Sweet Mornings
One-Bowl Banana Bread
Moist, deeply banana-y, and mixed in a single bowl. The blackest bananas make the best loaf.
Ingredients
- 3 very ripe bananas, mashed
- 1/3 cup (75g) butter, melted
- 3/4 cup (150g) sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups (190g) all-purpose flour
Method
- Heat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a 9x5 loaf pan.
- Mash the bananas in a large bowl, then stir in the melted butter.
- Mix in the sugar, egg and vanilla, then the baking soda and salt.
- Fold in the flour until just combined — don't overmix.
- Pour into the pan and bake 50–60 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack.
Cook's notes
- The riper (blacker) the bananas, the sweeter and more flavorful the loaf.
- Fold in 1/2 cup chocolate chips or walnuts if you like.
- Overmixing makes it tough — stop as soon as the flour disappears.
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