Recipe Details

This is better banana bread, thanks to the addition of buckwheat flour and black sesame paste.

Ingredients

• 1 

  large egg

• Cooking spray

• 2 large or 3 small 

  ripe bananas

• 1/4 cup 

  black sesame paste, black sesame butter, or black tahini, well-stirred

• 1 teaspoon 

  kosher salt

• 1 1/2 cups 

  all-purpose flour

• 1/3 cup 

  buckwheat flour

• 1 teaspoon 

  baking soda

• 1/2 cup 

  granulated sugar

• 2 tablespoons 

  toasted sesame oil

• 2 tablespoons 

  vegetable oil

• 2 teaspoons 

  black or white sesame seeds

Description

1. Place 1 large egg in the bowl of a stand mixer (or large bowl if using an electric hand mixer). Let sit until room temperature.

2. Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat the oven to 375ºF. Coat a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. Line the bottom and 2 long sides of the pan with a sheet of parchment paper that extends past the sides by a few inches to form a sling.

3. Peel 2 large or 3 small ripe bananas, place in a medium bowl, and mash with a fork or potato masher until mostly smooth (about 1 heaping cup). Make a well in the center of the bananas. Place 1/4 cup black sesame paste and 1 teaspoon kosher salt in the well and stir to combine.