Banana Bread

  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hrs
  • Serves: 8-10,Yield: 1.0loaf

    • About This Recipe

    “This is the best banana bread I have ever made. Perfect for using those bananas that are still good but look too brown for someone to want to eat them.”

    Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cupsall-purpose flour
  • 1cupwhite sugar
  • 1/4 cupbutter, softened
  • 1teaspoonvanilla extract
  • 1teaspoonbaking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoonbaking powder
  • 1egg
  • 3very ripe bananas

    • Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Grease and flour the loaf pan Mash bananas and add flour, sugar, butter, vanilla, baking powder, baking soda and egg.
  • Mix well.
  • Pour into loaf pan.
  • Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 to 60 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.

    • Reviews

  • “This was easy for a beginner like me. I was surprised there was no salt, and it was needed. I added a teaspoon of cinnimon and a touch of all-spice.”

  • “This recipe was very easy to make and had minimal clean-up which I liked very much…I added nuts to half the recipe and they turned out wonderful!”

  • “Very simple; very good.It went fast in our house!”

  • “A nice quick bread to throw together. It makes wonderful mini-loaves. When doubling the recipe, I got 5 mini-loaves. Baked them for 40 minutes. I also added walnuts to the batter. They freeze well.”

  • “So easy to make, so delicious.It just melts in your mouth like pudding. “

  • “This one will definately be a ‘GO’!! I love banana muffins, cake, anything…banana!! And this recipe looks really very nice to me. I’ll have to wait though until 3 of our new bananas age a bit!!”

  • “Delicious recipe! I made muffins (baked for 20 minutes) which came out awesome!”

  • “Delicious and so simple to make! Thanks!”

  • “Very, very good. I added white and dark chocolate chips and toasted pecans, because I had them on hand. Will definitely make again, and again.”

  • “This is a FANTASTIC Banana Bread! I wrote this recipe down on paper last night and made the bread, then.. my other half threw out the paper and I was heart broken! LUCKILY, Food.com has a terrific ingredient filter function and just by remembering what I put into the bowl last night, I was able to find this recipe again so I can save it! I will certainly make it again since I found it! I wanted to get the chance to rate it also! we had it with cream cheese and it was delicious! Thank you for sharing!”

  • “The recipe is as quick and tasty as everyone said. It made 19 mini-muffin which I baked for 20 minutes.With cooling time and a quick pack into a gift box, I had a great teacher’s gift in under an hour.And 1 for myself!”

  • “So easy and turns out delicious every time!”

  • “I really enjoyed how fast and simple this was to make.My daughter Lily helped me make it, and it took no time at all!Thank you!”

  • “A good basic banana bread recipe. I took this to a local event and, even though it was the plainest looking, least sweet treat on the dainty table, I had a request for the recipe. Thanks, mysticalmagical for this recipe I will make again.”

  • “Simple, easy and delicious!A huge hit with the family–will definitely use this as my new favorite banana bread recipe!!”

  • “Love this bread. I make it often.It is an all around favorite of mine and my friends.”

  • “So very easy to prepare and the bread tastes delicious.I threw in a handful of white chocolate chips at the last minute.I seem to always have a problem whenever I bake banana breads –either underdone or burnt around the edges.This one turned out perfect!Happy me!”

  • “very good! nice and moist and really easy. i added a tsp of cinnamon and a good pinch of pumpkin pie spice. will be making again :)”

  • “WOW!!! I honestly I thought this recipe is just tooo easy. Surely it wouldn’t taste that good?! But it really really does!!! It is fool proof!!! You don’t need to add a thing. It is perrrfect! I have made three loaves in the past two days and my family cant get enough. It certainly is the best banana bread ever!! Keep it simple I say!!”

  • “The best banana bread ever!!! I made this many times with my residents when I worked at a nursing home. It was our most requested activity! I make it now with the kids at the apartments I work at. I would not change a thing about it! VERY GOOD AND EASY!”

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