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Banana & Apple Bread

The Best Banana & Apple Bread

This Banana & Apple Bread is waiting to be sliced hot out of the oven and slathered with butter!
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Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 stick plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 apples like Figi or Granny Smith, peeled, cored and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 tsps vanilla
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg, or ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 ripe bananas, mashed (1cup)
  • 1/4 cup orange juice

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 9-by-5-by-4 1/2 inch loaf pan. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, nutmeg, and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
    Step 3
    In a large bowl, using a handheld electric mixer beat the remaining stick of butter with the granulated sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and mix until smooth. Add the mashed bananas, orange juice and the remaining 1 teaspoon of vanilla and beat until smooth. Add the dry ingredients and beat on low speed until smooth. Using a rubber spatula, fold in the apples.
    Step 4
    Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the surface. Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean; cover loosely with foil if the loaf becomes too dark. Let the loaf cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning it out onto a rack to cool completely.