Mimi’s Honey Vanilla Banana Bread

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Indulge yourself! One bite of Mimi’s Honey Vanilla Banana Bread and you’ll be hooked.  This fragrant banana bread is perfectly balanced with lots of banana flavor, hints of light honey nectar and smooth, rich Madagascar Vanilla. Like I said, ‘Indulge yourself!‘ 

Honey Vanilla Banana Bread slice with butter and honey

In this banana bread, we used Madagascar Vanilla.  It is made with twice the amount of vanilla beans, plus it adds an incredibly full flavor to this bread. 

The local sweet honey is made by bees using nectar from clover. You’ll probably have to use whatever kind of honey you have access to where you live.  It’s best to use local honey for allergy purposes as well if you can get your hands on it.

Every bite is moist, rich and tasty. Now, if you don’t have these ‘special’ ingredients, don’t worry!  It will still be excellent with what ingredients you have on hand.  You can always substitute honey for maple syrup or agave syrup for the sweetness.  Any vanilla extract will be fine as well!  

Mimi's Honey Vanilla Banana Bread in a pan

Ingredients You Need

How to Make Mimi’s Honey Vanilla Banana Bread

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray with non-stick spray a 9×5 loaf pan.
  2. Mix together the melted butter or olive oil, bananas, honey, sugars, eggs and vanilla together.
  3. In another bowl, add the baking powder, baking soda, salt and flour together and whisk and then add to the wet mixture and mix until just incorporated.
  4. Pour mixture into a loaf pan and bake for 1 hour.
  5. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and cool on a wire rack until completely cool.

More Ideas!

  • Pair with honey & butter on top! Yum!
  • Make a French Toast with it and cover it with lots of warmed maple syrup and butter!

Mimi's Honey Vanilla Banana Bread

If you’re wondering who ‘Mimi‘ is?  It’s me. It’s my ‘grandma’ name, since I don’t want to be called ‘grandma’. My hubby thinks I should be called ‘granny’, because he wants to be called ‘Grandpappy’.  But I shun that ‘granny’ word! 

LOL…anyways, this bread is perfect for breakfast, snacking, or add a finishing touch to the end of an evening meal.

Here’s the recipe for Mimi’s Honey Vanilla Banana Bread!  Enjoy! 

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Mimi's Honey Vanilla Banana Bread

Mimi's Honey Vanilla Banana Bread

Kim Lange
This banana bread is perfectly balanced with lots of banana flavor, hints of local, light honey nectar from Byler's Bee Farm and smooth, rich Madagascar Vanilla. 'Indulge yourself!'
4.42 from 39 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Course Breads
Calories

Ingredients
  

  • 3-4 large ripe bananas mashed
  • cup olive oil or melted butter cooled
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup honey or Byler's Honey
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract or Madagascar Vanilla
  • 1 ¾ cups of all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • Pinch of salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray with non-stick spray a 9x5 loaf pan.
  • Mix together the melted butter or olive oil, bananas, honey, sugars, eggs and vanilla together.
  • In another bowl, add the baking powder, baking soda, salt and flour together and whisk and then add to the wet mixture and mix until just incorporated.
  • Pour mixture into a loaf pan and bake for 1 hour.
  • Let cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and cool on a wire rack until completely cool.

Notes

Pair with honey & butter on top! Yum!
Keyword banana, banana bread, breakfast, easy quick bread, honey, snack, vanilla
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21 Comments

  1. That’s so awesome Crystal! Cinnamon butter and browning the butter definitely sounds amazing! Thank you so much for trying it and your lovely comment! xo

  2. This was absolutely incredible! I browned my butter and it added such a lovely depth of flavor. I made a cinnamon honey butter to go with it. Divine!

  3. Hi Faith! I think those are all excellent replacers for eggs. I usually do applesauce, yogurt or bananas when I replace eggs. I know those that use the flax option, has good results as well. There won’t be much of difference. Hope you enjoy! 🙂 In this recipe, I think adding more banana may make the bread more dense, so I would use applesauce. Hope you enjoy!

  4. Ashley, the Madagascar vanilla extract just has a different vanilla flavor than the norm, but by all means use what you have. You can always add a little more or just stick to the recipe as is. I’ve had it that way with regular vanilla extract and it’s wonderful. Enjoy! Thanks for stopping by! 😉

  5. I don’t have madagascar vanilla, Bless him but my husband just grabs what he can find, should I use more or keep the same amount?

  6. I baked this on Saturday and I used five bananas (my partner forgot he got bananas and they were all about to go so I thought, why not) and this bread is absolutely DELICIOUS. I’ve been looking for a go to banana bread recipe and this is it. Thank you!

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