Banana Bread

Alicia Calvo, MPH, RDN, CDCES, CEDRD

Banana bread is a quick and easy bread made from ripe bananas. The ripe bananas make the bread sweet so we could reduce the sugar by half. In this recipe, the brown sugar gives a caramelized flavor. Use a mixture of ripe bananas and fresh bananas to get chunks of banana baked into your loaf.

Prep Time: 15min | Cook Time: 45min | Total Time: 1hr | Yield: 12 Slices

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup butter

• 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup brown sugar

• 1 beaten egg

• 3 ripe bananas, mashed

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 1/2 cups flour

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1 tsp baking powder

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 325°.

2. Beat butter and sugar until smooth.

3. Add beaten egg, vanilla, and mashed bananas. Mix together.

4. Mix dry ingredients together. Then, add to wet ingredients.

5. Add mixture to a greased baking loaf pan.

6. Bake for 45 minutes.

7. Eat with a big SMILE on your face like a banana!

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Nutrition Facts:

Serving Slice: ¹⁄₁₂ of loaf

Calories: 155

Total Fat: 5 g

Total Carbohydrate: 19 g

Protein: 5 g

Equivalents: 1 Starch, 1 fat