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  • August 2026
  • MICHELE SUAREZ
Sliced loaf of banana bread on a wooden board with fresh bananas

Joy’s Easy Banana Bread

This recipe was borrowed from one of my favorite sites, AllRecipes.com.

Prep Time: 15 minutes    Cook Time: 1 hour

Ingredients:

3 ripe bananas, mashed

1 cup white sugar

¼ cup melted butter

1 egg

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Gather all ingredients, preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan. (I use butter to grease the pan because it makes a nice crunchy crust on the outside of the bread as it bakes.)

Combine bananas, sugar, butter and egg in a bowl. Whisk flour and baking soda together in a separate bowl; stir into banana mixture until batter is just mixed.

Stir in salt; transfer batter to the prepared loaf pan.

Bake in a preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. (I have baked for 1 hour and it’s the perfect amount of time in our oven.)

Let cool and enjoy!

Michele Suarez