A simple, but very good bread. I almost always have all of these ingredients and I love that it uses oil rather than butter, which I would have to soften before using. My freezer always has a bunch of black bananas in it. I’ve done this with chocolate chips and with spiced pecans, but it is good with nothing added, too. Moist and tender without being heavy or wet.
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
4 very ripe bananas, mashed
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Recipe
Heat the oven to 350F. Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with baking spray and then line with a strip of parchment paper (the paper will go across the bottom and up the ends of the pan). Spray again and set aside.
Mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Set aside. Cream the butter with the sugar. Add the eggs and mix. Add the bananas, vanilla, and oil. Mix well. Add the flour mixture in thirds to the wet mixture and mix until just combined. Do not overmix.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for about an hour (mine always takes longer) or until the bread reaches 205F degrees, or until it passes the toothpick test. Cool completely in the pan on a rack.