Recipe: Yummy Nikki's Brown Sugar Banana Bread

Nikki's Brown Sugar Banana Bread. Brown sugar and cinnamon add depth to this moist, sweet bread. The perfect present for friends and loved ones! Deliciously sweet banana bread with plenty of vanilla flavor.

Hygroscopy theory suggests banana bread made with brown sugar should be more moist. The original vegan banana bread recipe is from www.foodnetwork.com. As usual, I substituted the all-purpose flour with whole wheat flour, so here are the ingredients for my slightly modified version Classic banana bread spiced up with cinnamon and soft brown sugar delivers a loaf so good, you won't be able to stop at just one slice. You can have Nikki's Brown Sugar Banana Bread using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Nikki's Brown Sugar Banana Bread

1. You need 3 of super ripe bananas, mashed.
2. Prepare 3/4 cup of + 1 tbsp sugar.
3. You need 3/4 cup of brown sugar.
4. It's 3 of eggs, lightly beaten.
5. You need 2 tsp of vanilla.
6. You need 1/2 cup of melted butter.
7. You need 1/4 cup of milk.
8. It's 2 cup of AP flour.
9. You need 1 tsp of baking soda.
10. It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
11. It's 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts, pecans, chocolate chips, raisins, shredded coconut, or whatever else you like.

Make sure the bananas you are using are soft and quite bruised. The softer and riper the bananas, the better the banana bread will be. Memorial Day weekend doesn't conjure up images of sweatpants and slippers, does it? Unless you live in New Jersey.

Nikki's Brown Sugar Banana Bread step by step

1. preheat oven to 350°F.
2. grease 9"x5" loaf pan and put 12 baking cups in mini muffin pan.
3. in a medium bowl mix eggs, mashed bananas, sugars, melted butter, vanilla and milk. beat with electric mixer about one minute.
4. add flour, salt, and baking soda and blend with a wooden spoon until just moist and mixed. gently stir in nuts or other add-in. pour batter into pans.
5. if you like, you can bake covered with foil the first 20 minutes or so to prevent over browing, then remove and bake another 40 minutes approximately. cooking times can vary, so check regularly..
6. it is done when its golden brown, and toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. if middle is still uncooked and edges are getting dark, i just cover them only with foil and lower the temp to 325, and it still comes out moist and yummy.
7. let cool before serving. if desired, can be drizzled with butter and/or sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, brown sugar, or even honey, or whatever else you dream up! now try not to eat it all before the kids get home like i almost did! lol.

How to Make Brown Sugar Banana Bread. The recipe is pretty basic… You've got flour, baking soda salt and of course brown sugar. I do love a banana bread and this recipe is one that Shan came up with. Pro Tip: Do not break up the brown sugar too much when stirring its ok to leave it clumpy. When mixing this up be sure you don't over mix and break apart the clumps that brown sugar sometimes has.