{"id":910,"date":"2013-06-19T18:12:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T22:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/?p=910"},"modified":"2013-06-23T18:52:34","modified_gmt":"2013-06-23T22:52:34","slug":"banana-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/?p=910","title":{"rendered":"Banana Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Tis the season. \u00c2\u00a0Summer. \u00c2\u00a0Where the table life of bananas drops to days. \u00c2\u00a0I can&#8217;t think of a better way use those aging bananas than banana bread. \u00c2\u00a0The recipe below comes from America&#8217;s Test Kitchen and yields a tasty moist loaf.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Ingredients:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">2 cups all-purpose flour<\/span><\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>3 very ripe bananas, mashed well<\/li>\n<li>6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs, lightly beaten<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup plain yogurt<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Directions:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Adjust the oven rack to the lower-middle position and heat the oven to 350 degrees. \u00c2\u00a0Generously coat an 8 1\/2 by 4 1\/2-inch loaf pan with vegetable oil spray.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Whisk the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl. \u00c2\u00a0Whisk the mashed bananas, melted butter, eggs, yogurt, and vanilla together in a separate bowl. \u00c2\u00a0Gently fold the banana mixture into the flour mixture with a rubber spatula until just combined. \u00c2\u00a0Don&#8217;t over mix; the batter will look thick and chunky.<\/li>\n<li>Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. \u00c2\u00a0Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with just a few crumbs attached, about 55 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Let the loaf cool in the pan for 10 minutes before unmolding onto a wire rack to cool for 1 hour.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There is an option where you can add nuts (1\/2 cup walnuts, toasted and chopped), if you&#8217;re into that kind of thing. \u00c2\u00a0As a person of moral character, I am not.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Tis the season. \u00c2\u00a0Summer. \u00c2\u00a0Where the table life of bananas drops to days. \u00c2\u00a0I can&#8217;t think of a better way use those aging bananas than banana bread. \u00c2\u00a0The recipe below comes from America&#8217;s Test Kitchen and yields a tasty moist loaf. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour 3\/4 cup sugar 3\/4 teaspoon baking soda 1\/2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[159,158,198],"class_list":["post-910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking","tag-arthurs-easy-bake-oven","tag-baking","tag-quick-bread"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}