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October 20, 2011

Matcha banana bread


I have been searching for the best banana bread recipe for a long time. I have made a ‘brick’, ‘gooey’,’dry’….you name it. At times I had to toss the entire loaf in the trash. Wasted so many bananas and butter….Is there anybody out there feeling this pain? I personally think banana bread is the hardest quick bread to make it right. But after what it seems endless melt downs, I finally made the best banana bread ever. It is super moist and flavorful. I added a teaspoon of matcha green tea. (Don’t get too excited and put more than what you need…It will taste like pot…in a bad way) Just a teaspoonful of matcha powder adds nice earthiness to the loaf.

Another yummy variation : Instead of matcha, try adding 2 Tablespoon ground flaxseed meal. (I used Bob’s Red Mill whole ground flaxseed meal) It tastes so nutty and robust! You don’t even need to add walnuts. And it’s super good for you!!

Ingredients
1 stick butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups unbleached flour
2 teaspoon matcha powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed ‘over’ ripe bananas (the more over ripe, the better)
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preparation

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1. Cream butter and add sugar, mix till fluffy .

2. Add one egg at a time.

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 3. Add banana, sour cream and vanilla

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 4. In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients and fold it into wet batter

5. Add walnuts

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 6. Bake for 1 hour at 350’F till center comes out clean

Filed Under: Sweet Things Tagged With: banana bread, matcha green tea

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Comments

  1. avatarDr. Biggles says

    October 27, 2011 at 11:28 pm

    Dang. That’s one hot oven! Mine only goes to 550F. You using fancy wood fired brick oven?

    Admittedly, I’ve only been baking for a few months now. Sure, I helped my grandmother many times when I was little, her tidbits have carried me through my trials with some success. I’ve had some stellar loaves of banana bread. Both in texture (crumb & crust) and flavors. Used Joy of Cooking’s latest recipe. Here’s one of the loaves I made!

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/6118559929/in/photostream

    Will grab me some Matcha next time I’m out, would love to give it a shot!

    xo, Biggles

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    • avatarblack dog :: food blog says

      October 27, 2011 at 11:45 pm

      Yours looks amazing…..I should try that recipe next time!! Thanks dr. biggles. Now I’m craving some meat….hmmm

      -newbie blogger, christina

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      • avatarDr. Biggles says

        October 28, 2011 at 3:08 pm

        Thank you! I made a pretty nifty potato gratin the other day, with rendered bacon and two kinds of cheeses. I really wanted to do a poppy seed cake this week, but found out it was going to be about 10 dollars or so for the seeds !!! Er, no thank you ma’am! Need to find a local source for some reasonably priced poppy seeds, eh?

        xo, Biggles

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  2. avatarblack dog :: food blog says

    October 29, 2011 at 6:38 am

    $10?!? Yikes…didn’t know poppy seeds were that expensive. I do love lemon poppy seeds cake though….post up pics! (Maybe some place sells by bulk?) Wooo potato gratin….yummmmm

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    • avatarDr. Biggles says

      October 29, 2011 at 3:37 pm

      How awesome are gratins? Yup, that awesome. I didn’t know they were that expensive either. But we’re talking grocery store prices in small containers. Being in the San Francisco Bay Area, there’s got to be a place where I can find something a little more accommodating. OoOoO, lemon poppy seed cake! I have a lemon tree, now all I need are those pesky poppy seeds …

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  3. avatarDiane says

    November 3, 2011 at 9:23 pm

    Try Nutsonline.com for reasonably priced poppy seeds. They’re organic. I’ve tried their poppy seed filling (for family poppy seed/nut roll recipe) and it’s excellent.
    http://www.nutsonline.com/search?q=poppy+seeds
    -Diane E.

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    • avatarblack dog :: food blog says

      November 4, 2011 at 2:06 am

      Cool! Thanks, Diane. I will make sure dr. biggle above gets your info! 🙂

      Reply
  4. avatarRosalia Garcia says

    November 3, 2011 at 11:14 pm

    Qué rico, tiene una pinta….Fantastico

    Reply
  5. avatarRobin Roeser says

    April 25, 2013 at 6:50 pm

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