Banana Bread with Almonds and Lime
Can you bake a perfectly cracked quick bread? Try this flavor bomb of banana, lime, ginger and almonds.
Equipment
- 1 9x5-inch loaf pan
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1- teaspoon baking powder
- 1- teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt or table salt
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger or if you prefer, cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- ⅔- cup sugar
- ¼ cup sour cream
- ½ cup Mexican lime olive oil*
- 2 large over-ripe bananas peeled and smashed
- ⅓- cup chopped or sliced nuts of your choice
- 2 teaspoons turbinado or demera sugar
Instructions
- Heat oven 375F. Coat a 9x5-inch loaf pan with baking spray (or grease and dust with flour).
- In large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and ginger; set aside.
- In another bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, sour cream, oil and banana; set aside.
- Using a rubber spatula, stir wet ingredients into flour mixture until blended and dry ingredients are moistened.
- Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle evenly with nuts and then sugar.
- Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until golden brown and wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- There should be the classic quick bread crack down the center. Transfer loaf to wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
- *½ cup light olive oil plus the juice and zest of ½ lime can be substituted
Notes
- Note: if you prefer your quick breads sweeter up the sugar to 1 cup
Nutrition
Calories: 385kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 6gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 355mgPotassium: 195mgFiber: 2gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 123IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 60mgIron: 2mg
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