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Easy One-Bowl Banana Bread Recipe (No Mixer Needed)

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This simple, one-bowl banana bread requires no mixer and uses basic pantry staples. It’s incredibly moist, tender, and full of banana flavor—perfect for breakfast, snack, or dessert.

Ingredients

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  • 3 large ripe bananas (about 1 ½ cups mashed)
  • ⅓ cup melted unsalted butter (75g)
  • ½ cup granulated sugar (100g)
  • ¼ cup packed light brown sugar (50g)
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • ¼ cup plain yogurt or sour cream (60g)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (190g)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional but recommended)
  • Optional add-ins: ½ cup chopped walnuts, pecans, or chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan with butter or non-stick spray, or line with parchment paper, leaving overhang on the long sides.
  2. Mash the bananas in a large mixing bowl with a fork or potato masher until mostly smooth with a few small lumps.
  3. Add melted butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, egg, yogurt, and vanilla extract to the mashed bananas. Stir until well combined and smooth.
  4. Sprinkle flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon (if using) over the wet mixture. Stir gently until just combined—do not overmix. A few lumps are fine.
  5. If using add-ins, gently fold them in with a few strokes of the spatula.
  6. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top gently.
  7. Bake for 50-60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs. If the top browns too quickly, tent with foil after 40 minutes.
  8. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
  9. Remove from the pan using the parchment overhang or by loosening edges with a knife, then cool completely on the wire rack (about 1 hour) before slicing.

Notes

For a bakery-style crackly top, let the batter rest in the pan for 10 minutes before baking. Use a kitchen scale for flour to avoid over-measuring. The banana flavor deepens overnight, so it tastes even better the next day.

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