Banana bread is one of America’s finest baked goods, made with just a few ingredients and a simple recipe that creates a delicious masterpiece. Banana bread was brought upon with popularity during the great depression in the early 1930’s as a way to manage food waste.
It was one of the easier desserts to make since it didn’t need yeast to help bake it. It became more common to find baking powder in groceries landing banana bread into recipe books. Unlike other bread, banana bread just needs baking powder and no yeast.
Although it was post war evolution, recipes for banana bread started evolving with less ingredients or more common and cheaper substitutions that people were more likely to have to be able to make banana bread. Banana Bread recipes continue to evolve and change through time, it is one of the baked goods that can be made in many different ways with many different kinds of twists whether it’s adding chocolate chips, walnuts or substituting out some ingredient for healthier ones. Anyone can put any twist and change of their own on the recipe if they want to and in the end it will always taste delicious no matter what substitutions or extra ingredients are added.
Banana bread eventually landed itself a national holiday to celebrate its creation, February 23rd is the United states national holiday for banana bread. Here is a delicious recipe of banana bread to try out at home, it’s quick and easy but still very delectable.
In one bowl mix the mashed bananas, melted butter, brown guar and regular sugar, egg and vanilla extract together. After everything is incorporated start adding in the dry ingredients first the all purpose flour, sift before adding in. Then add the baking soda, salt and any other add ons. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Once preheated add your mixture to your bread pan and let bake for 1hr and 15 minutes. In order to check that the bread is done, stick a toothpick and if there isn’t residue left on the toothpick then your banana bread is done baking and you’ll end up with your delicious banana bread!
