Banana Bread (america's Test Kitchen)

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

Ingredients

• 5 bananas (ripe, and previously frozen)
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 defrost bananas in microwave and reserve all the liquid. reduce just the liquid to about 1/4 cup and add this to bananas and mash.
• 2 add the banana mash to wet ingredients in the med bowl.
• 3 add dry ingredients to wet and add 1/2 cup of toasted chopped nuts.
• 4 pour in a greased pan and top batter with an addtional thinly sliced banana if desired(it does look really good with the bananas on top!) sprinkle 2 teaspoons of sugar to carmelize the sliced bananas as it cooks. bake at 350 for 1 hour -rotate pan half way. cool for 15 minutes in pan before removing.