Hojicha Banana Bread
Give banana bread a mild, roasty, green tea flavor with the addition of hojicha powder.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups all purpose flour (250g)
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 3 tbsp hojicha powder (8g)
- 2 eggs
- 4 very ripe bananas (400g)
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar (142g)
- 1/2 cup melted unsalted butter (113g)
- 1/3 cup sour cream (80g)
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)
- 1/4 cup turbinado sugar (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease an 8x4" loaf pan. Line with parchment paper if you want to remove bread completely from the pan after baking.
- 2
In a large bowl, whisk flour, salt, baking soda, and 3 tablespoons of hojicha powder.
- 3
In a separate bowl, mash your bananas (with a fork, by hand, whatever works).
- 4
Mix your remaining wet ingredients with the mashed bananas: eggs, brown sugar, butter, sour cream, and vanilla bean paste.
- 5
Stir wet and dry ingredients together until you have a batter with no dry lumps remaining.
- 6
Pour batter to your prepared loaf pan and sprinkle the top with turbinado sugar (if using).
- 7
Bake for one hour. Check for doneness by sticking a wooden skewer down the center of your bread. If the skewer comes out with wet batter, continue baking until the skewer comes out clean, up to 10-15 minutes more.
- 8
Allow banana bread to cool to room temperature, then slice and serve.