Easy Banana Bread with only 8 ingredients
Customize it by adding in chocolate chips or make it into muffins everyone will enjoy!
Equipment
- Large Mixing Bowl
- Small Mixing Bowl
- Electric Mixer
- Spatula
- loaf pan
- Parchment Paper
- two bulldog clips (optional)
- Whisk
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup salted butter room temperature
- 1 cup granulated
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- dash salt
- 3 bananas mashed
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips optional
Instructions
- In a small mixing bowl add flour, baking soda and nutmeg. Whisk for approx. 20 seconds and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add butter and sugar and mix until well combined.
- Add in mushed bananas and mix until bananas are well combined with butter and sugar mixture.
- Add in vanilla and eggs one at a time, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Add dry ingredients (and 1/2 cup chocolate chips if you choose) and mix until combined but be careful not to over mix. If adding chocolate chips, set remaining 1/2 cup aside for topping.
- Set batter aside and line a standard loaf pan with parchment paper. Clip bulldog clips over the side to keep the paper from moving when you pour the batter into the pan.
- Pour batter in pan and with spatula, smooth top and make sure batter is evenly distributed in the pan.
- OPTIONAL: Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips.
- Bake 50-60 mins. Let cool completely before serving.