Recipe | Banana Bread

Believe it or not, this is the first time I've ever made banana bread on my own, and it was only because Devin requested it (and because we had rotting bananas). I love banana bread, but it doesn't come to mind when I'm looking for something sweet to bake. I did a little research and found the perfect recipe from my go-to, Smitten Kitchen. Her recipe called for bourbon, which I omitted, and I wrote the recipe below. I love recipes that require 1 giant bowl and 1 wooden spoon. You can taste the difference! This is the method for my favorite chocolate chip cookies, too.

This bread was easy, and was in the oven within 10 minutes. You'll love it.

Ingredients:

3-4 about-to-be-covered-in-fruit-flies bananas, smashed (I used a potato smasher)

1/3 cup melted butter

3/4 to 1 cup brown sugar (depending on how sweet you want the bread, I did the smaller amount)

1 egg, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

Pinch of salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1 1/2 cups flour

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350º

2. Smash bananas in large bowl. Pour melted butter over banana mash, and mix with wooden spoon until fully incorporated.

3. Mix in sugar, beaten egg and vanilla, then mix in the spices.

4. Sprinkle soda and salt over the mixture, and stir it in.

5. Add the flour last, mix.

6. Pour mixture into buttered/greased loaf pan and bake 50-60 minutes, or until tester comes out clean.

7. Cool on rack completely before removing loaf from pan.

*for mini loaf pans, bake 45 minutes, or until tester comes out clean.