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Quick Banana Bread
Moist banana bread baked with pantry staples.
$19.14 estimated ingredients
Ingredients
- banana — 3 each Store item: Mott’s™ Banana Streusel Soft Baked Bars $2.99
- flour — 2 cup Store item: Kro White Whl Wheat Flour 5 LB $3.49
- sugar — 0.75 cup Store item: Sugar In The Raw® Turbinado Cane Sugar, 2 lb Box $4.79
- eggs — 2 each Store item: Kroger® Grade A Jumbo White Eggs $2.29
- butter — 0.5 cup Store item: Kroger® Salted Butter Sticks $3.29
- baking powder — 2 tsp Store item: Kroger® Baking Powder $2.29
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How to prepare
About this recipe
Quick Banana Bread is moist, sweet loaf bread baked with ripe bananas and pantry staples—a snack or breakfast you can bake ahead on the weekend. This american recipe serves 8 and is rated medium difficulty. Plan about 15 minutes of prep and 50 minutes of cooking.
What you will need ready
- 3 banana
- 2 cup flour
- 0.75 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 0.5 cup butter
- 2 tsp baking powder
Step-by-step
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
- Mash 3 banana in a large bowl until mostly smooth with a few lumps.
- Stir in melted 0.5 cup butter, 0.75 cup sugar, and 2 eggs until combined.
- Whisk 2 cup flour and 2 tsp baking powder together; fold into wet ingredients until just combined—do not overmix.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth the top.
- Bake 50–60 minutes until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.
- If top browns too fast, tent loosely with foil after 40 minutes.
- Cool in pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack.
- Cool at least 30 minutes before slicing for clean cuts.
- Store wrapped at room temperature up to 3 days.
Serving
Slice and serve plain or with butter. Freezes well wrapped up to 3 months.
Cook tips
- Very ripe bananas give best flavor and moisture.
- Do not overmix batter or bread turns tough.
- Test doneness with toothpick, not time alone.
- Cool before slicing to avoid gummy centers.