Banana Bread

Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

• 1/2
  
  cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  
• 1
  
  cup brown sugar
  
• 2
  
  large eggs, room temperature
  
• 2
  
  cups mashed bananas
  

Dry Ingredients

• 2 1/2
  
  cups pastry flour
  
• 1
  
  teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1/2
  
  teaspoon salt
  

Directions

1. Place a baking rack in the center of a conventional oven and preheat it to 350 F. Grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan or 4 mini loaf pans and set aside.
2. Cream the softened butter in the bowl of stand mixer for 3 minutes. Add the brown sugar and continue to beat for 2 more minutes. Next, add the eggs, one at a time. Scrape the mixture down and then mix in the mashed bananas.
3. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Slowly add them to the wet ingredients. Scrape the bowl with a spatula to make sure the mixture is evenly combined.
4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan or pans and bake for about 45-50 minutes for 1 large loaf cake or about 30-35 minutes for mini loaf cakes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the bread cool for about 15 minutes in the pan then turn it out and let it finish cooling on a rack.