Carla Makes Banana Bread | From the Test Kitchen | Bon Appétit
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- Join Carla Music in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she makes BA's best banana bread. Here at BA everybody has their favorite banana bread recipe. We made every one-14 to be exact-until we came up with a collective favorite. Dark brown sugar is key and a dollop of mascarpone makes for superior tenderness. Walnuts optional but encouraged.
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Carla seems like that Aunt that lets you drink a beer when you visit and won't tell your mom, but won't let you have more than 1.
Brad seems like that uncle that will let you drink a beer but only unless it's with him so he can talk about allicin
Yes!!! 😂😂💯
LOL perfect description! Yes!! Carla is the cool aunt. Theeeee best.
I’m gonna be that aunt!!!!
Ahhahaha lol she totally does seem like "that Aunt"
"Moist is a word, that a lot of people have a problem with. But it is a word that is important with banana bread."
No truer words have been said.
I knew she would say something about it as soon as she said the word. She brought up people not liking the word quite a while back
@@MegaEmmanuel09 , super duper fans over here. Aw yeah! I do believe "hydrated" was the alternative word that Molly, Claire, and Carla all approved when faced against the M word.
whole world's full of pervs lol. some of us can handle it cuz our brains don't auto focus on dirty lol.
@@kewlbns69 hush kewl senpai
@@jiren6637 whatever go watch your weird cartoons lol.
i feel like everyone is making either sourdough or banana bread during this quarantine LMAO
I've literally been making both lol
Tried sourdough. Did not turn out well lol. Banana Bread seems easier.
Both :)
I’m not a stable enough person to keep a starter alive for sourdough. But I am unstable enough to have TONS of black bananas 😂
Have you ever put a piece of banana bread in the toaster? It is comfort, peace, and joy. Who couldn't use a little of that rn? 😂
Every single Carla recipe has "trust" as an ingredient
Carla is 100% trustworthy
In a way, all recipes require a little bit of trust
@@nintandao64 why did this sound so philosophical lmao
100%
Carla's influence has somehow brought me to a point where I've just put 2 batches of banana bread into the oven at 1 in the morning
LOL
Ugh YES, I need that kinda friendship
Wonderful, anyone else in your house would woke up for a fresh smell of banana bread in the morning. They would definitely had a great day. :)
Ikrr, like the recipe is just so simple, doesn't need any unusual ingredients which makes you want to make it rn rn. I am legitimately going to go make this rn too.
Well im on my way to the super to get some bananas rn
"Lightly coating my arm, lightly coating the floor." There are many reasons I relate to Carla the hardest. This is on that list.
The most crucial steps of this recipe
*listening with high volume headphones*
Carla: all those little sparkles and the little crunchles
*crew guy in the back who didn't wanna be heard but found the word crunchles way too funny not to be repeated*: crunchles
Haha I said "crunchles" out loud immediately after too so I didn't hear him the first time.
I bet it was Brad LoL
Did I rewatch just to find this gem? Obviously. For anyone interested it’s 10:45 ;)
here's the ingredients
1½ cups all-purpose flour
1¼ teaspoons baking soda
¾ teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
⅓ cup mascarpone, plain whole-milk Greek yogurt, or sour cream
¼ cup (½ stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 large eggs
4 large very ripe bananas, mashed (about 1½ cups)
½ cup chopped bittersweet or semisweet chocolate (optional)
½ cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Tyyyy!
Thanks Walter!!
Thank u!
Thank you! They made their page premium to see recipes recently 😣
1:43 "...lightly coating my arm, lightly coating the floor." I don't know why, but this was the funniest thing.
😂
It's because sarcasm and truth can be good bed fellows. lol
"Actually Set a timer, because people don't think that 4 mins is real" I felt that Carla... to the core.
....and then she stopped 30 seconds short.
@@ricksundberg5659 she put it back on. You can see the cut. That it's back to it being on
the tea about who doesn’t like bananas in the test kitchen is so funny
i made this recipe and it came out soooo perfectly I almost cried.
Alternatively titled: How Many Different Alliterations Can Carla Make?
You mean all amazing alliterations an awesome appéti artists articulates?
or, "Counting the Creative Consonance Carla Can Consecutively Conjure"
Gabby is so adorable. Must be such a joy working with her positive attitude.
Odin she’s Ariana grandes mom
@@masterchief5231 Who is Ariana Grandes?
Gabby is a rabid chipmunk.
@@ABanksy she is and still white.
Carla! I just made this! I didnt have a stand mixer(used a hand mixer, my hand hurt but it got the job done), and I also used tiny loaf pans and knocked out four mini loafs of banana bread! It turned out absolutely perfect! The last time I made banana bread was freshman year in culinary. This was somuch better!! I love yall at bon appetit!!
I tried this recipe and I'm so proud to say that I nailed it on my first try. I added about 3 tbsp.s of cinnamon and pecans
Chris Morocco:
Bananas: Imma end this man's whole career
I'm here for this curly bang content
I live for this primo BA curly bang content, too.
So gorge.
I always add my flour on *10.*
Makes me feel a l i v e.
You are a madman and I'm here for it
I. love. Carla. she exudes such a calm, mom energy. the egg/sugar/butter mixture was totally split and she was like eh. it happens. it'll fix itself.
Carla: so you don't make the BA's best banana bread
Gaby: no, but I wanna start making it
Carla: *aggressively* yeah you are
lol'ed at this
*dramatic zoom in*
I was about to comment about that too. But your comment is better than what I was thinking.
i don't even watch all that much BA but i instinctively read that in their voices
banana bread is genuinely the best type of bread ever !
cphginger lmfaoo I feel embarrassed now
Garlic bread.
sara what about Banana Brad?
Or like, banana bread is the best ever !
Aww thanks :3
I top pumpkin or banana bread with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar, and it always creates a beautiful top
Kulsoom Jawaid I cannot wait for pumpkin bread season 🎃 🍞
Tried this, my family thanks you, oh, I thank you also. Wonderful!
this recipe made 15 muffins, cooked for 25 mins. subbed cream cheese mixed with milk instead of mascarpone lol. still really, really good!
Carla: Banana hammock
Me: *pauses the video and googles it*
...
...
Oh.
Ohx2
oh x4
oh x5
I mean, I was expecting something worse really
Ohx6
What if, for your next video, you did corn on the cob (and hear me out here) but instead of the corn bone...it's a hot dog?
YES
Oh helll yehhh
how original of you
Lol, OMG thanks for that laugh. Now I have to go watch that video again!
I screamed 😂😂
I just made this recipe, actually I made a triple batch and cooked all three at the same time. It was absolutely delicious. I used plain organic yogurt. I did add a teaspoon of vanilla to this recipe though, so it was a tablespoon for the triple batch. I also used a little more than 1-1/2 cup bananas it calls for because I had huge bananas so I measured them and it was closer to 5-1/4 cups for the triple batch (1-3/4 cups each). I coated the top with the turbinado sugar similar to the "Sugar In The Raw" Carla used and it made an awesome semi-crunchy texture to the top. I used some Ghirardelli semi-sweet chips in one of them because it sounded so good and it did not disappoint either. Everyone including myself who has tried this banana bread has said it is the very best they have ever tasted. I'll be making more at Christmas time. So easy and so good. Mine took about 1 hour 20 minutes to cook and it was Moist (capital M intentional).
Ooo I wish I read the comments before I made it. Vanilla would have been so good
I'm eating banana bread, toasted with butter, while watching this. Mine has everything this one does, plus hazlenuts and chocolate bits. THE BEST.
Bree M hazelnuts... oh my god.... this is a gahdamn revelation
I always put cinnamon sugar on the top of my banana bread when it bakes, honestly delightful
Never thought to do this, but I have some brown bananas and leftover cinnamon sugar from making French toast - 😮😮 perfection
I mix white sugar, cinnamon, and the zest of an orange to sprinkle on top. The bit of orange zest just puts it over the top!
Or just make cinnamon swirl banana bread
Next time I make banana bread, I’m going to have to try the cinnamon sugar + orange zest on top.. It’s already making my mouth water!!
Cinnamon sugar goes on a coffee cake
I love banana bread. I would just want banana bread as my wedding cake. No need for frosting or decorations. Just banana bread.
Izzy me too, I make myself, banana pancakes, banana fritters and or banana loaf weekly, even carrot-banana cake, no icing, not a fan
Izzy mood
I had a banana bread cake for my wedding!!! It was amazing 😄
I really like banana bread, but zucchini bread is even better.
With a cream cheese peanut butter frosting
1½
cups (188 g) all-purpose flour
1¼
tsp. baking soda
¾
tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt
1
cup (200 g; packed) dark brown sugar
⅓
cup mascarpone, plain whole-milk Greek yogurt, or sour cream
4
Tbsp. unsalted butter, room temperature
2
large eggs
4
large very ripe bananas, peeled, mashed (about 1½ cups)
½
cup chopped bittersweet or semisweet chocolate (optional)
½
cup chopped raw walnuts (optional)
I am commenting again on this recipe and I tried this recipe and loved it so much and have to bake some more of it. I thank you so much, Carla for sharing this recipe with us all. May this week be fantastic for you all there in the test kitchen. I do love the banana bread cooked with black walnuts or pecans in it as it gives it that special taste which I love so much. Be safe during the COVID-19 virus scare and may God Bless you all and your families.
Carla: we are in test kitchen, we have everything
Me: everything except the things that claire needed during gourmet video 😂😂😂
And the things that Claire destroyed to make the things she needs.
Qistina Amir
I feel like claire should visit Alex Just a French guy cooking and do a collab because his kitchen is half kitchen half workshop
The gourmet makes series are very experimental, so it's probably really hard to predict what tools are needed until Claire comes up with ideas that require them
And the fact Carla said she brought the bananas because Gabby took them out!
Dustin Roelle
Hands down am betting Chris made that decision
At 10:25 after the explosion sound you can hear a "Like an explosion or something" in the back lol
there've been a couple of microphone oopsies recently.
but don't fret, BA people. accidents happen.
@@CatatonicImperfect i dont think that was an accident
it was such a weird explosion just for a transition into the bread, i think its on purpose
Sounded like it was Tommy speaking, so I think what happened was that he was probably giving directions to the editor while Carla was speaking, something like "Put like, an explosion or something here"
Also, brad appears like a little devil on carlas shoulder
I think they are trying to change carla's style of presenting to be more fun to keep up with audience
Carla: "The time has come..."
Me: "To lip sync for my life?"
Carla: "To banana-hammock this banana bread."
Me: "Oh."
And don't... f*ck it up.😉
Omg yaaasss
same
Yasssssssss it’s so great to know I’m not the only one that also tough that
I have made this and I fell in love. The top brown sugar sprinkle is amazing, prolly my favourite part amd it is so SOFT AND MOIST. WOW.
I would do cinnamon and brown sugar in the top, it turn out super yummy. The cinnamon compliments the banana..
i add chocolate chips too
@@megan-io7sq mini chocolate chips for maximum distribution!
Cinnamon, brown sugar, and nuts. Give it some crunch, the nuts would also toast on top.
I usually just put cinnamon in my banana bread muffins
My mom sprinkles the pan with cinnamon/sugar; its delicious.
10:46 From here on out, I will be describing my own "cracks" (a.k.a. my stretch marks) as part of my "natural leavening"
haha wonderful!
🤣🤣🤣
"Those are strech marks, they happen!"
someone remembered achmed!
My favorite dessert to make ever:
-Broil a slice of buttered banana bread in the oven
-Add a scoop of French Vanilla ice cream
-Coat with homemade toffee sauce (very easy to make)
-Sprinkle with candied bacon
-Profit
This sounds effing amazing
Made this about 2 months ago. Only had light brown sugar and used sour cream and it was wonderful! Making it again today. This time I have dark brown sugar, still using sour cream and this time on top instead of white sugar I sprinkled some Ceylon cinnamon with brown sugar on top before baking however I don't see how it could be any better than the first time I made it. Thank you for a wonderful recipe!
Carla has to be my favorite when it comes to explaining textures and technique. It's super elaborate.
Dorian Mustin totally agree she’s great at explaining hard-to-explain concepts
Gotta love those crunchles
Carla speaking properly with very amazing descriptive words literally warms my heart and always keeps me coming to watch a video! Love you❤️
I've been making this recipe from the Best of Bon Appetit cookbook for over a decade. It's the absolute best ever! Always delicious.
WOW! This Banana bread was the best banana bread recipe I've ever tried. The moistness blew me away. Even my 16 year old daughter was impressed enough to notice the moistness. YUM! I love these BA you tube videos
The way she sat the parchment back in the tin was so satisfying at 11:25
Luke Porep I was looking for this comment lol
weird
Oooh yes thank you 😍
Error 404: Chris Morocco Not Found
😭
He hates banana haha!
It's not a real BA video without Chris in the background.
Upper left corner around 4:13 and following
FATAL ERROR: NET_SendBananas ERROR: NO Chris Morocco
Watching this makes me feel like I never actually mixed butter and sugar
I made this last month, like right when Quarantine started, and it turned out beautifully. I loved adding the sugar in the raw on top. It gives it such a sweet crunchy texture on top.
Even tho Carla is beautiful she has this loving, motherly vibe to her. It’s soo warm and comforting.
I love her so much. I wish I knew one person with even 1/100th her charisma.
"sometimes i add a little flaky salt if i'm feeling VERY sassy"
so--always?
I know, kills me
*69* 0
Noice
This recipe was perfect! Moist, sweet, and fluffy. All the tips and notes really made a difference! Thanks Carla and BA 🥰👏🏿
I made this. It's excellent.
If you have molasses but don't have dark brown sugar, don't fret!
Adding about a tablespoon of molasses to one cup of white sugar or about a teaspoon and a half to a cup of light brown sugar will give you the same awesome flavor and won't affect the moistness of the final loaf. Also, don't worry about getting little pockets of molasses in the final product, by the end after all your mixing is done, the molasses will have fully incorporated into the batter.
If you really wanna make sure the molasses is incorporated though, pulsing the sugar and molasses in a food processor will incorporate the molasses fully into the sugar. I don't recommend this though, because it may also break down your sugar crystals and that might make creaming your butter unnecessarily difficult.
Carla: "People have very strong anti-banana opinions."
Gaby: "I don't like those people."
Me: "But I thought we could still be friends?!"
Now you know why Gaby is never in Chris' videos. :o
Gabby is gonna have to be double adorbs from now on.
Chris doesn't like bananas - what other validation do you need?
I don't like bananas on their own, but banana milkshakes, bread, pudding - i love all of that dude
me too! I dont like how mushy they are on their own, but I LOVE banana bread and I love them in milkshakes
Same...
Same unless it's an Apple Banana which is a type of banana grown in Hawaii (and Philippines and Southeast Asia) that are smaller and more tart and firm like when a regular banana just barely turns all yellow (they are not the same as other small bananas with just a different name, they are their own type). I can't get enough of Apple Bananas and even when they are brown on the outside they are still firm and not at all mushy liked regular bananas. They make the BEST banana bread and if you ever are in the Philippines, Hawaii, etc. definitely try them.
not a fan of oats or bananas on their own, but oat banana pancakes? my LORD.
Same.
Made this recipe as a dessert for a dinner party last weekend. What a triumph. This was the best banana bread I've ever made!! Thanks BA! xxxx
I just love the ease with which Carla cooks.. Like it's comfortable, not at all stressful, like she enjoys it.
Disclaimer: I deal with horrible anxiety before I cook 😓
10:44
A very, very quiet "crunchles?" from behind the camera.
God I’m so glad someone else heard that
@@samsavc123 I had to replay it three times to make sure I wasn't imagining it.
That sounds like a ghost whisper...kinda freaked out!
And at 10:27 where they say “an explosion or something”
Thank you for that 😆
6:57 "Wow she looks broken!"
big mood
Yesss!! I grew up with The Fanny Farmer cookbook and putting cream cheese on banana bread too!! I usually add vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves to my bread though - it really takes it up a notch! 😍
Great ,Carla made this to your exact method and ingredients ,before today I always added a pinch of cinnamon,and 1/4 tea of van extract, this recepie is so much better and not as sweet with just the brown sugar,nice addition to the top! Thankyou,great episode,your one of my faves!
Gaby at the back just doing Kitchen Manager things.
Day 1 of me requesting to put Gaby on the Bon Appétit channel banner
Also Rick and Amiel (Emile?) don't know how to spell his name haha
@@cactuarda3211 Well Ameil is about to leave so I don't know but Rick Priya and Gaby yes
@@Janine.Najarian WHAT?! AMEIL IS LEAVING?! He's one of my favorites :(. But yeah Priya also needs to be on the banner :)
i think they've just put the senior editors on the banner, but i will petition with you to put gaby on the banner as well since i mean she is the manager xd
Ummmm Priya. It should probably be Priya. Don’t get me wrong I adore Gabby but it’ll probably be Priya
I’ve made this 3 times since the start of quarantine (lol) and every time it comes out perfect!! It’s best to serve this the day after baking, idk the science behind this but the flavors are amplified but completely complements each other
i agree. i made this yesterday and just grabbed a piece this morning and it hit so different. It was banging
This really IS the best banana bread ever, freezes beautifully and that little crunch of sugar on top, especially when you reheat it, is wonderful! I’ve been buying ripe bananas, anticipating the next batch (2 loaves at a time is just as easy), which I’m making NOW! Yum!
Turning it into French toast is my favorite, especially topped with some caramelized banana slices and maple whipped cream
Levi Mitchell I've never thought of that! It sounds soooo good!
Levi Mitchell That sounds amazing! I have to try that. 🙂
🤤I will definitely try that! That’s a great idea
damn. i never had butter nor cream cheese with banana bread. i never thought it was a thing!
also gaby is so precious as always oh my god☺️
Good banana bread doesn't need that. Maybe their recipe isn't good.
Here is one tip similar to cream on banana bread. Next time you eat icecream sprinkle it with cookie crumbs. This literally elevates it to some michelin star level.
Plain fresh banana bread is great alone, but butter and cream cheese are just nice for variation and elevation. I often toast it with jam and/or peanut butter for something more 'substantial', or toasted with ice cream and syrup for a dessert treat.
@@scottr939 Exactly
Nutella on banana bread 🤯 Not all the time but sometimes... when you've had a hard day. Warm banana bread, a little nutella, maybe some whiskey (if that's your thing) to wash it down. I'm gonna pretend I had a hard day today.
I finally got a chance to make this and it was so good! I made sure to read the recipe on their site and watch the video as she did it. I even did the mise en place, it was the best. Literally.
i made this cake and it was a WIN
my whole family and friends went insane about it
this is actually so perfect because my mum asked me to make banana bread today. Thank you Carla!
Lol me too
How did it go?
@@kiwi_wolf477 delicious!
Kiwi_Wolf it actually went pretty well but my mum hated it with the raisins.😂😂
Mother of gods! If this is what banana bread is... I have never had banana bread before. Holy moly this turned out so perfect. I halved the amount of sugar because I can't handle sweet, and hoooooooboy did it ever turn out fantastic. 12/10 best banana bread recipe ever, hands down.
If you halved the amount of sugar, you made a completely different recipe. Sugar has a big impact on the final texture of baked goods. No hate - just not the same recipe.
Planning on making it today, also never had banana bread before :3
@@licatnya7178 As someone who is very into banana bread, this one is REALLY good
Amuunda Postey Can I use granulated sugar? Don’t have brown sugar.
MetalChica7 you totally can. It will affect the taste a little, because brown sugar has a more rich caramel molassesy flavour, and white sugar is just one-note sweet, but if your bananas are nice and ripe, it should turn out great either way.
I made this yesterday and now it's GONE. My family loved it so much, we ate it all in a day. Thanks BA!
Made these over a dozen times, even before covid. I’ve been making them as banana bread bites (like with the mini cupcake pans) with mini chocolate chips and walnuts, and out of the oven in 12 mins! Delish!
"Sorry I lost my train of thought"
BananAS
7
I was JUST gonna make banana bread, and I have all of these ingredients in my fridge. Bless.
It's been a while since I've made it, but if I recall correctly this is VERY similar to the recipe we used at my house growing up. Warm banana bread with melted butter...perfect! I never met anyone else who liked it like this. I'm not alone! This and my great-grandmother's apple cake are my fav loafs.
I baked a lot of banana bread when my kids were in elementary school, middle & highschool! Pleasant Memories of a warm kitchen!📻💿🖨️🕯️📺📷📆🛋️🍌🍞
I've baked this, and it's so delicious. I'm never baking any other banana bread recipe ever again
I made this today and it's DELICIOUS. Probably could have done with five more minutes in the oven, but still very good. I included walnuts and choc chips and it worked very well.
MCDexX the walnuts and chocolate chips would increase the cooking time - if you alter the a recipe, be willing to adapt the method
@mister clean Not everyone has to be good in everything and learn everything about cooking
It's really good with dates added in too
omg choc chips
I made this and I added raisins, sunflower seeds, pumpkins seeds, pine nuts and walnuts. It's in the oven now
Tried nd lovvved the result... thank you for restoring my faith in baking....
Omg i finally found the recipe for banana cake or bread. I been baking a ton of it using different recipes n wasn't happy with it. Finally i baked using this recipe yesterday n it turned out like a gold bar. Everyone loved it. It be up on my menu soon with a little modifications. But super yumms. Tq so much
I see Carla and I click. I’m a simple woman. Love your bangs
I had to watch the 10:45 minute mark like, five times to be sure that I actually heard someone whisper "crunchles", and that I wasn't just going insane 😅
Carla is my favorite Bon Appetiter. She always seems so happy, positive, hilarious, and supportive. We need more people like her in the world.
I made it last night. Excellent outcome, everyone loved it. I followed exactly what Carla instructed including the 4 minutes mixing.
i fully died when gaby said "we're bananas for bananas" I LOVE HER
Carla, Banana Bread and Fridays go together really well.
Just made this tonight at 10pm (trying to escape from some problems lol). Added some vanilla and cinnamon to it. Came out super lovely!!! First BA recipe that i followed and im super happy 😊 Thanks Carla
I made this yesterday. My grandma loves is so much, moist and not too sweet . Thank you
Curly! Bang! Banana! Bread! Content! 🙌🏼
I loved the gossip part at the end!!
I never knew that even in test kitchens there could be gossip 😂😭
I've made this for new year's eve. And it's so delicious and perfectly moist. This is by-far the best banana bread! :)
I just made this yesterday, this is a great recipe! Came out perfect, soft, and moist.
Brad Leone
Contributing food editor/ archery marksman/New Jersey ferry ensign 😂
Salt of the earth.
BA editing brings this video to life! I love it!
Carla, Thank you for this video. I love the humor you have while explaining this recipe. I also love that little shake you did when explaining the rise and fall of the bread. I'll have to ask Mrs. General if she could do that little shake also, as it would make baking in the kitchen together very interesting and fun. I watch all BA's videos on CZcams & the LG tv channels. Thanks again.
Best banana bread recipe ever! The bread comes out super fluffy and delicious!
“I’m gonna start making the B.A banana bread.”
“Yeah you are.”
I chuckled.
Gaby makes me feel so happy! She’s just so sweet and lovely ☺️
I never thought 4 minutes was real before this video.
Thank you Carla.
Ive used this banana bread recipe (mascarpone instead of yogurt and add in chocolate chips) for 2 years now and it truly is THE BEST.