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Discover delicious and creative recipes to use your overripe bananas. From healthy snacks to decadent desserts, give your brown bananas a new life.
Ingredients
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- 3 overripe bananas, mashed
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Optional: chocolate chips, nuts, cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour a loaf pan.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- In a large bowl, cream together the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla extract.
- Stir in the mashed bananas.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Fold in any optional ingredients like chocolate chips or nuts.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the banana bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring it to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- For extra moist banana bread, use very ripe bananas.
- You can substitute some of the all-purpose flour with whole wheat flour for a healthier option.
- Freeze ripe bananas and thaw them when you’re ready to bake.
- These can also be baked as muffins; reduce baking time to 20-25 minutes.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Baking
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 35mg
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