Most thriftsters know all about making banana bread from ripening bananas, but what about if you actually have a job/life/family commitments and can’t drop everything to make 3 loaves of banana bread and then post the recipe to your blog and Pinterest? Aka us “normal folk”. Did you know that you can freeze overripe bananas and just dig them out at a later date to make your delicious banana bread?
I hate overripe bananas, so once they’ve got a tiny speck of brown on them, they get thrown straight into the freezer – whole. Next time I’ll be putting them in freezer bags, as I ruined a tea towel whilst they defrosted.
They don’t look particularly nice, but the black colour of the skin is totally fine.
Once defrosted, I used the following recipe from Simply Recipes. Notice the lack of walnuts – because walnuts are expensive and I don’t need them to enjoy my banana bread.
- 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
Method
No need for a mixer for this recipe. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4×8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.
I cheated and used a mixer – as you can see, the bananas are find mashed up, despite their black skin
Not a fan of banana bread? Don’t worry – I’ve pinned a whole heap of recipe ideas for overripe bananas for your perusal.
Riocaz says
I peel mine before freezing. Great as a base for thickening smoothies.
Which reminds me there was a recipe using frozen banana’s and a touch of vanilla to make an ice cream substitute. I must try that soon
Blackpepper1 says
Great idea. When I was a kid we used to have frozen bananas for a snack. They were frozen peeled so we easy to eat. More versatile when they are frozen without the peel.
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