Mix the water and instant nonfat milk powder together.
Pour this instant milk into the bread pan and then add the other
ingredients. Try to follow order of the ingredients listed above so
that liquid ingredients are placed in the bread pan first and the dry
ingredients second.
Start the machine going after checking the settings.
When the bread machine has finished baking the bread, remove the
bread loaf pan and place it on a wooden cutting board. Let the bread
stay within the bread loaf container for 10 minutes before you remove
it from the bread loaf container. Use oven mitts when removing the
bread machine container (bread loaf pan) because it will be very hot!
After removing the bread from the bread loaf pan, place the bread on a
cooling rack. Use oven mitts when removing the bread.
Don't forget to remove the mixing paddle if it is stuck in the bread.
Use oven mitts as the mixing paddle could be hot.
You should allow the banana bread to complete cool before cutting.
This can take up to 2 hours. Otherwise, the banana bread will break
(crumble) more easily when cut.
Before using your bread machine, you should read the bread machine
manufacturer's instructions in order to use the bread machine
effectively and safely.
Tips:
* Try to use medium sized bananas. The use of 3 large bananas can
make the mixture too wet.
* We use aluminum free baking powder in our bread machine banana bread
recipes. Read the label of your baking powder because some brands may
use ingredients such as sodium aluminum sulfate. Making your own
bread allows you to screen out unwanted chemicals.
* If you use unripe green or hard yellow bananas, your banana bread
might not be as tasty. Unripe bananas have more starch and less sugar
than ripe bananas. The natural sweetness of ripe bananas works best
for bread machine banana bread recipes.
* Make sure to gently scrape sides of bread loaf pan with rubber
spatula after first kneading and before second kneading. This will
help to mix all of the ingredients. It will also help to prevent
flour sticking to the side of the bread when it is finished baking.
* Use a rubber or silicon spatula in order to avoid damaging the
interior of the bread loaf pan. Do not use a hard spatula (i.e. metal
spatula).
* You need to leave the bread in the bread loaf container for 10
minutes after you take it out of the bread machine. Denser quick
breads take a little longer for the interior dough to be fully baked.
* Since you are letting the banana bread "harden" for 10 minutes in
the bread loaf pan, the mixing paddle might rip more of the bottom
when removed (versus removing it immediately after baking).
* If the center of the bread top looks moist, try the "toothpick
test". Gently push a toothpick into the top of the bread and see if
any dough sticks to the toothpick. If dough (batter) is sticking to
the toothpick then it hasn't completely cooked. Place the bread loaf
pan back into the still warm bread machine for another 5-10 minutes.
Make sure to wear oven gloves because the bread pan and bread machine
will still be hot. After the 5-10 minutes, remove the bread pan and
test the banana bread again with a tooth pick.
