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banana bread
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Key facts
- Type
- Sweet bread
- Place of origin
- United States
- Main ingredients
- Bananas , wheat , water , sugar
- Variations
- Banana raisin bread, banana nut bread, chocolate chip banana bread
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- Banananutbread.jpg
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Banana bread is a type of sweet bread or cake made from mashed bananas. Banana bread is typically classified as a quick bread, relying on chemical leavening agents such as baking soda or baking powder rather than yeast, which allows it to be prepared without fermentation. It is often a moist and sweet quick bread, but some recipes are yeast raised. Its sweet taste and slightly crumbly texture make it more akin to a tea cake or muffin than bread.
The use of overripe bananas is common, as their increased sugar content and softer texture contribute to the bread’s characteristic sweetness and moist crumb.