Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Recipe: Eggless Banana Bread

I had two ripe bananas that were perfect for banana bread, but I didn't have any eggs. So I went searching online for an eggless banana bread recipe. I found this one first, but it doesn't give any measurements for the ingredients! So that was worthless. But after a little more digging, I came upon this recipe from the Hebbar's Kitchen blog. 

Ingredients

  • 3 ripened bananas
  • 3/4 cup sugar (or 1 cup depending on the sweetness of the bananas)
  • 1/2 cup oil or butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup maida/plain flour/all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup wheat flour/atta
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/2 cup walnuts

Directions

  1. Firstly, take ripe bananas and cut them into pieces.
  2. Also add sugar and mash the bananas.
  3. Furthermore, add oil and vanilla extract.
  4. Also sieve maida, wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
  5. Blend and combine all of the dry ingredients with the banana puree.
  6. Furthermore, add walnuts and fold gently. 
  7. Transfer the batter into a cake mold or bread mold. 
  8. Pat the tray twice to remove the air incorporated into the batter.
  9. Place the tray into preheated oven. Bake the cake at 180° Celsius or 356° Fahrenheit for 40 minutes.
  10. Further, allow the cake to cool completely.
  11. And later cut to slices and serve.
  12. Finally, serve the banana bread or store in airtight container.  

Even this recipe is not great (I laughed at the "furthermore" phrases in the instructions), but at least it gave me measurements! I only used all-purpose flour (which I did not bother to sieve), and I used melted butter (I find that's easiest to work with, but use the oil if you're trying to make this recipe vegan.). I also added chocolate chips along with the walnuts (who doesn't like chocolate chip banana bread?). The recipe doesn't say to spray the bread mold, but as an experienced baker, I feared the bread would stick if I didn't do it. Also note that the recipe never says to remove the bread from the mold... Because this is such a rudimentary recipe, I wasn't sure how this banana bread was going to turn out. 


Well, it stuck. And that was after I sprayed the pan, which the recipe doesn't mention! Perhaps I tried to remove the bread while it was still warm, unsure about that. BUT I will say it tastes delicious! I would not be able to tell at all that there is no egg in this banana bread. It may not look great, but it tastes good!

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