Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup TAO Extra Virgin Olive Oil

• 3/4 cup white sugar

• 2 eggs

• 4 over ripe bananas

• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

• 1 teaspoon sea salt

• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

• 1 teaspoon TAO Maple Balsamic Vinegar

• 1 3/4 cups white flour

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

2. Mix olive oil and white sugar. Add in eggs. Add in bananas, Balsamic vinegar, and vanilla.

3. Add in spices, salt, and baking powder + soda, mix, and then follow with the flour progressively. Mix until almost all combined, then stop and fold in the remainder to avoid over-mixing.

4. While your oven finishes preheating, prepare your loaf pan with butter and flour. (Spread the butter thinly with your fingers in the pan and to the top. Then add 1 tbsp flour into the pan, place yourself above the sink, and tap each side of the pan while rotating it to coat all sides with flour evenly; turn over the pan to discard the rest of the flour).

5. Carefully pour in the batter and cook in the middle of the oven for 50-60 minutes. Stick a toothpick right in the middle to check if your banana bread is ready. If it comes out clean, your cake is ready. If not, bake a little longer.

6. Once ready, take your banana bread out of the oven and set it on a cooling rack for 10-15 minutes.