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Have not posted for a while! Want to share a quick recipe for BANANA BREAD today! This is a less sugar, more moist banana bread with nuts.

RECIPE

Ingredients	First Time	Second Time
Bananas	x 2	x 4
Sugar	90g brown sugar	1/4 cup white sugar 1/4 cup brown sugar
Butter/Oil	120g butter	1/2 cup or 1 stick or 113g
Egg	x 2	x 4
Extract	1 tsp vanilla extract	1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp almond extract
Flour	300g premixed pancake flour	1/2 cup almond flour 1 + 1/2 cup self-rising flour (recipe said 1 cup of each)
Baking soda	2g	none (self rising flour)
Baking Temp	350F	350F
Baking Time	1 hr	1 hr 20 mins recipe: 1hr
Nuts	Peanuts	Peanuts

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Takeaways:

1. the 2nd time use 2x bananas (2 vs 4), to increase moisture and increase natural sugar.
   • The 2nd time use much less sugar (1/2 cup in total for 2 cups for flour) and felt less guilty, still sweet enough for me. Some recipe uses 2 bananas with 1 cup of sugar.
2. the 2nd time uses both white sugar + brown sugar.
   • Science: Brown sugar is made up of white sugar and molasses, which made pastry chewier and retains moister.
3. the 2nd time uses both almond flour and almond extract.
   • Science: Almond flour yields tender treats because almond is high in fat, and fat makes pastries tender and moist.
4. tips from 小高姐: if you add nuts in banana bread, save some nuts and sugar to add on top of the mixture for decoration!