Earl Grey Banana Bread
If you like your bread to have a delicate, uniform crumb, use a food processor or egg beaters to process the banana into a smooth puree. I prefer to mash my bananas with a fork, leaving them slightly chunky – you'll end up with small pockets of intense banana flavor throughout the bread. Adapted from The More than Occasional Baker
Servings 16
Calories 200kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup Water
- 5 bags of Earl Grey tea
- ¼ cup packed Dark Brown Sugar
- ¾ cup Sugar
- ½ cup Butter
- 1 cup fat free Sour Cream
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 2 Eggs lightly beaten
- 2-1/4 cups all purpose Flour
- 3 very ripe Bananas mashed
- 2 tablespoons Turbinado Sugar Sugar in the Raw
- Preparation
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350*F.
- Bring the water to a boil in a small saucepan. Remove from heat and add the tea bags. Allow the tea to steep for 5 minutes, then discard the tea bags. Add the sugars and butter and return the pan to the heat. Cook until the butter and sugars have melted into a thick syrup, about 2 minutes. Let cool.
- Combine the sour cream and baking soda in a large bowl. Let stand for 5 minutes. Stir in the cooled tea syrup and the eggs. Sift in the flour and fold gently to combine. Fold in the mashed bananas.
- Pour the batter into two greased loaf pans. Sprinkle the tops with turbinado sugar.
- Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before slicing.
Nutrition
Calories: 200kcal | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6.5g | Fiber: 1g