Make the Banana Bread! | Easy, Simple Baking

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

More nutritious option.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Lower in saturated fat.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Natural sweetener.

Peel and mash 3 or 4 ripe bananas in a bowl.

In a separate bowl, crack 2 large eggs and mix with the mashed bananas.

Add 3/4 cup brown sugar and a liberal amount of vanilla extract to the banana mixture.

In another bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.

Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just combined.

Grease a stoneware loaf pan with oil.

Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan and level it out.

Make a small dent in the top of the batter and drizzle a little oil into the trench.

Bake in the oven (temperature and time not specified) until done.

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