Banana Bread

For some reason, we’ve had a ridiculous amount of bananas on the verge of going bad in our house this week. When I asked Anna what we should do with them, I expected her to say something along the lines of chocolate banana muffins. But she surprised and requested banana bread.

The surprise didn’t last long because two minutes later she requested to watch a show. Of course, she got pretty angry with me when I told her I had started with her (KIDS).

Don’t worry, this story has a happy ending. She got over her righteous indignation and helped me finish the banana bread. I even let her take the lead and be in charge of putting everything into the bowl and stirring it until it was just right.

This banana bread is everything you hope it would be: moist, sweet but not overly so, and just plain delicious. Bonus points because it takes up 4 whole bananas and is dairy-free without even trying.

Now if I could only figure out what to do with the other two bananas we have turning browner by the second.

How To Make Banana Bread

Supplies:

• 9×5 Loaf Pan*
• Cooking spray
• Flour for dusting
• Super ripe bananas
• Potato Masher* (optional)
• Oil (I use Canola or Safflower, but any oil will work)
• Sugar
• Eggs
• Vanilla Extract
• Baking soda
• Salt
• Flour (regular, unbleached, or whole wheat)

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Banana Bread

5 from 1 vote

Recipe by Emily LevensonCourse: Breakfast, SnacksDifficulty: Easy

Servings

8

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

1

hour 

Total time

1

hour 

15

minutes

Use up all of your overripe bananas AND impress all your friends with this super moist and delicious (dairy-free) banana bread.

Ingredients

• 4 ripe bananas

• 1/3 cup oil

• 1/2 cup sugar

• 1 egg, beaten

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 tsp baking soda

• pinch of salt

• 1 1/2 cups of flour

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray loaf pan with cooking spray and dust with flour.
• In a medium to large mixing bowl, mash bananas with potato masher (or hands, feeling frisky).
• Add oil to the and stir to combine.
• Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla or almond extract.
• Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in.
• Add the flour last, mix until just combined.
• Pour mixture into loaf pan and put into preheated oven.
• Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and cool on a rack. Slice and serve.
• Can be stored in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.

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