Banana Bread
- Ingredients
- 9
- Steps
- 5
- Oven
- 350°F
- Category
- Baking & Sweets
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 bananas
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- A little bit of salt
- 3/4 cup of sugar, 1 cup if you want a sweeter bread
- 1 large egg scrambled at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla
- 1 and a 1/2 cup flour
- A heaping pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg
Directions
- 1
Prep oven and pan
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grease a loaf pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
- 2
Mix wet ingredients
- In a large bowl, mash 2–3 bananas.
- Stir in ⅓ cup melted butter.
- Add 1 large room-temperature egg (scrambled) and 1 tsp vanilla.
- Mix until combined.
- 3
Add dry ingredients
- Stir in 1 tsp baking soda, a pinch of salt, ¾–1 cup sugar (adjust for sweetness), 1 ½ cups flour, and a pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Mix until combined (a little lumpy is okay).
- 4
Bake
- Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- 5
Finish
- Cool completely before removing from the pan and serving. (Optional: stir in chocolate chips before baking.)