🛒 What You’ll Need
🍌 3 very ripe bananas, mashed
🧈 1/2 cup melted butter
🍬 3/4 cup brown sugar
🥚 2 large eggs
🥄 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
🌾 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
🥄 1 teaspoon baking soda
🧂 1/2 teaspoon salt
🌰 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
🥜 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans, optional
👩🍳 How to Make It
1️⃣ Mash the Bananas
Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
Mash the ripe bananas in a large bowl until mostly smooth.
2️⃣ Add the Wet Ingredients
Whisk in the melted butter, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla until well combined.
3️⃣ Add the Dry Ingredients
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
Add the dry ingredients to the banana mixture and stir just until combined.
Don’t overmix—the batter should still be a little lumpy.
4️⃣ Add the Nuts
Fold in the chopped walnuts or pecans if using.
5️⃣ Bake 🍞
Pour the batter into a greased 9×5-inch loaf pan.
Bake for 50–60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with just a few moist crumbs.
6️⃣ Cool & Slice
Let the bread cool in the pan for about 10–15 minutes, then transfer it to a wire rack.
Try to let it cool before slicing—but we completely understand if you sneak a warm piece! 😂
✨ Easy Ways to Make It Your Own
🍫 Add chocolate chips
🥜 Use walnuts or pecans
🍯 Sprinkle a little brown sugar over the top
🌰 Add a pinch of extra cinnamon
🍌 Place a few banana slices on top before baking
💡 A Little Tip
The more ripe and spotty your bananas are, the more banana flavor your bread will have.
Have bananas that are getting too ripe? Mash them and freeze them in portions so you can make banana bread whenever the craving hits!
❤️ A Little Taste of Home
There’s something wonderfully comforting about homemade banana bread.
Maybe it’s the smell drifting through the kitchen. Maybe it’s that first warm slice with a little butter melting across the top.
Or maybe it’s simply knowing that those forgotten bananas became something delicious instead of going to waste. 🍌❤️
💬 Your Turn!
How do you like your banana bread?
🍫 With chocolate chips
🥜 With walnuts or pecans
🍌 Extra banana-y
🧈 Warm with butter
❤️ Plain and classic
Tell me your favorite—and save this recipe for the next time you have ripe bananas waiting on the counter!
Thank you for spending a little time with us today. ❤️
✍️ Written with care by BASSMA EL-HAZIBI
