Banana bread is a type of
quick bread that contains mashed yellow
bananas. Banana bread is often a moist, sweet,
cake-like bread which typically uses
baking soda as the
leavening agent instead of
yeast; however, there are some banana bread recipes that are traditional-style yeast breads.
Banana breads can also be made from frozen bananas. Wrapped in
clingfilm, still in their skins, bananas will keep in the freezer for up to six months to be used for
breads,
cakes, etc.
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[edit] History
Banana bread first became a standard feature of American
cookbooks with the popularization of
baking soda and
baking powder in the 1930s, and appears in
Pillsbury's 1933
Balanced Recipes cookbook. The origin of the first banana bread recipe is unknown, though some speculate it was originated in the 18th century by housewives experimenting with
pearlash.
[2][unreliable source?] The home baking revival of the 1960s and the simplicity of its recipe led to an explosion in banana bread's popularity. The cookbooks of the 1960s added to its popularity because they commonly listed multiple variations of bread that added fruits, nuts, and even chocolate chips.
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