Black Sesame Banana Bread
This Black Sesame Banana Bread is a nutty twist on classic banana bread. Ripe organic bananas are crushed and creamed together with grounded toasted black sesame seeds, butter, and sugar to create a soft, ultra-moist banana bread with tons of fruity banana flavor and toasty and nutty black sesame seeds flavor.
Equipment
- muffin tin or baking pan
- muffin liner
Ingredients
- 70 g butter
- 50 g granulated sugar
- 50 g brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 170 g very ripe bananas*
- 10 g olive oil
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 30 g greek yogurt
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 20 g black sesame powder
- 120 g all purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
Topping
- black sesame seeds
- slice bananas optional
Instructions
- Cream together butter and sugars. Add in egg and beat until light and fluffy. Roughly mash in the bananas with a fork and then mix in oil, vanilla extract, greek yogurt, and salt.
- Combine together the dry ingredients: flour, black sesame powder, baking powder, baking soda. Fold it into the wet mixture until evenly combined. Cover, and let the batter rest at room temperature for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- If you are making muffins, prepare a muffin pan with muffin liners. Or if you are using a baking dish, generously butter the dish and dust lightly with flour.
- Pour mixture into the muffin/baking pan and top with black sesame seeds and sliced bananas (optional). Bake for about 45 minutes or when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Notes
* the banana peel should be at least 75% brown.