Easy Banana Bread Recipe

A good banana bread recipe is indispensible to the home cook. But sometimes baking can require a lot of equipment, knowledge of special techniques, or a significant amount of clean up. If you're looking for a banana bread recipe that avoids all of these potential complications, we've got one you should try. This banana bread recipe doesn't require any equipment other than two bowls, a spoon, and a loaf pan; you won't need to know any special culinary techniques to make it, and it won't leave you with a sink full of dirty dishes.

This banana bread recipe calls for melted butter, which is why it's so easy to mix by hand; no electric mixer is needed. Once you combine the melted butter with the bananas, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, and rum, mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Then, combine the two bowls for a super-easy banana bread batter.

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Kristie Collado is The Daily Meal's Cook Editor. Follow her on Twitter @KColladoCook.