Sourdough Banana Bread | Mel’s Kitchen Cafe

This sourdough banana bread is subsequent degree scrumptious with an intensely delicate sturdy crumb. The recipe works nice with discard or fed starter.

Make room in your coronary heart for an additional banana bread recipe.

With a uniquely delicate texture, this sourdough banana bread is totally essentially the most unbelievable banana bread ever.

Let’s Speak About Sourdough for a Minute

The sourdough on this recipe contributes to general taste with out screaming: I AM SOURDOUGH, HEAR ME ROAR. In reality, for those who ate a bit of this bread with out understanding any particulars, I’m virtually optimistic you wouldn’t peg it as a sourdough recipe in any respect.

Nevertheless, the place the sourdough completely shines is within the lusciously delicate texture that’s in contrast to any different banana bread I’ve ever had.

You guys, this bread is so extremely scrumptious.

I take advantage of a 1:1:1 sourdough starter. The consistency is thick however runny. This recipe works effectively utilizing discard or fed sourdough starter.

Banana Bread Batter

This one-bowl banana bread batter could be very easy.

Combine the moist components:

• neutral-flavored oil
• brown sugar + granulated sugar
• mashed bananas
• sourdough starter (fed or discard)
• eggs
• vanilla

After which stir within the dry components:

• flour (all-purpose or complete wheat)
• baking powder + baking soda + salt
• floor cinnamon

A Substantial Loaf

This recipe makes one giant loaf of banana bread. Which implies!! —> Don’t attempt shoving the batter right into a smaller loaf pan. You’ll be unhappy and so will your oven when issues go awry and begin over flowing into effervescent, burning carnage.

*Use a 9X5-inch loaf pan*

For those who solely have smaller loaf pans (like an 8 1/2 X 4 1/2-inch dimension), fill the pan barely greater than 2/3 full and use the remainder of the batter for mini loaves or just a few muffins.

Learn the notice within the recipe beneath for excessive elevation baking the place batter tends to rise quicker and typically overflow!

I’ve made this bread not less than a dozen occasions and whereas the loaf pan is full, it has by no means overflowed (I stay at about 2,500 toes elevation). It domes up superbly whereas baking.

A Tried-and-True Banana Bread Recipe

I’m so excited so that you can do this recipe.

For those who don’t have a sourdough starter, beg, steal or borrow till you do! I promise this bread is value it.

I’ve added *just a few* chocolate chips with good outcomes. Baked in mini loaf pans with good outcomes. Doubled and tripled the recipe with good outcomes. Delegated the making of to the youngsters with good outcomes.

It’s simply a type of wonderful and soul-fulfilling recipes I can’t envision my life with out. Lengthy stay sourdough banana bread. 💗

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Sourdough Banana Bread

Yield: 12 slices (1 loaf)

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook dinner Time: 55 minutes

• 1 ½ cups (350 g) mashed bananas (about 3 medium bananas)
• ½ cup (140 g) sourdough starter, fed or discard
• ½ cup (100 g) neutral-flavored oil (see notice)
• ½ cup (106 g) packed mild brown sugar
• ½ cup (106 g) granulated sugar
• 2 giant (100 g out of shell) eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ¾ cups (249 g) all-purpose or complete wheat flour (see notice if utilizing complete wheat)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon floor cinnamon

• Preheat the oven to 350 levels F. Line a 9X5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper and calmly grease with cooking spray (I lower a strip of parchment paper and line the underside and two lengthy sides). Put aside.

• In a big bowl, whisk collectively the bananas, sourdough starter, oil, brown sugar, granulated sugar, egg and vanilla till very well-combined.

• Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Combine with a rubber spatula till simply mixed and no dry streaks stay. Do not over combine.

• Pour the batter into the ready pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes till the highest springs again calmly to the contact and a toothpick inserted within the heart comes out clear.

• Take away the bread from the pan and let cool on a wire rack.

Pan Dimension: this recipe makes an excessive amount of batter for a smaller 8 1/2 X 4 1/2-inch loaf pan, so ensure the pan is 9X5-inches. (For prime elevation baking the place batter can rise faster and typically overflow, you would possibly need to reserve a few of the batter and bake in a mini loaf pan or 2-3 muffins. I stay at 2,500 toes and this bread doesn’t overflow within the oven, however I haven’t examined it at excessive elevation). 
Oil: use a neutral-flavored oil like canola, vegetable, grapeseed, melted coconut oil (refined coconut oil doesn’t have a robust coconut taste) or different oil with out a robust taste profile. I haven’t tried subbing a part of the oil with applesauce, however you may experiment. You may also use melted butter. If doing so, lower the salt by 1/4 teaspoon. In my testing, the bread rises much less effectively when utilizing melted butter and the crumb has a barely greasier texture. For that cause, I desire utilizing oil.
Complete Wheat: when utilizing complete wheat flour on this recipe, I like to recommend utilizing white complete wheat (arduous or delicate wheat) – or a wheat berry or flour like kamut or einkhorn. These varieties are much less dense and darkish than utilizing purple complete wheat. 

Serving: 1 slice, Energy: 255kcal, Carbohydrates: 38g, Protein: 3g, Fats: 10g, Saturated Fats: 1g, Ldl cholesterol: 31mg, Sodium: 287mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 20g

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