Honey Banana Bread is tender, moist, sweet, and rich with banana, cinnamon, nutmeg and crunchy pecans. Ready to enjoy in just 60 minutes!
Honey Banana Bread is just as moist and fluffy as classic Banana Bread, but using honey as a natural sweetener adds in some extra flavor and nutrients. Healthy Banana Bread is the perfect Quick Bread that you can enjoy for breakfast or a sweet treat.
Sabrina’s Honey Banana Bread Recipe
Honey Banana Bread just might be the new favorite banana bread in our house. It’s sweet and tender, with warm spices from the nutmeg and cinnamon. Then there’s some extra crunchy texture from the pecans to complete the delicious treat. You can serve up warm slices of Banana Bread plain, or add some toppings to it. This bread would taste amazing with butter, Nutella, or cinnamon sugar over the top.
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Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup bananas , (1 to 2 medium, mashed and ripe)
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup pecans , chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees and spray an 8×4-inch loaf pan with baking spray.
- In a large bowl whisk together eggs, banana, oil, and honey.
- Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
- Whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just combined.
- Stir in the pecans (reserve some to sprinkle on top of batter).
- Pour batter into loaf pan and spread evenly.
- Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
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Chef’s Note
Easily ripen your own bananas by placing them on a baking sheet in the oven at 250-300 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Alternatively, if you are working with overripe, frozen bananas, you can microwave them in 30-second intervals until they are mushy to the touch.
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About This Recipe
Banana Bread is a classic way to use up over-ripe bananas. It takes what’s gone bad and turns it into rich bread with a delicious banana flavor. Making Banana Bread with honey is a great way to get that same amazing taste and texture without using refined sugar. It also uses oil in place of butter for an overall healthier recipe. And if you love this recipe, I have lots of variations on Banana Bread on my blog. From Sour Cream Banana Bread to Banana Nut Bread to chocolate banana bread, there are plenty of delicious ways to enjoy moist banana bread.
How to Store
- Serve: This bread recipe can be kept at room temperature for up to 4 days. Just cover it in plastic wrap or tin foil to keep it moist.
- Store: To store it in the fridge let the bread cool first, then wrap it in plastic wrap or tin foil, or put it in an airtight container. It will keep well in the fridge for 1 week.
- Freeze: You can also seal the bread to store it in the freezer for 6 months. Let it thaw in the fridge overnight before serving it.
Variations
- Honey Banana Muffins: Try making this into an easy on-the-go breakfast recipe by pouring the bread batter into a muffin tin to bake.
- Oil: Instead of using vegetable oil in the recipe, you can replace it with canola oil or coconut oil.
- Sweetener: While this recipe is named for the honey, you can exchange it for another sweetener. If you don’t have honey, try using brown sugar or maple syrup.
- Nuts: Instead of pecans try chopped walnuts, almonds, cashews, or hazelnuts in the recipe.
- Banana Slices: Along with the flavor from the mashed bananas, you can add some whole banana slices for more flavor and texture. Add the banana slices to the top of the Banana Bread before baking.
- Vanilla Honey Banana Bread: For some vanilla flavor, mix 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract into the bread batter.
- Chocolate Chip Banana Bread: For some delicious chocolate flavor, fold in 1 cup of chocolate chips along with the pecans. You can use milk, semi-sweet, or dark chocolate chips.
- Wheat Banana Bread: To make healthy wheat banana bread, replace the all-purpose flour in the recipe with whole wheat flour.
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Yes ,I made this but it was very bland. It looked amazing just like yours. Very low banana taste. I will try to update the recipe maybe add blueberries. While baking it smelled great. So anxious.