How Do You Keep Bananas In Banana Bread From Turning Brown?
When you have bananas that are past their prime for eating straight out of the peel, you can use them to make banana bread. The best bananas for bread are those with completely black skins, but the banana fruit should not be brown. If you leave the bananas exposed to air for too long, the fruit turns an unappetizing brown color. These are the steps to take to prevent that from happening the next time you make banana bread. In one bowl, mash the bananas and stir 2 teaspoons of lemon juice into them as you mash. You should have about 1 cup of mashed banana mixed with lemon juice. The lemon juice will prevent the banana from turning brown. Preheat oven to 350 F. Coat the inside of two loaf pans with Baker’s Joy cooking spray or spray with plain cooking spray and dust the insides of the loaf pans with flour. Mix sugar, shortening (or butter), eggs, extract(s) and buttermilk together in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix the flour combi