Simple and Delicious Banana Bread Recipe

8 comments Children, Food

Feb 12

This is one of my all time favourite recipes. It is super quick and easy to make – so easy in fact that I made this one right in the middle of our 5 o’clock crazy hour while getting dinners organised!! It really is one of those recipes that you will keep forever.

Normally I like to bake during the day when things aren’t quite so hectic, but I noticed three bananas that weren’t looking particularly happy, and I didn’t think they would make it through another night! Plus banana bread is one of Fred’s favourite foods, so it was a special treat to put in his lunch box the next day!

I have been cooking this particular recipe for years and originally found it at Simply Recipes.

I love the fact that it has been passed down from generations – it’s a winner!!

Banana Bread Recipe

Ingredients

  • 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
  • 1/3 cup melted butter
  • 1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

Method

No need for a mixer for this recipe. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl.

Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in.

Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4×8 inch loaf pan.

Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.

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8 comments

  1. Gwen / February 12, 2011

    awesome. I never knew it was that easy. Thanks for sharing. I’m going to try this.

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  2. gavin / February 12, 2011

    Looks very nice
    How about posting a step by step Anzac biscuit recipe

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  3. Jen / September 25, 2011

    Nice recipe,

    I was going to make the below version but I think I will make this instead.

    http://www.wascene.com/food-drink/delicious-banana-bread-recipe/

    Jen

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  4. Sue / November 23, 2011

    Looks very yummy! Will be trying that one very soon as we have some very sad bananas in the fruit bowl :)

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  5. Natalie / November 23, 2011

    Thanks Sue! Unfortunately our bananas are becoming sad quite quickly in this heat! But a lovely excuse to make this yummy treat!

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