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Easiest banana bread recipe

3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed (I used four but three are plenty)

1/3 cup melted butter

3/4 to 1 cup sugar

1 egg, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

Pinch of salt

1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

Cinnamon, nuts, raisins, per your tastes





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I’m back today with a very quick, YUMMY, very easy banana bread recipe – and I just had to share it because for years I thought it was way harder than this.I love when I think something is difficult for so long and then do a quick search on the net and realize it’s not hard at all. Or maybe I hate when that happens, because I’ve denied myself the goodness all that time.I found this recipe on Simply Recipes and I love it because you probably already all of the ingredients in your pantry.It seriously took five minutes to mix everything:(I took this after I had already mashed the bananas, these are not quite ripe yet.)Preheat your oven to 350 degrees before starting.I love that the ingredients are so basic – I had everything I needed on hand. How often does that happen when you want something specific?First mash up the bananas (I used a potato masher), and then add the melted butter:YUM, banana goo!Then mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla:Add the baking soda and salt and mix: Add the flour last, bake at 350 in a preheated oven for one hour and you’re done!I added a bit of cinnamon at the end too, just because cinnamon is good in just about any baked item. In my opinion.I don’t care for nuts in banana bread, so this recipe was perfect for me. If you like them in your nanner bread, I’m guessing about half a cup would be perfect.The recipe specifies an 8” by 4” loaf pan , but all we have is a 9 by 5. Because of that I baked it for about 50 minutes instead of an hour.It came out perfect:I may or may not have eatena couple pieces by the time I took this picture. :)It is SO good. Especially yummy warm from the oven, with a little butter…um, what was I saying? I may add a few raisins in my next loaf – I think that would beNow go forth and bake!**Check out my other easy recipes here , including three of my very favorite crock pot soups , yummy peanut butter pie and super easy crockpot applesauce