This brown sugar banana bread is moist, sweet, and deeply flavored with cinnamon. It’s the perfect present for friends and loved ones.
Prep Time::15 mins
Cook Time::40 mins
Total Time::55 mins
Servings::8
Yield::1 9×5-inch loaf
Ingredients
4 ripe bananas, cut into chunks
1 ¼ cups light brown sugar
½ cup butter, softened
1 jumbo egg
¼ cup whole milk
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon kosher salt
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
Place bananas into a large resealable plastic bag; seal the bag and smoosh bananas with your fingers until well mashed. Set aside.
Mix together brown sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Cut a corner from the plastic bag; squeeze mashed bananas into brown sugar mixture in the bowl. Add egg, milk, cinnamon, and vanilla; beat on medium speed until well combined. Mix in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and kosher salt on low speed just until smooth, about 1 minute. Spread into the prepared loaf pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned on top and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.