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\ud83c\udf4c THE base recipe, the one that works the first time<\/h3>\n

It’s absolutely delicious, and that’s exactly why I wanted it plain! No nuts, no chocolate, no yogurt. Just real, classic banana bread, moist, with a golden top that cracks down the middle. Slice it while it’s still warm, put butter on it and watch it melt. This is the base recipe you’ll keep for life, and you can build on it however you like.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf42 Very, very dark bananas<\/h3>\n

Forget yellow bananas with a few spots. You want very ripe bananas, nearly black. At that stage the starch has turned into sugar and the flesh has softened, and that’s what gives you a naturally sweet, moist loaf without adding anything. I always keep some in the freezer. The moment a banana gets too ripe to eat, it goes in the cold, and the day I want banana bread, there are four waiting for me.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd25 The MIDDLE rack, and here’s why<\/h3>\n

I made this mistake so you don’t have to. The first time, I put my pan on the top rack, and the sides rose before the centre: my loaf came out much lower. Heat from the top element sets the crust too early, and the centre has no room left to rise. On the middle rack, the heat wraps around the pan evenly and it rises the way it should.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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