Banana Coffee Bread

Sasquatch Coffee Banana Coffee BreadHere is a Banana Coffee Bread recipe that was inspired by making use of those commonly thrown out ingredients that just didn’t make their way into a dish or a tummy. The producer of the documentary, “Just Eat It- A Food Waste Story” has provided this Banana Coffee Bread recipe to utilize that leftover coffee and those nearly wasted bananas. The idea of coffee, leftover or not, matched with banana bread sounds simply marvelous. Give this recipe a try to discover if these ingredients were destined to bake together. Your new recipe for Banana Coffee Bread is provided below.

Ingredients:

  • 3 ripe rescued bananas
  • 1 cup leftover brewed black coffee
  • 1 1/2 cups butter
  • 1 3/4 cups packed light brown sugar
  • 4 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions:

  1. Mash bananas and mix them with the already brewed coffee.
  2. Set aside the banana/coffee mixture.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, whip butter and sugar.
  4. Beat in eggs one at a time and add vanilla.
  5. In another bowl, mix the dry ingredients: flour, baking power, baking soda and cinnamon.
  6. You should have three working bowls, one for your dry goods, one for the bananas and coffee and one with your sugar mixture.
  7. Alternate between the dry and wet bowls as you add them to the butter/sugar mixture.
  8. Pour your final mixture into 2 loaf pans and bake 50 min at 350 degrees F.

SRC: Follow the Step-by-Step photo instructions for this Banana Coffee Bread at: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/recipe-orphaned-banana-bread