Simple & Moist, One-Bowl Banana Bread
Delicious and ridiculously simple, one bowl banana bread. No fancy mixers or tools needed. Turns out moist EVERY time, and is so so easy to customize with chocolate chips, nuts, spices and etc.
Ingredients
- 3 bananas ripe
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup butter melted
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ⅛ tsp salt
- ¼ cup pecans optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit.
- In a large bowl combine bananas, egg, melted butter, sugar, and vanilla. Mash and mix well.
- Add all other dry ingredients, except for pecans*. Mix well.
- Add in any additive ingredients such as chocolate chips, nuts, or dried fruit now. Mix just enough to incorporate.
- Scoop contents into a greased loaf pan (see notes below for advice).
- Bake for 45-55 minutes, depending on your oven until nicely browned, or until a skewer comes out clean from the center.
- Let cool, add some butter and enjoy!
Notes
- I recommend using a silicone coated loaf pan (these are absolutely incredible and require NO greasing) and ensure your baked goods aren't torn or ripped if you ever under-grease normally.
- You don't have to add additives at all, I just like my loaf with either chocolate chips or pecans in them, I feel like it adds a nice addition to the moist bread on its own.
- You can also separate this batter into muffins, it makes about 10 and they freeze super nicely. Only 20 seconds to reheat and they taste like they were fresh from the oven.