

ST. JOHN'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease & flour loaf pans.
• Cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs.
• Mix together sifted dry ingredients. Add to wet ingredients. Mix well.
• Add in mashed bananas. Add nuts & chocolate chips (if using). Mix well.
• Pour into prepared pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes (see note for smaller loaves). Breads are done when a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• While breads are still warm, spread melted butter over top and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture.
• ** Notes: If making small loaves, bake 30-35 minutes. You can also use the disposable aluminum loaf pans, and freeze breads for gifts!

CHEF JOHN'S BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Coat a 9x4-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Whisk flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl.
• Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add mashed bananas and beat until combined. Beat eggs into the butter mixture one at a time, fully blending each egg before adding the next. Stir vanilla extract and milk into the mixture.
• Stir chopped walnuts, chocolate chips, and flour mixture into banana mixture until just incorporated.
• Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan. Tap pan on the counter to release any air pockets.
• Bake in preheated oven for about 1 hour 10 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
• Let the bread rest in the pan for 15-20 minutes; remove from pan, slice, and serve.