Is it possible to make banana bread, but in a bread machine? Yes, you can use your bread maker to turn bananas that are too ripe to eat into banana bread that is too sweet not to eat.
Introduction
Some people use bananas that are too ripe to eat to make banana bread. Ripe bananas are the best for making banana bread because they are sweeter when compared to greener bananas. They are also softer to mash into a paste and therefore mix better with the other ingredients.
You should know that banana bread does not use yeast as a leavening agent. It uses baking powder and baking soda as leavening ingredients. It is a type known as a batter bread.
You can add any extra nuts or berries with the other wet ingredients at the start because a batter bread does not require multiple rising and punch down cycles. It rises only once before baking.
It is good practice to study the product manual of your bread machine and follow the instructions for the specific bread maker you are using.
Banana Bread Ingredients
The ingredients required for making banana bread include bananas, eggs, butter, milk, bread flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. You can even create other banana bread combinations by adding another ingredient that you like, such as blueberries, walnuts or chocolate chips.
Mixing And Baking Banana Bread
Once you have gathered all the ingredients, then you can start by adding the mashed bananas, milk, butter and eggs into the bread pan.
The dry ingredients should be mixed in a bowl before adding it on top of the wet ingredients in the baking pan.
Select the most suitable bread machine program on your bread maker, such as the cake or quick bread setting. If your bread maker does not have a quick bread setting, then you might have to experiment with using the dough setting for mixing and then the bake only setting for baking.
You can test the inside of the banana bread by pressing a thin toothpick or knife into the center and pulling it out. If the dough sticks to the utensil, then you might have to bake it for another 10 minutes with the bake only setting before checking it again. If the bread is fully baked, then the utensil will come out clean without anything sticking to it.
Remove the bread pan from the bread maker after the baking program has finished. Let the bread cool off for a few minutes before gently shaking it out on a wire rack for further cooling before slicing.
If a batter bread is still a little moist after baking, then you might leave it inside the baking chamber for 10 minutes so that the excess moisture can be released by the residual heat.
Conclusion
Remember that the main ingredient of a banana bread is ripe bananas. The skin should not be green or yellow but yellow with black and brown spots. Of course, a banana that has gone all dark brown or black might be too ripe to use.