Best Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup toasted walnuts (, you can grind these if your audience doens't like the texture of nuts) or 1 cup toasted pecans, , chopped (, you can grind these if your audience doens't like the texture of nuts)
• 3 ripe, soft, darkly speckled large bananas, mashed well (about 1 1/2 cups)
• 1/4 cup plain yogurt
• 2 large eggs, beaten lightly
• 6 tablespoons butter, melted then cooled
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 adjust oven rack to lower middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease bottom only of regular loaf pan, or grease and flour bottom and sides of nonstick 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan.
• 3 combine dry ingredients together in large bowl and set aside.
• 4 mix mashed bananas, yogurt, eggs, butter, and vanilla with wooden spoon in medium bowl.
• 5 lightly fold banana mixture into dry ingredients with rubber spatula until just combined and batter looks thick and chunky.
• 6 pour batter into prepared loaf pan; bake until loaf is golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
• 7 cool in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack.
• 8 wrap tightly with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator for 4 days, on the counter for 2 days.