If you want a good classic banana bread you have to make it yourself. Nothing beats homemade and so that’s what she was making.
And although she hates to cook banana bread if pretty tough to screw up:
Put dry ingredients in one bowl, mix with a fork.
Use a hand mixer to blend remaining ingredients in other bowl.
Fold two bowls together.
Bake
But my mother understands one crucial point to old fashioned banana bread – the bananas MUST be overripe.
Not just yellow bananas with a bit of bruising.
You want to put the bananas in a paper bag so the starchy banana turns to sugar – that makes homemade banana bread moist and sweet.
Homemade Banana Bread Equipment
As I’m not a baker there are a few things I realized you do need that some people may not have.
Loaf Pan
If you’re in North America the standard loan pan is 8-1/2 x 4-1/2 x 2-1/2 inches – usually rounded up and called a 9×5 loaf pan.
If you want to buy one yourself this one is less than $10 and available for Prime shipping.
It is the default for recipes so if you’re unsure what you have it is probably this size.
Although my mother has a fully stocked kitchen we had to borrow this. If you don’t have a loaf pan I’m sure someone you know has one.
Hand Mixer
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