Banana Bread with a Madeira Wine Glaze
Equipment
- 1 9 inch loaf pan
Ingredients
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour (228 grams)
- 3 bananas very ripe to over ripe
- 1 cup walnuts, roughly chopped optional
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup olive oil or butter
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon salt
Madeira Wine Glaze:
- ¼ cup madeira wine
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 F. Butter and flour a 9-inch loaf pan.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, nuts, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cloves and, cinnamon.
- In another bowl put the wet ingredients: Peel the bananas and mash them thoroughly in a using a potato masher or a fork.
- Add the olive oil and stir the oil into the mashed bananas and mix until well blended. Add two beaten eggs and sugar; then mix until all the wet ingredients are combinded
- Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix gently until there are no more pockets of dry flour. It's okay if the batter is visibly lumpy.
- Once the liquid and dry ingredients have been combined, pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan and transfer to the oven immediately. Bake 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean or the internal temperature is 190-195 F.
Madeira Wine Glaze:
- In a pan over medium heat add the Madeira wine, sugar and butter. Stir untill the sugar has dissolved.
Notes
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