Easy Banana Bread. Combine bananas, sugar, egg, and butter together in a bowl. Mix flour and baking soda together in a separate bowl; stir into banana mixture until batter is just mixed. Cream margarine and sugar until smooth.
Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with bananas, beating well after each addition. Any recipe with bananas is pretty much a favorite in our house and banana bread is no exception. It’s the perfect snack, it’s great with coffee for breakfast and you could even call it dessert, if you wanted. You can have Easy Banana Bread using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Easy Banana Bread
- It’s 6 of ripe bananas (mashed/blended).
- You need 1 1/2 c. of sugar (white, brown/both works).
- It’s 2 of eggs.
- Prepare 1/2 c. of vegetable oil.
- It’s 1/2 tbsp of vanilla essence.
- It’s 2 tsp. of baking soda.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
- You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 3 c. of A.P. flour.
I have tried several different banana bread recipes, some fabulous, some OK, and some BLAH! I have found this to be the perfect moist banana bread recipe - for my family anyway. If you love our Cinnamon Swirl bread recipe, I think you are going to love this easy recipe. I don’t want to confuse you with many recipes, but although this banana bread recipe holds a special place in my heart, this easy version is my go-to recipe if I’m short on time or just.
Easy Banana Bread step by step
- Preheat oven to 200 °C. Grease and flour 1 bundt or 2-4"×8" bread pans..
- Mash or blend bananas to desired consistency..
- Add oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla and mix well..
- Sift flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add salt to dry ingredients.
- Gently fold in dry ingredients to wet mixture in 2 batches..
- Additional tip: when the kitchen starts smelling like banana bread… lower the oven to 175°C and bake for the final 10- 20 mins to ensure the inside cooks and the outside doesn’t burn!.
- Bake for 45- 60 minutes or until you press the top of the bread/cake gently and it bounces back (a lasting finger print indicates it’s not done baking)..
- Let stand for 10 mins, then turn out to cool on a cooling rack..
To FREEZE: You can either freeze the loaf as a whole or slice it and freeze the slices. To defrost a slice just pop it in the microwave for a few seconds or even just add it to the lunch box frozen, it’ll defrost in plenty of time for lunch! This Easy Banana Bread Recipe is the absolute BEST! Moist, loaded with bananas, sweetened with brown sugar, and baked in a cake pan for even and quick cooking. Stir in the sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla extract.