Recycling: Banana Bread

There is nothing that I love more than a bunch of rotten bananas. I really love them when they are so overly ripe, I question if I should use them or not. This is a great recipe for 'recycling' food. You can use something you would normally throw away. 

Here is my recipe for banana bread. I can mix this up in 10 minutes, nothing fancy required. 

Mix in a small bowl and set aside

1 1/2 cups flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

Mix in a large bowl in this order

1 1/4 cup mashed bananas (3 large)

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 egg

3/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup oil (vegetable or canola)

Add in flour mixture. Grease a loaf pan and bake at 350 for about 50 minutes (or so). I have doubled this recipe and it works fine. You can also add nuts if you like. 

Do you have a favorite food to recycle? Let me know, we are always looking for a way to use what we have on hand.

Comments

[eatquestnyc]

this looks so good right now. and i really appreciate that you don't assume nuts. for some reason i hate them in banana bread. great photo and i wish i could have a bite right now!

does making kale chips out of leftover kale count as recycling? i'll keep thinking.

[traci]

not only does this look good, but i can tell you, it tastes SO good...

[k.kitshen]

Um, that's strange. There was no banana bread at the office this week. Hmmm. Nero must have ate it all.

[Cookie and Kate]

I always assumed banana bread was complicated. I'm so glad to learn it's not! I believe there are about three bananas going bad in my kitchen right now... I know what I'm going to do with them!

[Melissa @ HOUSEography]

I throw the brown bananas in the freezer if I don't have time to make banana bread immediately. I'm going to try this recipe this weekend. Thanks!

[William Brinson]

@ Melissa You won't be sorry, sometimes I hide the bananas and let them go bad so Susan has to make it for me! Enjoy