How to Prepare Perfect Banana Bread

Banana Bread.

You can cook Banana Bread using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Banana Bread

1. 3-4 ripe bananas.
2. 1/3 c. melted butter.
3. 1/2 c. Light brown sugar (we use cane sugar).
4. 1 egg.
5. 1 tsp. vanilla.
6. 1 1/2 c. Self rising flour.
7. 1/2 c. crushed pecans.
8. 1 tsp. cinnamon.
9. 1/2 c. crushed pineapple drained *optional.

Banana Bread step by step

1. If you chose not to add the crushed pineapple then you need to increase the sugar in recipe to 2/3c. sugar..
2. Preheat oven to 350*F or 180*C. Incorporate butter and bananas with a potato masher..
3. Add sugar, egg, vanilla, and cinnamon. Mix well..
4. Add four. Mix until well incorporated then add nuts and pineapple if desired. Mix again..
5. Pour into greased loaf pan or 8x8 pan and bake for 1 hour..
6. * Side note....If you use parchment paper it makes a soft crust on the bottom and keeps it from over browning..