World's Easiest Banana Bread

Thats right. This banana bread is so easy its almost a joke to call this a recipe. This comes out moist and nutty and tastes delicious warm with some butter. And its so quick that you can mix it up any time.  We happened to have some overripe bananas at home (why do I always forget to eat the bananas before we go away for a weekend?) so heres what I did.

The Ingredients

3/4 cup melted butter*

2 large overripe bananas 

3/4 cup of sugar

1 egg

2 tsp vanilla

1 tsp baking powder

Pinch of salt

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup chopped pecans (or nut of choice)

The Method

Prehead your oven to 350 degrees and liberally grease your bread pan. In a bowl mash up the overripe bananas with the melted butter. How mushy you make the mix will determine the texture of your bread. I like chunks of banana in mine so I didn't completely break down the bananas but you can make it as chunky or smooth as you like.

 Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Add a pinch of salt and then stir in the flour and finally fold in the nuts. Pour the mixture into your prepared pan and bake in the oven for 1 hour.

Allow the bread to cool, in the pan, on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Then, flip the pan and extract your delicious loaf of goodness. Slice and enjoy!

*This bread was for my son, who is allerrgic to diary. For this particular recipe pictured, I used Earth Balance instead