Super Simple Banana Bread

4.90 from 92 votes

This super simple banana bread is the easiest banana bread you will ever make. It is thick and moist, and flavorful, but requires no hand mixer and comes together in minutes. Delicious easy banana bread for using up those brown bananas.

Prep Time10

Cook Time1

Total Time1 10

Course: Bread, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: banana bread, super simple

Servings: Loaf with 8 Slices

Calories: 2776kcal

Author: Rachael

Equipment

Ingredients

3 Bananas brown, mashed
1/3 cup Salted butter melted
1/2- 1 cup Granulated sugar depends on how sweet you want it
1 Large egg whisked with a fork
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 tsp Baking soda
pinch Salt
1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350
In a bowl, mix all ingredients by hand until well incorporated
Pour into a greased bread pan (approx 9x4x4)
Bake 50 minutes to 1 hour or until browned and toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean (check at about 50 minutes)
Cool on a cooling rack

Notes

Updated October 2026 based on reader feedback: Added baking times for muffins and mini loaves, plus sugar tips. I'll be remaking this recipe soon and will fine-tune it from there.

Muffins: Fill lined muffin cups about 2/3 full and bake about 20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
Mini loaves: Bake about 35 minutes.
Sugar: Brown sugar works in place of white sugar. Use 1/2 cup for a less sweet bread, or up to 1 cup if your bananas aren't very ripe.

You can add in a cup of chocolate chips. I recommend cutting the sugar down to 1/2 or 3/4 cup if adding chocolate chips in.

Recipe Slightly Adapted from Simply Recipes

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