Today I had a few very ripe bananas and decided to make a little tasty treat for the family. My Grammy mailed this recipe to me when I was in college, along with $5 to buy a pound of butter and a loaf pan. Great memories and pretty great recipe too. 
It seems like we never end up eating all of our bananas before they get too ripe to eat, so this makes me feel better than wasting food. Waste not, want not, right?!? Plus, it makes for a great easy breakfast or snack for the kiddos. 
I cherish the note on the back. Grammy cracked and shelled thousands of pounds of pecans by hand in her lifetime. Almost every single recipe made with pecans was made with “her” pecans- she’d bag pounds each year to keep in the freezer.
Enough reminiscing. You want the recipe, right?!? Here it is:
Easy Banana Bread
Ingredients:
- 3 Medium ripe bananas
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1/4 Cup Butter, melted
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1-1/2 Cup flour
- Optional: 1/2 to 1 Cup pecans (I’ve omitted them in these photos because the kids prefer it without- personally, I think it’s better WITH the pecans)
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare loaf pan or mini loaf pan (this is what I usually use- 3 out of 4 loafs) using spray of your choice. I like Bakers Choice (or something like that with flour included)
- I put my ripe bananas in first and turn on my mixer until they’re well beaten. You could mash if you want.
- Add sugar, egg, and melted butter. Mix well.
- Add salt and baking soda. Mix.
- Slowly add flour.
- Mix and scrape bottom of bowl to be sure it’s all mixed in.
- Pour into either your loaf pan or 3 mini-loaf pans.
- If using a loaf pan, bake 40-45 mins or until toothpick comes out clean. If using mini-loaf pans (like my Wilton one pictured above) bake 30 mins.
- Cool slightly before removing.
Enjoy- maybe with a little butter- because everything is better with butter!
Yes, I got to enjoy my coffee for about twenty minutes today. It was AMAZING! And the mug…that’s from a Disney trip and my daddy bought it for me because I will always be his princess! 
Are you hungry yet? I’m trying not to go eat another slice… I keep telling myself, “It’s for the kids. It’s for the kids.” I’m not sure how long that will last. 
I will say that this is a very kid-approved recipe. Look at that smirk. She almost looks like she got caught in the cookie jar. Truth is- she ate Will’s slice before he had a chance.
I hope your Sunday was as sweet as ours!
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