Description
Make a moist and tender banana bread using ricotta cheese for added richness. This easy recipe is perfect for breakfast or dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
- 113.5 g unsalted butter room temperature
- 177.44 ml whole milk ricotta cheese room temperature, drained
- 250 g granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 medium overripe bananas about 1 cup mashed
- 218.75 g all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 0.75 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1.5 teaspoons cinnamon
- 0.5 teaspoon cardamom
- 0.5 teaspoon nutmeg
- 12 g turbinado sugar (optional topping)
- 0.25 teaspoon cinnamon (optional topping)
- 0.25 teaspoon nutmeg (optional topping)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan or coat with baking spray. Line it with parchment paper leaving an overhang on two sides.
- In a small bowl, stir together the turbinado sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon for the topping. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, mash the bananas using a fork until smooth. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk to combine the flour, baking powder, spices and salt. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix the butter, sugar and ricotta cheese with an electric mixer on medium high speed for about 3 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Reduce the speed to low and add the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla extract. Mix in the mashed banana.
- Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a spatula until just combined. Do not over mix.
- Pour the batter into the pan. Sprinkle the cinnamon nutmeg sugar mixture evenly overtop.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center of the bread. Remove bread from oven and set the pan on a wire rack. Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
Notes
- You can add walnuts or chocolate chips to the batter if you wish.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 60 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 20
- Sodium: 150
- Fat: 12
- Saturated Fat: 7
- Unsaturated Fat: 5
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 40
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 5
- Cholesterol: 50
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