Easy Banana Bread Recipe (Moist, One Bowl, Overripe Bananas)

Name: Easy Banana Bread Recipe (Moist, One Bowl, Overripe Bananas)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 3 very ripe bananas (about 350 g peeled); 80 ml (⅓ cup) melted butter or neutral oil; 100 g (½ cup) brown sugar; 1 egg; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp baking soda; Pinch of salt; 190 g (1½ cups) all-purpose flour; 50 g walnuts or chocolate chips (optional)

Moist, one-bowl banana bread that uses up 3 overripe bananas. No mixer needed, ready for the oven in 10 minutes.

Published November 4, 2026

Easy Banana Bread Recipe (Moist, One Bowl, Overripe Bananas)

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 55 min
Total: 65 min
Servings: 10

Banana bread is the best answer to the question “what do I do with these brown bananas?”. This version is made in one bowl with a fork, so there is almost nothing to wash.

Make it with what you have

No brown sugar? Use white sugar plus 1 tbsp honey.
No egg? Replace it with 3 tbsp of yogurt or 1 tbsp ground flax mixed with 3 tbsp water.
Healthier version: swap half the flour for whole-wheat flour and reduce the sugar to 70 g.

Ingredients

3 very ripe bananas (about 350 g peeled)
80 ml (⅓ cup) melted butter or neutral oil
100 g (½ cup) brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp baking soda
Pinch of salt
190 g (1½ cups) all-purpose flour
50 g walnuts or chocolate chips (optional)

Instructions

Heat the oven to 175 °C (350 °F) and line a 23 × 13 cm (9 × 5 inch) loaf pan with baking paper.
Mash the bananas in a large bowl with a fork until almost smooth.
Stir in the melted butter, then the sugar, egg and vanilla.
Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and stir.
Add the flour and fold just until no dry streaks remain. Fold in nuts or chocolate if using.
Pour into the pan and bake for 50–60 minutes, until a skewer in the center comes out clean.
Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then on a rack before slicing.