Banana bread

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Pale banana bread loaf made with unripe bananas and omitting molasses

Banana bread is a type of bread that is made with mashed fully ripe bananas.^[1] It is often a moist, sweet, cake-like quick bread; however, there are some banana bread recipes that are traditional-style yeast breads.

History

Banana bread first became a standard feature of American cookbooks with the popularization of baking soda and baking powder in the 1930s, appeared in Pillsbury's 1933 Balanced Recipes cookbook,^[2] and later gained more acceptance with the release of the original Chiquita Banana's Recipe Book in 1950.^[3]

Variations

• Banana raisin bread
• Banana nut bread - chopped nuts, often walnuts or pecans, are added to the recipe.
• Chocolate chip banana bread - chocolate chips are added to the recipe.

See also

• Bánh chuối, a banana cake from Vietnam.
• Pumpkin bread
• Zucchini bread

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Banana bread

Wikibooks Cookbook has a recipe/module on Banana bread

• How To Make Banana Bread

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