I know what you’re thinking, Jessica… do you ever have your own recipe instead of just trying other peoples recipes? Well yes… yes I do! You’re in luck. I’m going to share my banana bread recipe with you… Now of course I started out with a base recipe but then I adjusted it over the years to be my own… This is my husbands favorite thing. I often wonder if he buys banana’s and “forgets” to eat them so that I make banana bread. It always seems to be 3… hmmm conspiracy? I don’t mind it’s not too hard to make, and I love it too! I typically make them into little mini banana breads in a mini muffin pan or the square brownie pan i have from Pampered Chef! But this time I decided to make a loaf! It turned out delicious and moist!


Ingredients: 

1/2 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar (either light or dark work)
1 stick of butter, softened/room temp ( i always mic mine for like 10-15 sec because I always forget to set it out ahead of time.. NBD!)
2 large eggs
3-4 ripe bananas
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon cinnamon (I usually add a little more though ;)-I LOVE CINNAMON!)
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease or spray your loaf pan or muffin pan- Or you could line the muffin pan as well!

Cream the sugars and butter in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy.

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Add the eggs one at a time…

 

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In a small bowl, mash the bananas with a fork.

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Mix in the milk and cinnamon.

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In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.IMG_3737
Add the banana mixture to the creamed mixture and stir until combined. Add dry ingredients, mixing just until flour disappears.

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Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 30 minutes. Add a mix of cinnamon sugar & brown sugar on top. Bake for 30 minutes to 40 minutes longer. If you are not adding the toping- it will take 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Remove bread from pan, invert onto rack and cool completely before slicing.

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bananabread

yum!

Enjoy! 🙂