One-Handed Banana Bread 4.9 (412) Cook

One-Handed Banana Bread

Name: One-Handed Banana Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 8 slices
Cuisine: American

CN by Chef Nica 4.9 (412) 65 min total

B One-Handed Banana Bread

The short version

One-handed banana bread is designed for new parents cooking with a baby on their hip. Everything mixes in one bowl, no stand mixer needed, and the loaf bakes unattended for 55 minutes. You need 10 minutes of active hands-on time, and the rest is oven time.

Prep: 10m
Cook: 55m
Makes: 8
Level: Easy

Preheat

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Butter and flour a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
Mash bananas

In a large bowl, mash bananas with a fork until mostly smooth — some lumps are fine and add texture.
Mix wet

Stir in melted butter, sugar, egg and vanilla with a fork.
Add dry

Sprinkle baking soda and salt over the batter, stir. Add flour all at once and fold just until no dry flour is visible — do not overmix.
Bake

Pour into the loaf pan. Bake 55–65 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out.

Ingredients

Makes 8 slices

Batch

Method

0 / 5 steps

Preheat
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Butter and flour a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
Mash bananas
In a large bowl, mash bananas with a fork until mostly smooth — some lumps are fine and add texture.
Mix wet
Stir in melted butter, sugar, egg and vanilla with a fork.
Add dry
Sprinkle baking soda and salt over the batter, stir. Add flour all at once and fold just until no dry flour is visible — do not overmix.
Bake
Pour into the loaf pan. Bake 55–65 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out.