The Best Banana Bread Recipe of All Time

I feel very confident that this is the only banana bread recipe I will ever use or need to use. I’ve had it so long I don’t remember where I got it (my grandmother? my neighbor? my aunt?), and it really is a breeze to make. Maybe it’s not the best thing in the world for me, but I can name all of the ingredients and it’s a great way to use up really ripe bananas.

So ripe I made sure to check them for maggots first.

To make this delicious bread, you’ll need:

• three large, ripe bananas (the riper the better)
• 2 C self-rising flour
• 1 C sugar
• 1/2 C oil
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten

Preheat oven to 325°.  In a smallish bowl, mash the bananas with a fork.  In a mixing bowl, stir the flour and sugar together. (At this point, my mother has taught me to put a little flour on my face to make it seem like I’ve been working a lot harder than I actually have.)  Then add the bananas, oil, and eggs and mix well.  At this point, feel free to fold in nuts, chocolate chips, or anything else your heart desires!  Pour mixture into a greased and floured loaf pan and bake for one hour, or until golden brown.  Serve with coffee and watch your friends and family swoon.  This bread is great hot, and it’s equally great cold the next day as breakfast (if there’s any left, which there isn’t around here).

They should look like this when you're done mashing them.

This is what the perfect loaf of banana bread looks like.

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