🍞BreadBeginner🇺🇸American
Banana Bread
A moist, flavorful banana bread made with ripe bananas and warm spices. Perfect for breakfast, snacking, or as a simple dessert. This easy quick-bread recipe yields one 4×8-inch loaf.
10
Prep (min)
55
Cook (min)
65
Total (min)
6
Servings
$3.79
Total Cost
$0.63
Per Serving
Ingredients
- 50 g (1 large) Eggs, large
- 675 g (3 Bananas) Banana (Mashed), use 2–3 ripe bananas, peeled and mashed
- 38 g (¼ stick OR 3 tbsp) Butter
- 5 g (1 tsp) Baking Soda
- 2 g (½ tsp) Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt
- 150 g (¾ cup) Granulated Sugar
- 4 g (1 tsp) Vanilla Extract
- 188 g (1½ cups) All-Purpose Flour
- 3 g (1 tsp) Cinnamon (ground), optional
Instructions
- 1Preheat oven to 350°F and butter a 4×8-inch loaf pan.
- 2In a mixing bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork until completely smooth. Stir in the melted butter.
- 3Mix in the baking soda and Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt until evenly distributed.
- 4Stir in the sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla extract.
- 5Gently fold in the flour until just combined. If using, stir in the cinnamon.
- 6Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top.
- 7Bake for 50–60 minutes, or until a toothpick or fork inserted into the center comes out clean.
- 8Remove from the oven and let the loaf cool in the pan for a few minutes.
- 9Carefully remove the loaf from the pan and let it cool completely on a wire rack before slicing.
Cost Breakdown
$3.79
Total Cost
$0.63
Per Serving
Ingredient Costs
- Eggs(Store Brand)$0.33
- Banana (Mashed)(Fresh)$0.93
- Butter(Land O'Lakes)$0.46
- Baking Soda(Arm & Hammer)$0.02
- Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt(Diamond Crystal)$0.01
- Granulated Sugar(Domino)$0.37
- Vanilla Extract(McCormick Pure)$0.95
- All-Purpose Flour(King Arthur)$0.50
- Cinnamon (ground)(McCormick)$0.23