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Best ever banana bread recipe

With its sweet and fruity flavour, moist texture, and super soft crumb, this RACV recipe makes the best banana bread ever.
During the pandemic lockdowns, millions of people around the world started to go bananas … for banana bread.
The delicious loaf emerged the real winner out of the #quarantinebaking trend, taking the mantle as the most Googled recipe during the coronavirus crisis. Searches for the ultimate banana bread recipe peaked in 2021, outpacing those for pancakes, brownies, chocolate cake and even muffins. Even now, with the easing of restrictions, the interest in banana bread has started rising again. On Instagram, banana bread has amassed more than 2.1 million hashtags.
The banana bread boom led the way in a global resurgence of comfort baking and a return to making things from scratch, which clinical psychologist and mindfulness consultant Richard Chambers says is all part of an inherent human coping mechanism in times of crisis.
“When you’re baking and giving a recipe your full attention, tuning into the sensory qualities – the tastes and the smells and the textures and the sounds – you’re deeply connected to the process," he says. "Any time we connect with the senses, it brings us into the present. That’s mindfulness and it makes us feel better.”
Whether you’re baking for comfort or just really love a slice of sweet, hot-buttered banana bread, this is RACV's ultimate recipe – with top tips for aceing the bake. No saggy centres here.
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Best Banana Bread Ever
Ingredients
- 260g plain flour
- 1.5 tsp cinnamon powder
- 15g baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 110g butter
- 320g brown sugar
- 1.5 tsp vanilla extract
- 160ml warm milk
- 1.5 tbsp honey
- 4 eggs
- 6 large ripe bananas, mashed
- 120g walnuts, crushed
Method
- Preheat a fan-forced oven to 160°C.
- Lightly coat a 24cm x 10cm loaf tin with non-stick spray and line with baking paper, leaving a generous overhang on long sides.
- Sift flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl and whisk to evenly disperse.
- Using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat brown sugar, warm milk, vanilla extract, honey and butter in a large bowl until light and fluffy (about 4 minutes). Add eggs one at a time, beating to blend after each addition and scraping down sides and bottom of bowl as needed.
- Reduce speed to low, add flour mixture, and mix until just combined. Be careful not to overmix at this stage as it will toughen the mixture. Add bananas and mix until just combined. Fold in walnuts.
- Scrape batter into prepared pan, being careful to keep the side of the tin clean. Smooth the top and place in the oven. (If you have extra bananas, you can even slice one in half and place on top.)
- Bake for approximately 60–65 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let the bread cool in the pan for one hour. Turn out and allow to cool completely before slicing.
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