Simple Banana Bread Recipe

Oftentimes we all have good intentions of trying to eat more fruit.  If you find yourself with too many leftover bananas that have ripened, make a simple Banana Bread.

This family recipe for a quick banana bread is an easy grab and go out the door to head to school, work, or sit down and enjoy at home.

If you buy bananas to specifically make banana bread, they will ripen faster if you place them in a brown paper bag, such as a brown lunch bag.

If chocolate is your thing, be sure to check out my recipe for Chocolate Banana Bread

Looking for a quick snack the kids can help with?  Check out my Cake Mix Banana Muffins with Chocolate chips! 

There's also a Quick Bread Cream Cheese filled Nibble Bread you can make with Banana Bread mix

Easy clean up with Handmade Cotton Dish Cloths from Moomettes Crochet Shop

Banana Bread Recipe

Ingredients

2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp.  vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon or nutmeg
1-1/4 c. sugar or substitute honey equivalent in proportion 
1/2 c. vegetable or Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)

2 eggs
2 tb. milk
3 bananas, mashed with a little milk
Chopped nuts (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees
Add  flour, baking soda and salt and cinnamon to a mixing bowl to set aside
Mix egg, sugar and oil.  Stir until well blended.  Mixture will be a little thick
Add milk, vanilla and bananas and sir, mixing well
Add nuts to batter if desired
Sprinkle with a sugar/cinnamon mixture on top if desired.
Bake 50-70 minutes, checking until  a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool on wire rack 

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Banana Muffins | Cake Mix Banana Muffins | Easy Quick Recipe

Normally I make my own banana bread recipe, but this one turned out just as yummy, and with Banana Bread Muffins, each grandkiddo gets their very own bite of deliciousness.  

Three grandkids were living here while waiting for a closing on their new house and we were snowed in with Blizzard Bobby taking place off the coast of New England. 

A great way to entertain the kids (and feed them too) is to have them help make something yummy in the kitchen.  I like to incorporate math and reading skills when we cook too. 

However, I'd been baking quite a bit, and wanted to make it simple, so my favorite go-to is to start with a doctored up cake mix recipe.

The kids took turns mashing the bananas, stirring, and adding in chocolate chips! 

Check out my favorite from scratch Banana recipes - 

Simple Banana Bread

Double Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Easy kitchen clean-up with Handmade Dish Cloths from Moomettes Crochet Shop!

Cake Mix Banana Muffins Recipe

 3-4 very ripe bananas 

1 box (15.25 ounces) yellow cake mix (I had Aldi brand on hand)

2 large eggs

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice mix

1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla

1 c. chocolate chips

Line cupcake pan with 12 paper liners.

Mix all together and bake in 350 degree oven for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean

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