Make Breakfasts a Delight with Banana Bread

Are you a banana bread fan? Do you have a summer ahead with a need for breakfast ideas for those kids at home? This is my dilemma…with a husband allergic to bananas (and even cooked ones bother him)…there are always a few bananas that ripen faster than I can eat them. Does that happen to you? I am not a fan of tossing out food and especially when it can make something else that everyone will enjoy. So…when that occurs…here’s a great banana bread recipe to the rescue to share with those who have feet under my table.

Banana Bread

Perfect for mornings on the screened porch with coffee or for a sweet treat with hot tea in the afternoon. Truly the riper the bananas are the better flavor they provide when added to this recipe.

Actually–these bananas had a lot of black on the outside peeling which produced the BEST flavor for this bread.

Now you can make this recipe in a loaf pan or in muffins and freeze to make it handy when guests arrive. A few seconds in the microwave and no one will know they aren’t warm out of the oven.

But, if there are littles anywhere near with this, it won’t last long enough to freeze.

This truly will be a favorite breakfast for all the kids home this summer.

They will be thrilled when I have a loaf of this bread prepared.

With all the kids home this summer to feed they will love having this as a choice. If that’s you, you’re welcome.

I have lots of banana bread recipes with different ingredients added.

Some without nuts and others with raisins. Those eating this loaf are always a fan of chocolate chips. In pancakes, muffins or breads–chocolate chips win out in the end. You choose which ingredients you want to add. For the recipe I made today, I added a cup of toasted chopped pecans (feel free to reduce it to 1/2 C) and 1/2 cup of chocolate chips…you choose which ingredients those in your family love. Maybe it’s raisins or walnuts? Perhaps no nuts…?

This recipe may be made into muffins this summer, too, so that they are easier to grab and go and take outside for a game of softball or playing tag.

It truly is a win win recipe!

So, how do you make banana bread?

Banana Bread

A great banana bread recipe that you can add nuts, raisins or chocolate chips to for a great breakfast for all those kids and bigs to feed this summer!

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 55 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Equipment

• oven
• Bread Pan or Muffin Tin
• Stand mixer
• Dry measuring cups
• Whisk
• measuring spoons
• Scraper
• cutting board
• chef's knife
• Baking sheet with sides

Ingredients

  

• 3 medium/large bananas, very ripe
• 8 T softened butter-at room temperature
• 3/4 C granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 1/2 C all purpose flour
• 1/2 t salt
• 1 t baking soda
• 1/2 t vanilla extract
• 1/2 C chocolate chips can substitute for raisins, white raisins, etc.
• 1/2-1 C pecans, toasted and chopped

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 350°.
• Add pecans (before chopping) to a cookie sheet with sides to preheated oven and toast for about 10 minutes, being careful not to burn. When toasted, chop into fine pieces.

  TIP: Toasting just adds a great flavor!
  
• Grease a bread loaf pan with butter or spray oil and flour, shaking out excess flour from the pan.
  
• In a small bowl, peel and mash the bananas with a fork until the consistency of chunky applesauce.
  
• In another small bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
  
• Add softened butter and sugar to a stand mixing bowl and cream together with a mixer.
  
• Add bananas and eggs to the creamed mixture and mix together with mixer.
• Add flour mixture to the batter and continue mixing until all moistened together.
• Add in the vanilla, chopped pecans, and chocolate chips and mix slowly to incorporate.
  
• Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake in the preheated 350° oven for 55-60 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the center of the pan comes out clean.
  
• Let the banana bread rest in the pan for about 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool.
  

Notes

I love the versatility of this recipe! Perfect use of those overripe bananas AND providing a great breakfast or treat for all those kids home this summer!

You have a great banana recipe base that you can adapt to suit those tastes in your home and what you have available in the pantry.

Feel free to swap out the pecans for walnuts or your other favorite nuts.

If you aren’t a fan of chocolate chips, swap those for raisins, craisins or double the nuts.

Hope you enjoy! 

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