Chrissy Teigen’s infamous banana bread recipe is here for your self-isolation baking
Banana bread is having a moment, thanks to the coronavirus quarantine. While self-isolating at home, we’re googling recipes that bring back memories of youth and put the “comfort” in comfort food. And according to search trends, banana bread is king.
So we thought we’d re-share one of our favorite comfort foods from our favorite model-turned-cookbook author and social media aficionado, Chrissy Teigen.
Teigen had Twitter going gaga when she sent out a call to action to her followers in the Los Angeles area back in September 2017.
She needed six brown bananas, “not four, not five,” but six brown bananas. She was in the midst of researching and testing recipes for her latest cookbook, “Cravings: Hungry for More” (Clarkson Potter).
According to Teigen, “perfecting this single recipe took me nearly a year. That’s why I needed so many damn bananas.” Luckily, it will only take you an hour and 15 minutes to actually prepare and bake it.
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So for those looking for a new twist on an old classic and the perfect recipe for those ripening bananas, we present the recipe that took Twitter, and readers, by storm.
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Twitter’s (And Uncle Mike’s) Banana Bread
Ingredients:
2 cups mashed very ripe bananas *
4 eggs
2⁄3 cup canola oil, plus a little more to grease the pan
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus a little more for dusting the pan
2 cups sugar
1 (3.5-ounce) box vanilla instant pudding mix **
1 teaspoon baking soda
1½ teaspoons kosher salt
1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1 (3.5-ounce) bar dark chocolate, chopped into chunks
Salted butter, for serving
Directions
Preheat the oven to 325°F.
In a large bowl, combine the mashed bananas, eggs, and oil. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, sugar, pudding mix, baking soda, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and combine well BUT GENTLY. I swear this came out differently when I used an aggressive electric mixer. Fold in the coconut and chocolate chunks.
