Storing Banana Bread?!
I want to give a loaf to visitors who will arrive tomorrow and leave the following morning. The bread will be a day and a half old when they take it home.
How should I store it right now to keep it fresh for them? It's still warm. Should I wait until it cools completely and wrap in aluminum foil? Should I refrigerate it when it's wrapped in foil?
Thanks.
Answers: I just made a banana bread. It's out of the pan and cooling on the counter.
I want to give a loaf to visitors who will arrive tomorrow and leave the following morning. The bread will be a day and a half old when they take it home.
How should I store it right now to keep it fresh for them? It's still warm. Should I wait until it cools completely and wrap in aluminum foil? Should I refrigerate it when it's wrapped in foil?
Thanks.
Every winter I make and sell many, many loaves of banana bread. When it doesn't sell too soon I freeze it, and it keeps very well. Be sure to wrap it real well with plastic wrap or aluminum foil - be sure the bread has cooled down before freezing.....ok, I know that sounds silly, but if you put it in the freezer while it is still hot it will: take forever to freeze, lower the temperature in the freezer, hurting other foods and when it is thawed it will be "mushy". I sell SLICED loaves to beauty shops (those ladies LOVE to knosh!) and you can easily slice an entire loaf, putting foil or paper between each slice and then wrapping. Then you only need to take a slice or two out of the freezer at a time - try toasting it! Next time you make it, throw a handful of Craisins into the batter. They're sooooo good!
Wrap it in saran wrap, and then refrigerate. Aliminum foil lets too much air in and causes the bread to go stale.
let the cake cool down, then wrap in aluminum foil and put in an airtight container. anyway, banana bread is best the following day. they will surely love it - like baked fresh.
Allow the bread to cool completely at room temperature. If you wrap it up while it is still warm, it will just get soggy and I don't think you want to send a soggy loaf of bread home with your friends. Wrap the loaf in saran wrap and I would suggest freezing the loaf, wrapping in foil, AND then placing in a gallon size plastic bag to protect from freezer burn. Bread keeps longer in the freezer than in the refrigerator and refrigerating the bread can cause it to become stale and dry.
Why not serve the bread for a snack tomorrow evening or toast it for breakfast the morning they are leaving and have it with coffee or tea? You can then send the rest of the loaf home with them along with the idea of toasting it. Bread that is a few days old is best toasted after all!
let cool, wrap it in plastic wrap first and then in foil. it will keep untill they get home. of course the best way to store it for more than 1 or 2 days is to slice it up while still warm, butter each slice with real butter and eat the whole freakin loaf. It will stay in your digestive sytem untill you force it out a couple days later.
I don't think some of the people answering know that banana bread is a cake and not a bread per say so freezing it will not be a good idea. you want it to stay moist and soft. Freezing it causes it to dry out as it thaws.
depends on the recipe, if you use the one with 3 eggs then you will have no problem keeping it for a week because it is very moist, email me for this recipe if you like