Ahh, banana bread 🍌🍞—cozy, forgiving, and perfect for using up those overripe bananas. Here’s a super easy, moist, classic recipe that never lets you down.
🍌 Easy Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1/2 cup (115 g) melted butter (or oil)
- 3/4 cup sugar (white, brown, or half & half)
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups (190 g) all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven
- 175°C (350°F). Grease a loaf pan.
- Mix wet ingredients
- In a bowl, mix mashed bananas and melted butter.
- Stir in sugar, egg, and vanilla.
- Add dry ingredients
- Sprinkle baking soda and salt over the mixture.
- Stir in flour just until combined (don’t overmix).
- Bake
- Pour batter into pan.
- Bake 50–60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out mostly clean.
- Cool
- Let cool 10 minutes in the pan, then transfer to a rack.
✨ Easy Add-Ins (optional)
- Chocolate chips: 1/2 cup
- Walnuts or pecans: 1/2 cup
- Cinnamon: 1 tsp
- Peanut butter swirl: drop spoonfuls and swirl gently
✅ Tips for ultra-moist banana bread
- The spottier the bananas, the better
- Don’t overmix—lumps are okay
- If the top browns too fast, tent loosely with foil
If you want, I can also give you:
- a one-bowl banana bread
- a healthy banana bread
- or a banana bread with cream cheese swirl
Just say the word 😊🍌
