If you’ve got a few ripe bananas lying around, you can whip up this 5 ingredient banana bread in a jiffy! Deliciously soft and moist, perfectly sweet and flavorful, and oh-so-easy to throw together. All you’ll need are bananas, flour, eggs, maple syrup, and baking soda—just toss it all into a blender, pour it into a loaf pan, and bake! I’ll show you how to make an easy banana bread with minimal ingredients in under an hour.
Of course, you’re welcome to jazz up your loaf with any additional seasonings, flavorings, or mix-ins that you like. But the base batter for this 5 ingredient banana bread couldn’t be easier—or tastier. You don’t need tons of ingredients to get a delicious result! The perfect use-what-you-have kind of recipe, especially when you’ve got bananas browning on the counter and
And, with natural sweetness from the bananas and just ¼ cup of maple syrup in the entire recipe, it’s a deliciously sweet but still
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Option—with only 10g of sugar per slice! It makes for a satisfying snack, or even a simple breakfast that feels like a treat. Or, heat it up in the toaster oven and enjoy it as a dessert with a scoop of ice cream!
Whether you’re stuck at home during quarantine or just wanting to bake a loaf on a whim, this is the perfect easy banana bread recipe to make with minimal ingredients. So, check your pantry and fridge, grab your blender, and let’s give this five ingredient banana bread a whirl.
If you’ve got a blender, you don’t even need to mash up your bananas. Just break them into pieces, toss everything into the blender, and blend until smooth! Then, simply pour your batter into a prepared loaf pan and let it bake in a 350°F (180°C) oven for 45-50 minutes.
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By “regular” bananas here, I’m talking about under-ripe or just all-yellow bananas. And the answer is no—do NOT use underripe bananas in this 5 ingredient banana bread recipe or
Banana bread recipe! As bananas ripen, their starches convert into sugars and they become sweeter. Riper bananas will always be the sweetest and add the best flavor to your baked goods, so you must use ripe bananas.
If you struggle to remember to buy bananas ahead of time so they’re ripe when you’re ready to bake, consider making a practice of
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Ripe, and freeze them in a freezer-safe bag to use later. Personally, I haven’t tried this hack myself—I’ve only read about it—so I can’t speak to how well it will work out. But, my recommendation would be to thaw frozen bananas overnight in the fridge before using them.
Ripe, so the peels are spotted or streaked or even fully brown/black in color. You want there to be NO green visible, or just barely a hint of green at the stem. The darker your banana looks, the sweeter it’ll be—so there’s really no such thing as too ripe!
For those who want a gluten free banana bread option, oat flour should work just fine in this recipe. As of writing this, I haven’t yet tested the recipe using oat flour—only all-purpose flour—but oat flour generally works well as a substitute in loaf recipes like this. If you’re making homemade oat flour from oats, I recommend sifting it first (with a flour sifter or fine mesh strainer) for the fluffiest texture.
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If you’ve got ripe bananas lying around, you can whip up this 5 ingredient banana bread recipe in a jiffy! How to make an easy banana bread with minimal ingredients.
Serving: 1 slice , Calories: 126 kcal , Carbohydrates: 27 g , Protein: 3 g , Fat: 1 g , Fiber: 2 g , Sugar: 10 gSuper Simple Banana Bread that is moist, has a rich banana flavor, and the perfect texture. No mixer needed, this really is the easiest banana bread you will ever make.
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Honestly, this is one of my most popular posts, along with Beef Stroganoff, Shrimp Alfredo, and Baked Chicken Wings. But this one is the easiest, lowest-mess, most delicious recipe. Simple, moist, fantastic banana bread with hundreds of positive reviews.
You guys! Banana bread is one of my favorites, and I have a lot of recipes for it. The most popular one on my site is this one, and the second most popular is the Cream Cheese Banana Bread. I love the cream cheese filling, but sometimes I just want plain, simple, easy to make, no machine needed banana bread. I mean seriously, this is SUPER SIMPLE BANANA BREAD!
I frequently have too many over-ripe bananas, and so I went in search of the perfect simple banana bread. I found it. It is not my recipe, even though I did make a few minor tweaks. This recipe comes courtesy of Simply Recipes. I love this Super Simple Banana Bread because you don’t need a mixer or hand mixer to make it. You can whisk the egg with a fork, and just stir everything up in a bowl, and then you have easy to make, and even easier to eat, Super Simple Banana Bread!
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I usually double the batch and do one big loaf (pictured) and a few mini loaves of Super Simple Banana Bread which we devour, or give as gifts. The last time I made this banana bread I used a muffin tin and made it into muffins (which bake up a lot quicker than the loaf), and my sweet kiddos had them for quick grab and go breakfast options, and for after school snacks.
I can think of a million ways to enjoy an Easy Banana Bread! How about making this Super Simple Banana Bread recipe into easy banana bread muffins? I mean the possibilities are endless.
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I find that I am pretty plain Jane when it comes to my banana bread. I try to use a really good vanilla. This is my favorite vanilla of all time. I do not love adding nuts, or chocolate chips. But my kids do. They love when I add chocolate chips. What is your favorite way to eat banana bread? Here are a few fun options:
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I love a nice pat of butter on mine, and prefer eating it fresh out of the oven. It is hard for me to wait for it to cool sometimes. But I have found that the flavors tend to intensify if you wait to eat it until it is cooled, or a day or so later. No matter how you like your banana bread, might I suggest trying this Super Simple Banana Bread recipe as it is really quite delicious!
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This super simple banana bread is the easiest banana bread you will ever make. It is thick and moist, and flavorful, but requires no hand mixer and comes together in minutes. Delicious easy banana bread for using up those brown bananas.
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You can add in a cup of chocolate chips. I recommend cutting the sugar down to 1/2 or 3/4 cup if adding chocolate chips in.
Calories: 2776 kcal | Carbohydrates: 524 g | Protein: 29 g | Fat: 68 g | Saturated Fat: 40 g | Cholesterol: 326 mg | Sodium: 1871 mg | Potassium: 1528 mg | Fiber: 14 g | Sugar: 343 g | Vitamin A: 2355 IU | Vitamin C: 30.8 mg | Calcium: 89 mg | Iron: 10.4 mg
Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.
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Elise founded Simply Recipes in 2003 and led the site until 2019. She has an MA in Food Research from Stanford University.
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This banana bread has been the most popular recipe on Simply Recipes for over 10 years. Thousands of people make it every day. Why?
Because it really is the best banana bread recipe, period. You can mix everything in one bowl, you can vary the amount of sugar or bananas. And the secret to its great flavor? Melted butter.
The beauty of this
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