Bread Machine Banana Bread

Making banana bread in the bread machine is a perfect way to use up your over-ripe bananas. A bread machine takes away a lot of effort and you will have banana bread with no eggs at the press of a button.

It just requires all ingredients to be placed in the right order and selecting the right cycle. All the work of mixing and baking is contained in the bread pan which is so impressive to watch.

Ingredients

To make this bread machine banana nut bread recipe, you will need ripe bananas, real ripe ones whose skin has turned dark or has a lot of dark spots. You can mash bananas with a spoon or puree them in a blender.

All-purpose flour, milk, sugar, oil, vanilla extract, and vinegar are used along with some baking soda and baking powder as a leavening agent. It is a sweet bread without yeast so it can also be called a banana cake. To make vegan banana bread you can use vegan plant-based milk like oat milk.

Instructions

Making banana bread in a bread machine is simple. I use pureed bananas so that they mix well with other ingredients. You can use an immersion hand blender or other high-speed blenders like Vitamix to puree the bananas or just mash them with a spoon.

Once you have all the ingredients, put the wet and dry ingredients in the right order as per the bread machine manufacturer's recommendations and start the cycle. Add chopped walnuts or pecans just a minute or two before the baking phase starts.

Quick Bread setting works best for sweet bread or cakes. I have used both the Cake setting and Quick Bread setting and observed that the Cake setting needed extra baking once the cycle was completed but the Quick Bread setting did not. However, it may well depend on the type/brand of the bread machine one has.

Weighing the flour using a digital food scale and sifting all the dry ingredients gives the best results. If you prefer to skip sifting, it is fine but once the cycle starts, observe the mixing cycle for a about 5-10 minutes and scrape down any flour on the sides of the pan with a rubber spatula to ensure a good mix.

All the hard work is done and it's time to just go about your life and let the bread machine do the magic. Yes, it is that easy!

After the Quick Bread cycle finishes, open the lid and insert a butter knife or a toothpick in the center of the bread. If it comes out clean, the bread is done else bake it for an additional few minutes on the Bake cycle and recheck with the butter knife to ensure it comes out clean.

It is very important to allow the bread and the container to cool down for 15-20 minutes before attempting to take the bread out of the pan. Removing the sweet bread immediately or when it is hot can easily break it.

Turn the bread pan upside down and shake it a little to allow the bread to come out easily. Let the bread cool down completely on a cooling wire rack before slicing it.

Substitutions

This recipe uses milk, to make it vegan you could use plant-based milk like almond milk.

Instead of walnuts you can use pecans or chocolate chips or skip the nuts altogether.

Instead of all-purpose flour, you can also use bread flour.

You may also like the bread machine pumpkin bread, air fryer banana muffins, and bread machine zucchini bread.

Tutti frutti bread is sweet bread using yeast.

Serving suggestions

Before slicing it with a knife, ensure the bread has cooled down completely.

You can go a step further and apply cream cheese frosting on the banana bread by cutting it into two layers and making the top a little even using an electric knife.

Equipment

I made this banana bread in the 2 lb. Hamilton Beach Artisan bread maker using the Quick bread setting. It can be made in any bread machine.

To make a puree of the ripe bananas I have used Vitamix but any blender or immersion blender works fine.

A cooling rack is needed to let the bread cool down completely before using an electric knife or a serrated knife to slice it.

Storage

Kids love the moist, delicious banana bread; and it is a good alternative for snacking items for all. Banana bread can be stored at room temperature for 3-4 days. If you apply cream cheese frosting then it must be refrigerated.

You may also like these cake recipes made in the bread maker

• Eggless Vanilla Cake
• Eggless Tutti Frutti Cake
• Eggless Carrot Cake
• Vegan Chocolate Cake
• Bread machine pumpkin bread
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