These delicious Mini Banana Bread Loaves are a great way to use up overripe bananas. Once you’ve tried this recipe, these little beauties will become a household favorite!
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Who doesn’t love Banana Bread? It’s cherished comfort food that’s loved the world over.
Mini Banana Bread with Big Flavor
These mini Banana Bread Loaves may be small, but they definitely don’t lack in flavor! They are soft and moist on the inside and golden on the outside. Just like Banana Bread should be!
Why This Recipe Works
- Using melted butter keeps things simple saving the trouble of creaming the butter and sugar.
- Adding the bananas to the warm melted butter allows for easy mashing even with bananas that aren’t overripe.
- Topping with them with banana chips make it easy to identify the flavor of the loaves when serving to guests.
An overripe banana turning the wrong shade of brown is a common sight in many kitchens and the quick turnaround time between the perfect banana and over-ripeness means they often end up getting thrown away when they shouldn’t.
When a banana loses its firmness it may not be appetizing as a snack, but it’s the perfect time to bake with them. Try this recipe and you may never waste another banana!
How to Make these easy Mini Banana Bread Loaves
Start with Mashing the bananas with the warm melted butter.
Add the remaining ingredients and mix well with a whisk or wooden spoon.
Add evenly to the mini loaf pan.
If you don’t have a mini loaf pan, if you’re in the US, you can get one like mine here from Amazon (#paidlink).
Bake until golden and a cake tester comes out clean and cool on a wire rack.
Serve and enjoy every last bite!
Tips For Perfect Banana Bread
- Be sure to use very ripe bananas. Black bananas are the best.
- The riper the banana the more flavor and the easier it mashes. If you only have yellow bananas add them to the butter to be melted. The heat will help them mash easier.
- Don’t over mix. Over mixing, once the flour is added can result in tough, dense tough Banana bread.
- Mashing Yellow Bananas If all you have are yellow bananas (that aren’t overripe), slice them and microwave them in a bowl for 45 seconds before mashing. This will make it much easier to mash firmer bananas.
- To make one large loaf, just bake for 30 minutes in a 2 lb loaf pan.
FAQs
Can Banana Bread be frozen? Banana can be frozen in an airtight container for up to four months.
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Let's Make Mini Banana Bread Loaves
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup butter melted
- 2 very ripe bananas mashed
- ¾ cup superfine or granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- handful dried banana chips for decoration
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F/170C
- Grease a Mini Loaf pan or 2lb loaf pan.
- Melt the butter. Add the bananas to the warm butter in a large mixing bowl and mash well.
- With a wooden spoon, mix in the remaining ingredients (except the banana chips).
- Using an ice cream scoop add the batter into the pan, top with the banana chips and bake for about 20 minutes (30 minutes for the large loaf pan) or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove and cool on a wire rack.
Tips + Notes
- Be sure to use very ripe bananas. Black bananas are the best.
- The riper the banana the more flavor and the easier it mashes. If you only have yellow bananas add them to the butter to be melted. The heat will help them mash easier.
- Don't over mix. Over mixing, once the flour is added can result in tough, dense tough Banana bread.
- Mashing Yellow Bananas If all you have are yellow bananas (that aren't overripe), slice them and microwave them in a bowl for 45 seconds before mashing. This will make it much easier to mash firmer bananas.
- To make one large loaf, just bake for 30 minutes in a 2 lb loaf pan.
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Update Notes: This recipe was originally posted on 04/10/2015, but was republished in October of 2019 to include process shots, tips, and FAQs.
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Erren's Kitchen says
Thank you Nephie 🙂
Nephie says
This was fantastic.😍I don’t have mini loaf pans so I put it in cupcakes pans, same results, the looked so cute.💕 Instead of two bananas I put three, I just lessened the sugar to 2/4 cups (you don’t have to do it). They were moist and delicious, a perfect way to sweeten up a disastrous year. 😁
O. Silver says
I was able to make this recipe gluten free easily by using King Arthur all purpose gluten free flour, and approximately 1-2 tsp of xanthan gum I also added about 1/2 cup of chopped pecans to the batter.
At 20 minutes tested the banana bread: my wooden skewer came out with batter on it. I put it in for another 5 minutes, and, though it was a little dark at the edges, it was perfectly done in the middle, and the dark edges tasted almost caramelized, and so delicious, especially still warm from the oven!
This recipe made the perfect amount of batter for the 6 loaf mini loaf pan I have and, with the pan greased with shortening, they came out of the pan perfectly with no sticking.
I will definitely be saving this recipe to use again sometime.
Erren's Kitchen says
Fantastic! And it’s good to know that you can make it gluten free, thank you 🙂
Erren's Kitchen says
Thank you Pat, they are a family favorite of ours too.
Georgia says
Such a great idea to make them into mini loaves! This recipe come out beautifully. Thank you!
Judy says
I see your mini loaf pan pictured has a number of loaves. I have 2 single mini loaf pans. Would I need to adjust your recipe for just 2 mini loaves?
Erren Hart says
Hi Judy, I couldn’t really answer this without knowing the exact size of your pans.
Trish says
Hi Erin, The Mini Banana loaves were delicious. Happy New Year to you. Trish
James says
A friend gave me a single ripe banana and challenged me to make banana bread. I looked and looked for a recipe that could easily use one banana. I found yours and it was perfect – easily divisible by 3. Made 2 beautiful mini loaves. You would not believe how many compliments I received! Will definitely be making this again! Thank you for sharing.
Erren says
That’s awesome, James! 😁 I’m so glad it worked for you!
Ashlee Sabiers says
Are those sliced of banana on top or banana chips? I love the way the presentation looks but want to make sure I use the right kind of banana.
Erren says
Hi Ashlee, They are banana chips.
Ashlee Sabiers says
Thank you! Can’t wait to try your recipe!
Sarah says
This was delicious. I made it with cup to cup gluten free flour and it was still tasty and not dry.
Erren says
Hi Sarah, sorry for the late reply! I’m so glad it worked out for you! 🙂