Made this great tasting banana bread the other day and just had to log it here for easy access. There are always a couple bananas in the bunch that try to make it into the trash. Not on my watch! Ate a little for a late night snack then wrapped it up for breakfast with some coffee.
Best Basic Banana Bread
- Ingredients
- 2-3 ripe bananas (starting to brown even)
- 1/3 c. butter, melted
- 1 c. sugar
- pinch of salt
- 1 beaten egg
- 1 t. vanilla extract
- 1 t. baking soda
- 1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
- Preparation
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and prepare 4×8 loaf pan (butter and flour dusted). In a medium/large mixing bowl mash the bananas together then add melted butter and mix. Start adding/mixing in some of the dry ingredients, baking soda, salt, sugar. Then mix in the egg and vanilla extract. Finally add in the flour and pour into prepared pan. Bake for about an hour, check after 50 minutes. Done when a toothpick is pulled out clean. Let cool on rack, if you can wait that long. You can do all this with a fork or whisk, no need for electric mixer but no harm either.