Bitter Cream Banana Bread – Barefeet within the Kitchen

Bitter Cream Banana Bread is a candy, traditional bread with a crisp-edged crust and a young crumb. Unfold with butter or sliced and eaten simply as is, banana bread is a pleasant and scrumptious fast bread that my complete household loves.

Bitter Cream Banana Bread

I baked this as muffins the primary time I made it and we favored them a lot that the muffins disappeared in 24 hours. My youngest begged for extra after his nap this afternoon and that was all of the excuse I wanted to bake one other batch.

This banana bread recipe comes collectively in simply minutes. Should you select to make muffins as an alternative of a loaf, it will likely be out and in of the oven in underneath 20 minutes. A loaf takes just below an hour.

Slathered with butter and nonetheless heat from the oven, this was a scrumptious deal with that fully and completely ruined my urge for food for dinner. I’ve no complaints about that. None in any respect.

Banana Bread with Bitter Cream

Should you’ve by no means made a banana bread recipe utilizing bitter cream, you’re in for a deal with! Bitter cream is the key to a moist and tender banana bread.

It provides taste and moisture, protecting the bread or muffins from getting too dry, powerful, or crumbly on the within.

Bought overly ripe bananas? This recipe is essentially the most scrumptious means to make use of up these bananas which might be going brown. The excessive sugar content material and moisture of very ripe bananas will make your bread candy and filled with banana taste.

When you’ve got quite a lot of bananas mendacity round you must use, go forward and make a pair loaves of this bread at ones (or a couple of batches of muffins). It freezes well and nobody ever regretted having further banana bread round!

The crust of this bread is simply barely crispy and the distinction between the crisp crust and tender chunk of the within is heavenly. 

So far as bread recipes go, you’ll be able to’t get a lot simpler than banana bread!

The entire elements are combined collectively in only one bowl making clean-up a breeze. You’ll spend much less time cleansing up and extra time having fun with slice after slice of freshly baked banana bread heat from the oven. That feels like a win to me! 

I take advantage of a hand mixer to beat elements collectively however you might actually additionally use a stand mixer or combine the elements nicely by hand. Simply be certain the butter, sugar and eggs are nicely creamed collectively.

One other factor I really like about this recipe is that it’s candy however not TOO candy. So you’ll be able to serve it as a straightforward after-dinner dessert after which once more for breakfast the following morning.

Making this recipe as muffins means you’ll be able to seize one with no fuss for a fast on-the-go breakfast on busy mornings. I additionally love a satisfying slice of calmly toasted banana bread so you actually can’t go unsuitable any means you make it.

Within the occasion you one way or the other handle to not eat all the loaf of Bitter Cream Banana Bread in a day or two, the leftovers make superb Banana Bread French Toast.

Gluten Free Banana Bread

I’ve made each the gluten free and common variations of this banana bread recipe with bitter cream. I get improbable outcomes with each variations each time.

Everybody I’ve served this too has loved the gluten free model which makes use of brown rice flour, tapioca starch and potato starch reasonably than conventional flour. Should you don’t have these elements available or don’t need to make your bread gluten free you’ll be able to simply substitute these elements for all-purpose flour.

Searching for extra scrumptious breads, desserts, and baked items that simply occur to be gluten free? Try Gluten Free Dessert Recipes on this web site!

Nonetheless you make this straightforward Bitter Cream Banana Bread I do know you’re certain to like it as a lot as I do!

Banana Bread Recipe with Bitter Cream

To make this bitter cream banana bread, you’ll want the next elements:

• butter
• brown sugar
• vanilla
• eggs
• flour
• baking soda
• kosher salt
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• very ripe or overripe bananas
• bitter cream

To make this recipe gluten-free, simply swap out the all goal flour and add the next:

• brown rice flour
• tapioca starch
• potato starch

Banana Bread with Nuts

Go nuts if you wish to! This recipe could be very nicely suited to including nuts when you’d like, however doesn’t endure when you don’t put them in.

Do you have to resolve to go the nuts route, simply gently fold in 1 cup toasted, chopped nuts of your option to the combination on the finish of blending.

Banana Bread Recipe with Bitter Cream

Preheat the oven to 350 levels. Evenly grease (2) loaf pans or 12-18 muffin cups.

Mix the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat with a mixer till clean. Add the vanilla and eggs and beat once more till clean.

Slowly add the dry elements, beating simply till mixed. Stir within the bananas and bitter cream and beat simply till mixed.

Pour into the ready pans or muffin tins. Bake the muffins for 18-20 minutes and bake a full dimension loaf for 55-60 minutes, till an inserted toothpick comes out with moist crumbs.

Simple Banana Bread Recipes

Fellow banana bread lovers may also get pleasure from traditional Chocolate Chip Banana Bread, Blueberry Coconut Banana Bread, Coconut Pecan Banana Bread, Hawaiian Banana Bread , and Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Banana Bread, all of which have a spot in our baking rotation.

Irish Raisin Soda Bread and Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread are different marvelous fast breads my household goes completely wild for. A loaf of fast bread or batch of muffins is acceptable any day and any time of 12 months.

These Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins are one other recipe that freezes superbly, making these good for seize and go breakfasts.

{initially printed 4/25/14 – pictures and recipe notes up to date 2/3/25}