My kids devour banana bread, it’s my 5 year old’s favorite, and yet I don’t make it nearly often enough, as evidenced by this tweet earlier this week:
When I make a quick batch of banana bread or banana muffins my kids think I’m a hero and I shake my head at how easy it is. I should really do it weekly (putting bananas in the freezer instead of tossing them out would help in that endevour!) So here’s my super-easy banana bread or muffin recipe. The pan I use to get the square little loafs above is the Brownie Pan from Pampered Chef.
Easy Banana Bread or Muffins
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Serves: 12+
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 egg
- 3 bananas
- 1½ cups flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- chocolate chips (if desired…who doesn’t desire chocolate?!)
Instructions
- Mix together brown sugar and butter.
- Add the remaining ingredients except chocolate chips and mix on low with hand mixer until well blended.
- Add chocolate chips – I don’t measure this but I’d say ⅓ cup is about right.
- Bake in preheated oven at 325F for 15 minutes.
Sounds yummy. Yes we will make banana bread sometimes and we all enjoy it. I have to agree that it is something we should also make more as we buy banana’s weekly and when they start to brown I could be making the banana bread but I also like to make smoothies with the banana’s.
Thanks for this recipe – sounds scrumptious!
Do you not need milk in the recipe?
Nope!
I really, really need to make some banana bread. This recipe sounds great and much easier than mine, so thanks. My freezer door looks like a mountain of brown-skinned bananas. My hubby thinks it looks gross and bugs me weekly to toss them. I always have the promise of baking in the back of my mind but just don’t seem to get to it. Maybe this week I will.
Is 15min the cook time for muffins and loaf?
Muffins only.
Just finished making a double batch of the banana muffins. I used peanut butter chips instead of chocolate and topped them with a little brown sugar. Absolutely fabulous. This will be my go-to recipe when those black scary things start piling up in my freezer..lol.. Thanks so much Tenille.