makes one large loaf
1/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 raw sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 cup 100% whole-wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
1/4 t kosher salt
1/2 cup crystallized ginger chips
3-4 super-ripe bananas, mashed
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease (use cooking spray or rub with butter) one large (9-inch) loaf pan.
3. In an electric mixer bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and beat well.
4. Sift together the flours, cinnamon, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
5. Alternate adding the dry ingredients and mashed banana to the butter-sugar-egg-vanilla mixture. Stir between additions by hand. Stir in the crystallized ginger
6. Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
7. Bake for 45-60 minutes or until a knife or toothpick inserted into the bread center comes out clean.
8. Remove the bread from the oven and place the pan on a wire rack. Allow bread to cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
9. After 10 minutes, remove the bread from the pan and allow to cool completely on the wire rack.
10. Wrap the bread in aluminum foil, and store in the fridge for up to a week. (If it lasts that long!)