Easy Banana Bread Recipe Without Self Raising Flour

With just four simple ingredients and five short minutes, you’ll have a loaf of banana bread in the oven. This 4 Ingredient Banana Bread recipe uses self-rising flour, bananas, eggs and sugar to create a quick bread option without needing an endless list of ingredients.

If you’ve got five minutes to spare to whip together the batter, and these four ingredients on hand, then what are you waiting for?

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Self-rising flour is the secret ingredient. What is self-rising flour? It’s all purpose flour that has salt and baking powder already blended in with it. With that being said, you can’t substitute all purpose flour for self-rising flour and visa versa. The recipes won’t work.

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The other secret (not so secret) ingredient is the bananas. Be sure that these bananas are really black and mushy. Leave them on the counter for a couple extra days just to be sure before making this Self Rising Flour Banana Bread.

I love how there are so many versions of banana bread. Personally, I typically lean towards a Classic version from my friend Debbie. But other times, I like to free up the oven and I make slow cooker banana bread. Or, if I’m craving chocolate, I go for Chocolate Banana Bran Muffins.

Yet even with all those recipes at my disposal, I still couldn’t pass up the opportunity to try this Simple Banana Bread (no baking soda) with Only 4 Ingredients when I found it in North Carolina State Elks Association Cook Book. The recipe was titled Larry’s Banana Bread. Thanks Larry, wherever you are (probably in North Carolina somewhere…).

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Truth be told, I’m a sucker for recipes with a only a handful ingredients. Need proof? Check out our entire section of recipes with 6 ingredients or less!

If you’ve got a bunch of overly ripe bananas on the counter and no time to make banana bread, you can save them for later.

I use my frozen banana cubes to make banana ice cream for my lactose-intolerant daughter. Turns out, my other kids love it just as much as she does.

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You can make banana bread with practically any standard banana bread recipe. Just note, it will take longer to bake than the regular recipe calls for if your bananas are still partially frozen. Follow this easy recipe for banana bread using frozen bananas.

Always let hot dishes and desserts cool before wrapping it up or covering. If you do it when it’s hot, condensation will form in the container.

With just four simple ingredients and five short minutes, you'll have a loaf of bread in the oven. 4 Ingredient Banana Bread uses self-rising flour, bananas, eggs and sugar to create a quick bread option without needing an endless list of ingredients.

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Calories: 221 kcal | Carbohydrates: 46 g | Protein: 6 g | Fat: 2 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Cholesterol: 55 mg | Sodium: 22 mg | Potassium: 189 mg | Fiber: 2 g | Sugar: 22 g | Vitamin A: 104 IU | Vitamin C: 3 mg | Calcium: 14 mg | Iron: 1 mg

Have leftover banana bread? Try making our super easy homemade banana bread biscotti! It’s perfect served with a cup of coffee or tea.Super light and airy AND really moist AND it really tastes of bananas, without being overly sweet or cloying. Seriously, this Easy Peasy Banana Bread is insanely delicious – quite possibly the best banana bread ever!

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Isn’t banana bread great? We are forever leaving bananas until they are brown, and banana bread is such a great way to use them up and avoid food waste. This banana bread is very easy to make – and the result is truly fabulous… it manages that trick of being super light and airy AND really moist AND it really tastes of bananas without being overly sweet or cloying. Seriously, this banana bread is insanely delicious – certainly the tastiest banana bread I’ve ever tried… and quite possibly the best banana bread ever!

This banana bread is also really easy to make… You just combine the dry ingredients in a bowl. Then you mash the bananas in a bowl or jug, add the eggs and stir to combine. Tip the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir, then add in the melted butter and stir again. So easy! No creaming, no folding, no whisking – just a bit of mashing and stirring. And no fancy equipment needed either! Then just pop the banana bread in the oven for 45 minutes and you are done. The whole process takes 1 hour from start to finish and, for most of that, the cake is in the oven!

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Not only is this banana bread super easy and super tasty, it’s also a little bit healthier than regular banana bread: it uses brown self raising flour, rather than white (though it works well with white self raising flour too!), and also slightly less sugar and butter than I would normally use in a cake this size. I also add in a handful of mixed seeds for extra goodness (Though you could use chopped nuts or chocolate chips if you prefer!)

For best results, I recommend using loaf tin liners. If you don’t have any loaf tin liners, I have a neat trick for you: scrunch up a sheet of greaseproof paper big enough to fit in one of your loaf tins. Wet it under the cold tap to make it pliable, then use it to line the loaf tin. Repeat with the other tin.

Yes you can! Banana bread freezes really well. Simply wrap the cooked and cooled banana bread in a double layer of baking paper, followed by a double layer of foil and place in your freezer, where it will keep for up to 3 months. Defrost overnight at room temperature. Once unwrapped, store in an airtight container.

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Super light and airy AND really moist AND it really tastes of bananas, without being overly sweet or cloying. Seriously, this Easy Peasy Banana Bread is insanely delicious – quite possibly the best banana bread ever! 

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Best Banana Bread

This blog post contains affiliate links, this means if you click on a link and go on to buy the product I recommend, I will get a small commission, but you will not be charged a penny more – thanks in advance!This foolproof banana loaf is a great way to use up those brown bananas in your fruit bowl! Incredibly easy to make, deliciously moist and just so tasty.

Try also… my 3 Ingredient Banana Bread or my Vegan Banana Bread. For a low carb and gluten free version try my Keto Banana Bread!

Everyone needs an easy banana loaf recipe in their lives… This one is mine and I have been baking it for years.

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Banana bread is one of the very few cakey things (the other being my apple bread) my husband will happily eat – he “doesn’t like cake”. Sigh. I mean, really, I can’t even begin to understand that. He clearly has an underdeveloped sweet tooth!

But while he ignores all the chocolate/ cakes /desserts usually plentiful in our house, he always has time for a thick slice of banana bread. Can’t say as I blame him because it is just SO GOOD!

There are as many banana bread recipes as there are cooks! Most recipes use a combination of the following ingredients and this is my version, tested and retested extensively.

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Best Banana Bread Recipe

BANANAS I try to use up ripe bananas with brown or deep yellow skin. Those are usually the ones that end up in the bin anyway and this is a great way to use them up!

YOUR CHOICE OF… Vegetable oil, coconut oil, melted butter, or light vegetable spread can all be used – for a dairy-free banana cake go with vegetable/coconut oil.

THE SWEET STUFF This is not an overly sweet cake – you can increase the amount of sugar if you like it sweet. I use light brown sugarand Sukrin Gold sweetener to make the recipe lower in syns.

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FLOUR Self raising flour PLUS bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) give this cake the extra lift that prevents the bread from becoming too dense and heavy. Use wholemeal or spelt flour for a healthier banana bread or gluten free flour if preferred.

YOU WILL ALSO NEED Two large eggs, your choice of flavouring such vanilla or almond extract and/or ground cinnamon. Lately I have been