Banana Bread

Ingredients — tap to check off as you gather

• 3 ripe (350 g) very ripe bananas
• ⅓ cup (75 g) butter
• ¾ cup (150 g) sugar
• 1 large (50 g) egg
• 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cup (190 g) all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp (6 g) baking soda
• ½ tsp (3 g) salt

Steps

1. Prep — Butter a 9×5-in loaf pan.
2. Prep — Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
3. Mash (with a fork, some lumps fine) — 3 ripe (350 g) very ripe bananas.
4. Melt — ⅓ cup (75 g) butter.
5. Mix — the mash from step 3, the melt from step 4, ¾ cup (150 g) sugar, 1 large (50 g) egg, 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract.
6. Whisk (dry) — 1 ½ cup (190 g) all-purpose flour, 1 tsp (6 g) baking soda, ½ tsp (3 g) salt.
7. Fold in (until no dry streaks — don’t overmix) — the mix from step 5, the whisk (dry) from step 6.
8. Bake (350°F (175°C) · 55–60 min, until a skewer comes out clean) — the fold in from step 7.