Indulge yourself! One bite of Mimi’s Honey Vanilla Banana Bread and you’ll be hooked.
This banana bread is perfectly balanced with lots of banana flavor, hints of light honey nectar from our local Byler’s Bee Farm and smooth, rich Madagascar Vanilla. Like I said, ‘Indulge yourself!‘
Madagascar Vanilla is made with twice the amount of vanilla beans and it adds an incredibly full flavor to this bread. The sweet honey is made by bees using nectar from clover. Best honey I’ve ever had, hands down! You’ll probably have to use whatever kind of honey you have access too. The local honey is sold out pretty much in advance here, so sorry about that!
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 you have on hand. 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’. 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!
- 3-4 large ripe bananas mashed
- 1/3 cup olive oil or melted butter cooled
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup honey or Byler's Honey
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract or Madagascar Vanilla
- 1 3/4 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch of salt
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Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray with non-stick spray a 9x5 loaf pan.
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Mix together the melted butter or olive oil, bananas, honey, sugars, eggs and vanilla together.
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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.
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Pour mixture into a loaf pan and bake for 1 hour.
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Let cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and cool on a wire rack until completely cool.
Pair with honey & butter on top! Yum!
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I bet this is not only flavorful, but aromatic. Thanks for sharing your post at the #AnythingGoes Link Party.
Can I add some Rum Chata to Mimi’s Honey Vanilla Banana Bread?
Sure you can Gale! That sounds awesome! 🙂
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!
Crystal, so glad you loved it! 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by! 🙂
Where do you mix the baking soda?
Hi Danny, it goes in with the dry ingredients, so it’s updated now. Thanks for catching that and I enjoy!!:)
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?
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! 😉