Banana bread is pretty much the only sweet I make at home and won’t gift a portion of it to our friends or neighbours because we genuinely like eating it. We’re serious about banana bread in our household and I feel every family enjoys it a little different. If you’re like us and actually enjoy banana bread with a bread-y texture, and not cake-y texture, this is the one!

There is a difference between Australian banana breads VS. banana cakes from our heartland bakeries - this recipe is the former.

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 60 minutes

Ingredients

1/4 cup greek yogurt (DO NOT use greek-style yogurt, it’s different)
3 over-riped Cavendish bananas (+1 extra for decoration if you want)
1/4 cup neutral or coconut oil
2 large eggs
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp white sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
(optional) chocolate chips and/or walnuts

Method

Preheat oven to 180ºC
In a large mixing bowl, start by mashing bananas
Then add greek yogurt, oil and eggs - mix well
Then add brown and white sugar - mix well
Add baking soda and salt - mix well
Add flour into mixture, 1/2 cup at a time until mixture is well mixed
Add in toppings and pour into baking tin
Slice the 4th banana for decorating the top of the bread if you wish
Bake for 55 - 65 minutes, cover the top of the banana bread with foil mid-way if it starts to turn too dark
Let it cool for at least 45 minutes before slicing, enjoy!~

A lot of recipes actually add close to double the amount of sugar, so this is an incredible option if you are conscious of your sugar intake and can appreciate the natural sweetness of over-riped bananas! My tip would be to taste test the banana before using them in your recipe so you know if it’s actually really sweet. Feel free to add more sugar than the recipe states if you feel the batch of bananas you have are not sweet enough to your liking.

This is also an extremely simplified recipe - you only need 1 bowl! A lot of baking recipes call for at least 2 bowls, separating wet and dry mixtures. I don’t do that in any of my bakes at home because nobody has time to wash everything haha.