Banana Bread (sourdough discard recipe)

This is a super easy banana bread recipe & a good recipe for anyone who is just starting out with a grain mill.

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Banana Bread (sourdough discard recipe)

Yield: 10-12

Author: Michelle White

Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 1 H & 15 MTotal time: 1 H & 35 M

Banana bread with a crunchy touch of fall.

Ingredients

Bread

• 75 grams softened butter
• 250 grams ripe bananas
• 100 grams date sugar
• 110 grams dark brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 120 grams sourdough discard
• 110 grams milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp Ceylon cinnamon
• 1/2 tablespoon molasses
• 210 grams fresh milled flour

Cinnamon Streusel Topping

• 1/2 cup cold butter cut into cubes
• 1/2 cup turbinado sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup fresh milled flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

To prepare the batter

1. Mix ingredients together in the order of the recipe. Add flour last and a little at a time until you get a thick pancake batter consistency. You want to make sure the ingredients are well combined, but be careful not to over mix. Lumps are ok!
2. Fill the loaf pan with the batter.

Streusel

1. In a separate bowl, combine all the streusel ingredients with a fork using a mashing technique until you get a coarse, sandy consistency.
2. Sprinkle streusel evenly over batter.

Baking

1. Place uncovered in preheated 350° oven.
2. Bake for 45 minutes
3. Cover loosely with foil and return to oven for 20-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Notes

This recipe uses fresh milled flour and date sugar. You can use pre-packaged flour and/or granulated white sugar, but cooking time might need to be extended and more or less flour will likely need to be added to attain a thick pancake batter consistency.

Date sugar can be used measure for measure for white sugar. I use date sugar because it is more nutritious and has a much lower glycemic index than table sugar.

My recipes call for Ceylon cinnamon specifically because it has healthy, antiinflammatory properties that other cinnamons don't have. You can certainly use whatever cinnamon you have on hand because the flavor profiles are the same. However, I always recommend doing research into any ingredient you cook with.

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