Best Ever Banana Bread

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2. Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup (about 113 grams) butter, at room temperature, plus more for pan
• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
• 4 medium very ripe bananas (about 13 ounces), peeled and mashed
• 1/4 cup yoghurt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt or 1/4 teaspoon if using salted butter
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder or more if you like the taste
• 1 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
• 2 large or 3 medium eggs at room temperature
• 1/2 cup chopped toasted walnuts (optional)

1. Toppings / Condiments (one or more of the following):

• Chopped walnuts or pecans
• Stroopwafels (treacle waffle) broken into pieces
• Roasted sliced almonds
• Dark chocolate broken into bite size pieces
• Chocolate Chips

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F or 175°C Grease a 9x5" loaf pan with butter and dust with flour, tapping out any excess.
2. In a medium bowl, mash the bananas with a fork and add yoghurt and vanilla extract or sugar to it, set it aside. 
3. Sift together the dry ingredients in a large bowl and set aside.
4. Using an electric hand mixer or stand mixer cream together butter and brown sugar until fluffy and pale. Add eggs one at a time and beat on medium speed for about 1 minute each. Add the banana mixture and mix until just combined, for about 30 seconds.
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Add the dry ingredients sifted together to the wet mixture in two batches beating on low after each addition and scraping down sides of bowl if necessary, until fully incorporated, about 20 seconds per batch. Fold in the walnuts if using. Transfer the mixture to the greased pan and level it with a spatula.

Now comes the best part which takes this banana bread to a completely new level.. sprinkle as many condiments as you like on the mixture before baking. I like to add pieces of treacle waffle and dark chocolate to mine. You can add M&Ms or Milk chocolate chips, Almonds, Walnuts or anything you like.

1. Bake, rotating halfway through, until the top is dark golden brown and starting to crack, sides will start to pull away from pan, and a tester inserted into center of bread comes out clean in about 60–65 minutes. 
2. Cool the banana bread in pan on a wire rack for at least 15 minutes. Run a butter knife around perimeter of pan to loosen loaf, then tap pan gently on its side until loaf releases. Transfer to a cutting board or plate and let cool completely before slicing and enjoy the Yummiest ever Banana Bread!