Ginger Banana Bread Recipe

Prep Time:
15 mins

Cook Time:
1 hr

Additional Time:
10 mins

Total Time:
1 hr 25 mins

Servings:
12

Ingredients

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.

Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt in a bowl.

Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Stir in bananas, eggs, lemon juice, and vanilla extract until well blended; stir into flour mixture until batter just combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 60 to 65 minutes. Cool bread in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Cook’s Note

If you want to bake this in a smaller pan, shorten the baking time to 40 to 45 minutes. If you are using decorative wooden lattice bread pans (common during the holidays for gift-giving), remember to increase the temperature by 25 degrees F.

To make your mashed bananas, you can either mash them with a fork for that lumpy-bits-of-fruit experience or you can put them into the food processor for a very smooth result. I prefer to mix the lemon juice in with the bananas at this point to keep the fruit from browning while I'm preparing the batter.

Remember that bananas increase dramatically in sugar content as they ripen. The riper the bananas, the sweeter the bread will be. The greener the banana, the more bite it will give the bread. Find the version that works best for your family. I personally like mine when the bananas have become soft and the skins are speckled with brown spots.

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