Saturday, February 23, 2019

How to Make the Best Banana Bread, No Matter What

moist sour cream banana bread

Unripe bananas, food allergies, special diets, a lack of eggs—there are lots of things that can get between you and banana bread, but no obstacle need stop you. There’s almost always a way to make a beautiful loaf of banana bread whenever you want it, whatever your circumstances, as long as you have at least one semi-ripe banana.

In its classic form, banana bread is quite simple, and depends mostly on three things: (1) fruit that’s reached the ideal degree of super-sweet softness, (2) not overmixing the batter, which makes it gummy, and (3) baking for just the right amount of time (underbaking is another way to bring about a gummy texture, but overbaking dries things out, and moist banana bread is the only kind worth eating). That said, there’s actually a lot of wiggle room when it comes to making delicious banana bread, even when it seems like you’ve been stymied—and banana bread’s inherent flexibility is no surprise when you know it became popular during the Great Depression, and endured through World War II-era rationing.

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Here are some of the common banana bread hurdles we face today, and tips on how to soar right over them:

If your bananas aren’t ripe enough yet…

Roast ’em! There are some tricks to ripen bananas more quickly, but if you want to use them right now, just place your unpeeled bananas on a baking sheet lined with foil or parchment for easy clean-up and pop it into a 300-degree oven for anywhere between 30 minutes and an hour (obvious but easy to overlook: remove any stickers from the skins first!). The bananas are done when they’ve turned soft and black, and you can use them as soon as they’re cool enough to peel. If, say, you’re going out of town and have bananas that will go bad in your absence, you can bake them like this and then store them in the freezer for future use—but if you’re staying put and in no hurry to make bread, your best bet is always letting them ripen naturally. One caveat: your bananas should be at least slightly ripe before you bake them; green bananas just won’t have converted enough sugar yet, and even though they will turn soft and black in the oven, they’ll still taste like sadness.

Roasted Banana Nutella Quick Bread

roasted banana bread recipe with nutella

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We call for roasting five bananas and then mashing them into a batter with some brown sugar, but the other revelation here is the Nutella stuffing in the center. Get our Roasted Banana Nutella Quick Bread recipe.

If you’re one (or two) bananas short of a bunch…

If you bake banana bread even just occasionally, you’re probably already in the habit of stashing any on-the-verge-of-totally-blackening bananas in the freezer so you can turn them into baked gold later (if not, start doing that!), but if you want banana bread now and you’re still short one or two perfectly overripe specimens, simply make banana bread with just one banana—or (if you suspect that won’t taste fruity enough for you), make a mini loaf with your lone banana.

Mini Banana Bread

mini banana bread loaf

Dessert for Two

If you don’t have a mini loaf pan, you can portion the batter among muffin tins, but that’s just not the same, you know? Get the Mini Banana Bread recipe.

If you’re set on a specific recipe that calls for the standard two or three mashed bananas, you can replace one or two of them with applesauce (½ cup equals 1 banana). If you don’t have applesauce either, or just aren’t a fan, you could also try substituting Greek yogurt (plain for sure, but flavors like vanilla or banana make sense too), sour cream, mashed avocado, whisked silken tofu, or pumpkin puree; they all add roughly the same sort of body and moisture as bananas, but when using substitutions that are sugar-free and/or tangy, you’ll probably want to add a little extra sweetener to the batter than the recipe calls for. Conversely, if you choose to swap in pureed prunes for some of the banana, you may want to scale back on the sweetener, since the prunes have a lot of natural sugar.

Sesame Chia Banana Bread with Honey and Tahini

Sesame Chia Banana Bread with Honey and Tahini

Closet Cooking

This recipe calls for a standard 3 bananas, but it also includes tahini to help moisten the batter, which is another great trick to try. (It’s also sweetened with honey instead of granulated sugar, and includes oats, sesame seeds, and chia seeds.) Get the Sesame Chia Banana Bread with Honey and Tahini recipe.

If you’re out of eggs…

Many sources tell you (correctly) that you can replace eggs in baking with, among other things, mashed bananas—so does that mean you can just leave the egg out of your banana bread recipe entirely? Well, maybe. Since most banana bread recipes have a lot of fat and moisture overall, leaving out the egg most likely won’t hurt too much, but to be safe, you can add some additional pantry items to compensate: combine 2 tablespoons of water, 1 teaspoon of neutral oil like vegetable or canola oil, and 2 teaspoons of baking powder in a small bowl and whisk until completely combined, then mix them into your wet ingredients in place of the egg.

There are lots of other egg substitutes suitable for baking, but this one is nice since you’re liable to always have the necessary components on hand. Of course, if you’re not committed to a particular recipe yet, you can also search for intentionally egg-free versions like this one:

Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread

vegan chocolate peanut butter banana bread

Elephantastic Vegan

Bananas (of course), non-dairy milk, coconut oil, and maple syrup help keep this vegan banana bread moist. Get the Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread recipe.

If you have dietary restrictions or allergies…

The Internet is your oyster! (Although if you keep kosher or have a shellfish allergy, just call it your best friend instead.) There are literally thousands of vegan, paleo, gluten-free, nut-free, egg-free, dairy-free, etc. banana bread recipes out there, and many of them are truly scrumptious. Here are just a handful of options:

Easy 1-Bowl Gluten-Free Banana Bread

Easy 1-Bowl Gluten-Free Banana Bread

Minimalist Baker

This gluten-free banana bread recipe adds almond meal and oats to gluten-free flour and works equally well with chicken, chia, or flax eggs. Plus, you can mix in whatever additions you like, from chopped nuts to butterscotch chips. Get the Easy 1-Bowl Gluten-Free Banana Bread recipe.

Vegan Gluten-Free Double-Chocolate Banana Bread

Easy Vegan Gluten-Free Double-Chocolate Banana Bread recipe

Two Peas and Their Pod

This double-chocolate banana bread is still healthier than most standard banana bread loaves, so you can eat twice as much, right? (If you don’t want something quite so decadent, try this marbled marvel of a vegan gluten-free chocolate-swirled banana bread.) In any case, bananas are so moist and rich on their own, even dairy lovers won’t notice when milk, yogurt, sour cream, and butter have been replaced in a banana bread recipe with soy- or plant-based milk, coconut oil, and other alternative ingredients. Get the Vegan Gluten-Free Double-Chocolate Banana Bread recipe.

Paleo Banana Bread with Brown Butter and Chocolate Chips

paleo chocolate chip banana bread with brown butter

Lexi’s Clean Kitchen

This paleo-approved banana bread uses almond flour and coconut flour, plus brown butter, walnuts, and dark chocolate. Get the Paleo Banana Bread recipe.

Low-Carb Keto Banana Bread

Low-Carb Keto Banana Bread recipe

Wholesome Yum

Bananas are quite high in carbs, which means they’re not really keto-friendly. However, you can still make a keto banana bread by employing some clever tricks—namely, banana extract to lend that familiar flavor, plus almond and coconut flours to get the texture right, and erythritol, a natural sweetener, instead of sugar. Get the Low-Carb Keto Banana Bread recipe.

If you don’t think banana bread tastes enough like bananas

The easiest and most obvious way to boost that yellow fatty bean flavor in your bread (whether you just really like the taste or you were short on actual fruit and had to make some substitutions as mentioned above), is to add a little extract. Although “extract” automatically makes many of us think “artificial flavoring” (and you will definitely find imitation banana flavor on your grocery store shelves), this pure banana extract is made from real fruit, and is a good choice for keeping in your pantry if you’re you-know-what about bananas. You can also try mixing in some freeze-dried banana powder.

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If you’re not worried about artificial anything, you could also use one of the many sworn-to-be-moist banana bread recipes that call for vanilla pudding, but swap in banana pudding instead.

Banana Pudding Banana Bread

Super Moist Banana Pudding Banana Bread recipe

Life Love and Sugar

Chrissy Teigen warns against this trick (she says the banana pudding tastes too artificial), but many people stand by it, so why not try it and decide for yourself? Get the Banana Pudding Banana Bread recipe.

If you’ve got plenty of bananas and just want to cram even more of them into your bread, stir chunks of fresh ripe banana or dried banana chips into your batter, and cover the top of the loaf in banana pieces too, whether that’s round slices or full banana halves cut lengthwise and arranged artistically.

Brown Butter Banana Bread

brown butter banana bread recipe

Michelle Sun/Tasting Table

This banana bread not only has less butter and sugar than normal, but the butter is browned for a nutty taste, and the top is decorated with halved bananas for flair and extra flavor. Get the Brown Butter Banana Bread recipe.

Caramel Banana Upside Down Bread

Caramel Banana Upside Down Bread

The Daring Gourmet

A more over-the-top option that takes inspiration from the classic pineapple upside down cake (and tarte tatin), this luscious caramel-topped (caramel-bottomed?) banana bread is a stunner. Get the Caramel Banana Upside Down Bread recipe.

You can also search for recipes that use an uncommonly high number of bananas, like this one with five ‘naners in one platonic loaf. Chrissy Teigen is a fan of this technique (and also makes her banana bread in a Bundt pan, which may not make it taste better, but is definitely more fun).

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Five Banana Banana Bread

Five Banana Banana Bread recipe

Crafty Cooking Mama

A whole bunch of bananas gives this tons of flavor and also keeps it moist and dense (in a good way). Get the Five Banana Banana Bread recipe.

And if you’re willing to play the waiting game, let your bananas ripen naturally until they’re really, really dark and mushy; the flavor (and aroma) will reach peak banana-ness that way, but since they’ll be fairly cloying at that point, you’ll probably want to use significantly less added sugar than your recipe suggests.

If you don’t feel like measuring and mixing a bunch of ingredients…

Make shortcut banana bread with boxed cake mix—they can be the foundation for seriously impressive desserts! And yeah, it does make the banana bread taste more like cake (obviously), but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Cake Mix Banana Bread

boxed cake mix banana bread

CDKitchen

Yellow cake mix makes banana bread a little faster and is an especially good trick to try if you’re cooking on vacation. Get the Cake Mix Banana Bread recipe.

If you like the idea of banana bread but always find it kind of blah (or too banana-y)…

Bring on the mix-ins! Chocolate chips or chopped chocolate bars of course, and naturally, nuts (from the classic walnuts and pecans to hazelnuts and macadamias), but also candied ginger, dried or candied fruit (from raisins and craisins to candied citrus peel), fresh berries, crushed pineapple, toasted coconut, Nutella—stir in whatever appeals to you. But beware: the more add-ins, the more likely your bread interior will stay underbaked, so use a light hand when sprinkling in other ingredients. If you resent skimping on the stir-ins, you can always press extra on top of the loaf partway through baking (partway through so they don’t sink straight to the bottom, but then cover the pan with foil if the top starts to burn before the bread is finished).

Dark Chocolate Chip Raspberry Banana Bread

Dark Chocolate Chip Raspberry Banana Bread

Sally’s Baking Addiction

Raspberries and chocolate chips make banana bread even more appealing. Get the Dark Chocolate Chip Raspberry Banana Bread recipe.

If texture isn’t your thing, or if you want even more oomph, you can also up the spices in your b-bread. Don’t stop at the common dash of cinnamon, but add ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves (as in the ginger spiced banana bread with crystallized ginger on top below), or ditch the more expected shakers for five spice powder (see: this Chinese five spice banana bread with orange and raisins) or ground black pepper, like in this banana bread with black pepper and cardamom.

Ginger Spice Banana Bread

Ginger Spice Banana Bread

Daily Waffle

Not only is there ground ginger in this bread (along with cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg), but there’s crystallized ginger on top and an optional addition of fresh ginger for even more zing. Get the Ginger Spice Banana Bread recipe.

Another option is to add booze, as in this brilliant bourbon banana bread with bourbon glaze, this brown butter banana bread with rum and coconut, or Kahlua banana bread. If you’re a beer drinker, there’s Guinness banana bread, dunkelweizen banana bread with chocolate chips and dunkel glaze, or banana bread beer banana bread (so meta).

Foster’s Caramelized Bananas Foster Bread

caramelized bananas foster banana bread with bourbon

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Bananas Foster banana bread is pure genius. Choose bourbon or rum, as you please. Get the Foster’s Caramelized Bananas Foster Bread.

If you prefer more streamlined, traditional flavors and not a lot of little bits (or booze) in your bread, there’s always the option to frost your banana loaf, which makes it much harder to buy as a breakfast food, but certainly tastes fantastic. A glaze is slightly more acceptable in the morning, so consider maple glazed banana bread, espresso glazed banana bread, citrus glazed coconut banana bread, and peanut butter banana bread without shame. This butterscotch glazed cinnamon swirl banana bread might be a touch less justifiable, but hey, you’re an adult and can do whatever you want.

Healthy Chai Banana Bread with Salted Cashew Butter Vanilla Glaze

Healthy Chai Banana Bread with Salted Cashew Butter Vanilla Glaze

Ambitious Kitchen

The whole wheat flour and lack of dairy makes the rich glaze seem slightly more acceptable, right? Get the Healthy Chai Banana Bread with Salted Cashew Butter Vanilla Glaze recipe.

Or stuff your banana bread before you stuff your face with it.

Cream Cheese-Filled Banana Bread

Cream Cheese-Filled Banana Bread

Averie Cooks

The best sort of surprise. Get the Cream Cheese-Filled Banana Bread recipe.

Or add a more restrained streusel topping.

Banana Nut Bread with Streusel Nut Topping

Banana Nut Bread with Streusel Nut Topping

Worth Whisking

More subtle than a glaze, but still delicious. (Even more so if you also sneak some into the center, as in this paleo cinnamon streusel banana bread.) Get the Banana Nut Bread with Streusel Nut Topping recipe.

And so you see, whenever you’re craving banana bread (or something more like banana cake), whether you’re sitting on the real-life equivalent of Donkey Kong’s Banana Hoard and it’s nearly too far gone, or you have only one measly, barely-speckled piece of fruit—and whether you want to switch things up or stick as closely as possible to a classic recipe—there’s always a way to work it out. So cue up some Gwen Stefani and get baking!

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12 Banana Bread Mix-Ins You Already Have on Hand

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Fact: banana bread is the ultimate, go-to baked good. Easy to make and even memorize, difficult to screw up, capable of behaving as a simple breakfast or afternoon snack unto itself, or dressing up as an ostentatious brunch plate or bombastic dessert. It’s portable, giftable, and craveable. The basic ingredients are regularly on hand, and it is the utmost transformative baking experience in that it actually prefers the ugliest, over-ripe fruits for the sweetest, most delicious outcome. What other baked good has the humility, the veracity, the very Fairy Godmother ability to take what’s nearly discarded and make it new again? You think apple pie wants to dance with the bruised fruits? Not a chance.

Banana bread belongs to a category of pastry known as quick breads. More of a cake or muffin than a bread, yeast plays no part in the structure, and the rise comes instead from the simple addition of baking soda and/or baking powder into the batter. Bread without waiting for yeast to do its business, hence, quick bread.

Perhaps you’re already sold on the ease and simplicity of banana bread. Perhaps your banana bread game is strong but in need of some excitement. In any case, I offer one final remark as to the perfection that is banana bread confection: you can also basically put any other thing in it. It will pair with anything. How many of these do you already have lurking in your pantry or fridge?

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Nuts

hazelnut banana bread

Hazelnut Banana Bread, Cookin’ Cowgirl

Nuts and bananas are about as natural a food marriage as they come; just ask Elvis. Walnuts make an especially classic banana bread companion. Pecans bring out a hint of sweetness and southern flair. Almonds achieve that heady, marzipan aroma. Try grinding hazelnuts into the flour for a rich, pleasantly bitter note, but chopping and mixing them in is great too. Get the Hazelnut Banana Bread recipe.

Sour Cream

Banana bread is one of those forgiving recipes where the naturally built-in moisture easily allows for variation in the level of fat content without compromising on the integrity of the texture. Sour cream, or thick Greek yogurt, adds both a desirable tartness to the equation, as well as a decadence that pushes the bread into cake territory. Get our Sour Cream Banana Bread recipe.

Peanut Butter

Peanut butter, or other nut butters (or even seed butters), accomplish both the flavor element of adding nuts to the batter, as well as the additional fat for density and texture. Here, crunchy peanut butter retains the occasional bite of chopped nuts without the labor, and we love the addition of honey as a complementary sweet flavor. Get our Peanut Butter Honey Banana Bread recipe.

Chips

Butterscotch Banana Bread

Butterscotch Banana Bread, Six Sisters Stuff

No, not potato chips, though I daresay you could make the argument. (Okay, here’s one.) But all manner of sweet baking chips enhance the potential dessert aspect of banana bread, from mainstay chocolate chips, to white chocolate chips, or my personal favorite, butterscotch. Get the Butterscotch Banana Bread recipe.

Dried Fruits

Banana Date Bread

Banana Date Bread, Genius Kitchen

We all have some half-used package of dried fruit in the nether regions of our cabinets. Fortunately, their very preserved nature allows them to survive the wait. Next time you’re ripe with over-ripe bananas, feel free to toss in raisins, dried cranberries, apricots, figs; whatever you’ve got. This wonderful recipe featuring dates adds even more moisture and natural sweetness. Get the Banana Date Bread recipe.

Maple Syrup

Adding maple syrup to the batter is like hinting at the ostentatious brunch potential of banana bread without fully needing to go there. The addition of maple extract is a nice touch to make sure you really get the point across. Get the Maple Walnut Banana Bread recipe.

Chocolate Spread

You know the one I’m talking about: the one and only, Nutella. If you’ve ever felt inclined to spread it on a banana, or on a slice of banana bread, then you will understand the apparent appeal of swirling it into the mix from the very start. A pre-roast on ripe bananas adds extra deepness of flavor. Get our Roasted Banana Nutella Quick Bread recipe.

Coffee

The irony of baking with coffee is that the richest coffee flavor is often best accomplished with instant espresso grounds. So if you’ve ever attempted a mocha-flavored anything, from mousse to cookies, you probably still have some on hand and are definitely not using if for morning joe. Enter banana bread, the ultimate depository for the kitchen island of misfit ingredients. Get the Espresso Banana Bread recipe.

Caramel

Whether you make the caramel yourself or rely on something from a jar, this is another application where banana bread proves its natural dessert ability. Kudos for the design element here as well where sliced bananas are baked into the top—a perfect landing pad for a drizzle of MORE CARAMEL. Get the Salted Caramel Banana Bread recipe.

Fresh Fruits

Strawberry Banana Bread

Strawberry Banana Bread, The Recipe Critic

As we move into the abundance of spring and summer produce, berries are making their way back into our lives, and any of them are most welcome to come hang with banana bread. Take this recipe with strawberries and combine it with a recipe featuring yogurt and you’ve basically got a smoothie you can chew. Get the Strawberry Banana Bread recipe.

Coconut

Healthy Coconut Banana Bread

Healthy Coconut Banana Bread, Ambitious Kitchen

While coconut may technically qualify under the dried fruits heading above, it adds such a unique and specific flavor and texture that it deserves its own category. If you want to get really tropical about it, pineapple can also come to play here, but we love this lighter style banana bread with a fresh hint of orange juice and a generous sprinkle of toasted coconut on top. Get the Healthy Coconut Banana Bread recipe.

Trail Mix

Banana Trail Mix Bread

Banana Trail Mix Bread, Cookie and Kate

In summary, banana bread can accommodate just about everything, and if you want to be really extra about it, everything all at once. Get the Trail Mix Banana Bread recipe.

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Banish Boring Banana Bread with These 13 Easy-to-Make Stuffed Versions

cheesecake stuffed banana bread

Banana bread may very well be one of the greatest and most versatile gifts ever to be bestowed upon us by the food gods. It’s perfect for breakfast, a guaranteed hit at brunch, and great with a cup of coffee or tea for dessert. Whenever I buy bananas, I personally like to set a couple aside to get extra ripe and ready to be baked into a bread. Recently, I was looking online for different kinds of banana bread (you know, just to spice it up a little), and I came across different kinds of fillings you can bake right into the middle of your favorite banana bread. While it seems like a tricky dish to master, making a stuffed banana bread is actually really simple with these recipes!

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Cheesecake-Filled Banana Bread

Cheesecake Stuffed Banana Bread

Tasty

Cheesecake-filled banana bread banana bread has quickly become very popular among my family and friends, and it’s my favorite banana bread recipe I’ve tried (so far). While it takes a long time to bake, prepping and assembling the batter for both the bread and the cheesecake is so quick and easy. And a quick tip about this recipe: if you’re not a cheesecake fan, add a little under 1 cup of chocolate chips to the batter and bake for 40 minutes for a gooey, chocolatey banana bread! Get the Cheesecake-Filled Banana Bread recipe.

Peanut Butter and Strawberry Banana Bread

Peanut Butter and Strawberry Banana Bread

Panthers and Peonies

I mean, it’s got strawberries and bananas in it, so this is healthy, right? This banana bread is stuffed with a layer of peanut butter, but drizzle some extra peanut butter and some walnuts on top for good measure. And, bonus points, this banana bread is vegan! Get the Peanut Butter and Strawberry Banana Bread recipe.

Nutella-Stuffed Banana Bread

Nutella-Stuffed Banana Bread

Tastemade

Now THIS is the stuff dreams are made of. With Nutella in the middle and fresh bananas on top, this banana bread really hits it right out of the park. Try your best not to eat it all in one sitting, although no one would really blame you if you did. Get the Nutella-Stuffed Banana Bread recipe.

Pineapple Banana Bread

Who knew banana bread could be tropical? Filled with fresh diced pineapple, this banana bread is a perfect light dessert for your summer barbecues. Make sure to have a piña colada for me! Get the Pineapple Banana Bread recipe.

Molten Chocolate Banana Bread

Molten Chocolate Banana Bread

Lady and Pups

Admit it, this is the recipe you were hoping to stumble upon when you clicked on this article. Who doesn’t dream of a molten chocolate center when they cut into banana bread? Well, this one literally has chocolate running through the middle. This is not for the faint of heart. Get the Molten Chocolate Banana Bread recipe.

Ice Cream Stuffed Banana Bread

Ice Cream Stuffed Banana Bread

Buzzfeed

It goes without saying that literally any flavor of ice cream (vanilla or strawberry especially) would work perfectly inside a banana bread, but this recipe specifically calls for one flavor: Halo Top brand Salted Caramel. First of all, if you haven’t already tried this flavor, I highly recommend it. It’s a very light, low-calorie ice cream, so eating the whole pint is actually encouraged. Plus, caramel and banana is an underrated combination, so everything about this recipe has me on the way to the grocery store right now. Get the Ice Cream Stuffed Banana Bread recipe.

Cinnamon Swirl Cream Cheese Banana Bread

Cinnamon Swirl Cream Cheese Banana Bread

The Recipe Critic

While this one is similar to the cheesecake stuffed banana bread, the cinnamon and walnuts on top of the layer of cream cheese really add something special. And who doesn’t love a pinch of cinnamon in their banana bread? Hint: if you like strawberries, try substituting strawberry cream cheese for an added flavor! Get the Cinnamon Swirl Cream Cheese Banana Bread recipe.

Berry Banana Bread

Berry Banana Bread with Cream Cheese Icing

Dessert Now Dinner Later

This may look like a regular banana bread, but cut into it and you’ll find it’s filled with fresh blueberries and raspberries. As an added bonus, this recipe comes with a separate recipe for an easy-to-make cream cheese frosting! Get the Berry Banana Bread recipe.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Two Peas and Their Pod

One time I tried a banana Reese’s, and I actually really liked it. I imagine this is the banana bread version of that. What I’m especially excited about in this recipe is that the banana bread isn’t just stuffed with chocolate chips (and peanut butter); the ENTIRE bread is chocolate. Sign me right up. Get the Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread recipe.

Banana Strawberry Jam Loaf

Banana Strawberry Jam Loaf

Drizzle Me Skinny

Berry-filled banana bread meets jelly doughnut here, as this recipe calls for a thin layer of strawberry jam right in the middle. This just feels like a very classy banana bread that you’d probably enjoy with a cup of tea. Get the Banana Strawberry Jam Loaf recipe.

Banana Bread with Salted Caramel Center

Banana Bread with Salted Caramel Center

Tastemade

I’ve said it once already, but I’ll say it again: caramel and bananas together are an amazing and underrated combination. And I am seriously a sucker for salted caramel ANYTHING. So I cannot wait to try this banana bread with salted caramel right in the middle. Get the Banana Bread with Salted Caramel Center recipe.

Walnut Banana Bread

Walnut Banana Bread

Reluctant Entertainer

Bananas and nuts are a classic combination. While this specific recipe calls for walnuts, you can experiment with combinations of other nuts (such as pecans and almonds) that go great with bananas! Get the Walnut Banana Bread recipe.

Toffee Banana Bread

Toffee Banana Bread

Chef in Training

Toffee alone has an amazing flavor, but in a banana bread? Forget it. And we’re very lucky because not only does this banana bread have a toffee center, the recipe also calls for toffee on top. Enjoy! Get the Toffee Banana Bread recipe.

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Simply Recipes 2019 Meal Plan: February Week 4

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