I saw the recipe for this tasty Banana Bread on Linda’s Fired up Cooking SA‘s blog. I felt a slight twinge of guilt though when I made it, as I have stated in the past that my family’s recipe for Banana Loaf is the one of the best! While it is still a brilliant and well loved recipe, Linda’s version is so much quicker and like Linda says, all you need is a fork and a bowl. Ordinarily I use very ripe bananas for Banana Loaf but only had “just yellow” ones on hand and they produced a lovely light banana flavour.
Easy Banana Bread
Ingredients
3 or 4 bananas (I used three and they made up 1 cup)
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar (I used brown sugar)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1½ cups all purpose flour
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Grease a small loaf tin.
- Mash the bananas in the bowl with the fork.
- Add the melted butter and mix in.
- Add the sugar and mix in.
- Add the egg and beat into the mixture.
- Add the vanilla essence and stir in.
- Sprinkle the bicarbonate of soda over the mix and blend in.
- Add the flour and mix through.
- Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and bake until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Mine took 45 minutes.
Its funny how we all have our favourite banana bread recipes, but I’m always up for trying a new one, so thanks for sharing this one Mandy 🙂
Hi Anna. I almost feel like I am betraying the family by making this recipe 😉 but like you say, it’s always nice trying out new recipes. 🙂
What a lovely classic recipe!
A nice easy version. 🙂
Banana bread is one of my favourite baked goods. Yours turned out to be so perfect 🙂 I feel like baking this now 🙂
Tes this comes together so quickly, so I hope you make one. 🙂
This looks much healthier than my banana bread recipe and so nice and quick too!! I think i’ve always waited until my bananas are super ripe so I might try more yellow one’s next time. Thanks Mandy!!
The only major difference I noticed with the super ripe and not so ripe bananas was the black specks in the loaf. 🙂
What a delicious and simple banana bread! I have a bunch of bananas on the counter ripening for just such an occasion.
Hope you enjoy this quick easy version Georgia. 🙂
Yummy banana bread! I love the use of brown sugar instead of white sugar. I love it best.
Funny enough I only ever use brown sugar – can’t remember when last I bought white sugar. 🙂
Loooove banana bread! This sounds great!
Hi Mary, welcome and thanks for stopping by. 🙂 Banana bread is a weekly feature in our home.
I love how easy it sounds! And look so delicious too! I have one banana recipe that I’ve been using for the past 10 years. I don’t bake, so when I find a good one, I just stick with it. Maybe it’s a good chance now to try a new one. 😉
It also took a lot for me to try a new banana bread recipe. I will still use my family recipe for special occasions though. 🙂
Goodie!
I have dark bananas to make this today 🙂 COOL.
Hope you enjoyed the banana loaf. I like it when it is still a bit warm from the oven with butter and a cup of tea. 🙂
a year ago I found a banana bread recipe that I thought it was the best, few months later I tried a new one which I found great and few weeks ago adapted one from taste of home which I can say it’s the best so far.
Funny, how we change our minds when we try new recipes.
Your loaf looks moist and crumby, would be perfect with a cup of tea.
I wonder how many variations of banana bread are out there and who was the first clever person to think of it? 😉 It is always nice to have a banana bread on hand for afternoon tea. 🙂
I made this bread on Saturday 🙂 & brought it over to my mom’s…
eveybody looooove it.
guess what? i put caramel frosting on it!
Thank you. xx
Hi Kim, I am pleased it turned out so well for you and I love the idea of the caramel frosting on top. 🙂
Hey!!!! You made ‘my’ banana bread recipe!!!!! That’s SO AWESOME – thanks for the link 🙂
My daughter made this loaf again last night – she added a little chopped dark, milk and white chocolate and a handful of pecan nuts. It was decadent, I tell you!
Hi Linda. Adding chocolate and pecans sounds like a fabulous idea. 🙂