This One Bowl Banana Bread recipe comes together really quickly and only requires one bowl and a wooden spoon to make a moist classic banana bread.
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Why You’ll Love this Recipe
There’s nothing better than a moist and flavorful slice of banana bread and this easy recipe makes it impossible to not have a loaf waiting for you anytime you want it. Overripe bananas, butter, sugar, eggs, and flour is all you need for this one-bowl banana bread recipe. So grab a large bowl and a wooden spoon and whip up a loaf right away.
Want to add even more flavor and fun? Mix in a cup of chocolate chips or chopped nuts.
Love this One Bowl Banana Bread recipe? Try my Banana Bread Muffins for a quick morning grab-and-go breakfast, or Banana Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread that’s perfect for Christmas morning or any day that ends in Y, or lastly one of my favorites: Buckwheat Hoe Cakes with fresh bananas on top for a delicious and filling breakfast.
Simple pantry ingredients sometimes make the most flavorful recipes. This simple homemade banana bread only requires a handful of basic ingredients.
Ingredients You’ll Need
- Mashed Bananas – overly ripe bananas are key to the most flavor. Mash with a potato masher or a fork
- Butter – melted butter
- Egg – one egg. If you are vegan you can experiment with flax eggs but note that I have not tried it so results may vary
- Sugar – white granulated sugar or if you want to add more depth of flavor, use half white sugar and half brown sugar. Coconut sugar can also be substituted for white sugar
- Flour – all purpose flour or a 50/50 mix of all purpose flour and whole wheat flour
- Baking Soda – baking soda helps give the bread it’s loft
- Spices – kosher salt.
- Vanilla Extract – or vanilla paste
Find the printable recipe card with exact measurements and step-by-step instructions in the full recipe below.
Substitutes & Variations
- Variations –
- Spice it up by adding 1 tsp cinnamon.
- My favorite mix-ins are:1 cup chocolate chips or 1 cup of chopped walnuts.
- Brown butter in a small saucepan before adding to the batter for a nutty flavor
- Substitutions – make this a vegan banana bread recipe by substituting flax eggs and coconut oil (not tested so results may not be perfect).
Special Equipment Needed
How to Make this One-Bowl Recipe
Banana bread is one of my favorite things to make. This recipe comes together really quick.
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Butter a 8-inch x 4-inch or 9-inch x 5-inch loaf pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl add ALL ingredients. Using a wooden spoon, mix just to combine. Pour into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the banana bread comes out clean. Cool for 20 minutes and then remove from the loaf pan and cool on a rack.
What to Serve with Warm Banana Bread
Tips for Storing Leftovers
- Storing – wrap tightly in plastic wrap or store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- Reheating – microwave in 30 second bursts until desired temperature
- Freeze – wrap tightly in plastic wrap and place in a zip top bag. Freeze up to 3 months. Bring to room temperature before reheating. You can also cut the loaf of banana bread into individual slices and wrap tightly with plastic wrap. Store in an zip top bag in the freezer for an easy grab-and-go breakfast.
More Recipes We Love
Here’s a list of some of my favorite recipes from around Farmgirl Gourmet
- Whole Wheat Banana Muffins
- Cinnamon Raisin Bread
- Double Chocolate Chip Olive Oil Bread
- Blueberry Lemon Loaf
- Cinnamon Raisin Scones
- Fresh Strawberry Scones
One Bowl Banana Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 ripe bananas
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Butter a loaf pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl add ALL ingredients. Using a wooden spoon, beat to just combine. Pour into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 20 minutes and then remove from the loaf pan and cool on a rack.
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Hi! I’m Heather
I’m Heather, a recipe developer and content creator based in Vancouver, Washington. I started Farmgirl Gourmet in 2006 because I believed weeknight dinners shouldn’t be boring and gourmet shouldn’t mean complicated. I’m also the co-founder of Spiceology, so safe to say I think about food for a living. Stick around for recipes that actually make it into your regular rotation.
Such a simple recipe but so delicious
I made this and it was delicious! I added a small amount of choc. chips. Fellow food blogger here so I definitely wanted to leave a comment and let you know how good this was! Thanks!
Easy eady easy and equally good good good!!!!!
Wow, looks moist like bread pudding. I got some ripe bananas and was looking for recipes to go with it. Thx for inspiration!
I love simple recipes I can pass on to some of my friends and family that like nothing but and this is perfect!
This is my kind of baking…one bowl! Love how simple this is to put together and it looks delicious.
Sounds extremely easy. Any monkey would be able to do it…I supposed.
I’m saving this one, I always end up with ripe bananas and usually more than 2 which seems to be the standard for most recipes. Looks delicious and I think banana-y is a word in my kitchen!
nummy nummy nummy for my tummy!
Oohhh, I hope you are bringing some of that next week!! Like it would last that long!
I like anything with “one bowl” in the title. Seriously, this banana bread looks like perfect thing to enjoy this weekend.
This is kinda like my “tried & true” recipe I learned as a kid – every year I’d mix up 10 or 12 items for the county fair “under 14” division (I loved ribbons!) and would ALWAYS win a red ribbon for my banana bread! Never, as hard as I tried, could I get a blue for the banana bread….. oh well, red’s my favorite color anyway …. and I DID earn blues & Grand Champs for some of my other goodies!
sounds pretty easy to me! as easy as Ice Water! 😉