Easy Banana Bread Recipe

PREP TIME 10 minutes

COOK TIME 1 hour

TOTAL TIME 1 hour 10 minutes

SERVINGS 12 servings

AUTHOR Holly Nilsson

This banana bread is one of the easiest recipes I’ve ever tried and turns out perfectly every time! Feel free to substitute your favorite nuts (like walnuts) or even add in chocolate chips.

Ingredients

• 3 medium bananas mashed
• ½ cup mayonnaise  
• 1 egg
• 1 ½ cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup sugar
• ½ cup chopped pecans

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350*F.
• In a bowl mix together mashed bananas, mayo and egg. In a separate bowl combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and pecans
• Add flour mixture to wet mixture and stir just until combined. Note: The mixture will be very thick, do not over mix
• Pour into a greased loaf pan. Bake 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Remove from pan and allow to cool completely.

Notes

Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.

To Ripen Bananas  Quickly bake at 300°F for 15-20 minutes. Cool before using.

Avoid adding extra bananas, this can make the bread too dense.

As with all quick breads, do not overmix. Stir just until incorporated.

Check your bread at least 10 minutes before the bake time is up.

Line the loaf pan with parchment paper  leaving about 3 inches of paper folded over the top of the pan for easy removal.

To Make Muffins divide over 12 muffin wells and bake 14-18 minutes or just until a toothpick comes out clean. Do not overbake.

I wanted to try a new banana bread recipe and when I saw this recipe has mayonnaise in it, I wanted to try it.  (Not that I'm particularly a huge fan of mayo, I was thinking it would make it moist.)  Then I saw that it had a 4.99 star rating  from 1650 votes I for sure wanted to try the recipe.  It did not disappoint.  I got the recipe from spendwithpennies.com found by clicking here.