Warm & Comforting Pumpkin Banana Bread
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4.8
Warm & Comforting Pumpkin Banana Bread
Description
This pumpkin banana bread mixes softened butter and brown sugar creamed together before incorporating eggs, pumpkin puree, mashed bananas, and vanilla extract. The dry ingredients include all-purpose flour with pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, blended into the wet mix just until combined, preserving a tender texture.
Baked in a loaf pan at 350°F, it requires about an hour to bake until a toothpick comes out clean. The resulting bread is moist from the pumpkin and ripe bananas, with warm spice notes and a gentle sweetness balanced throughout.
This bread can be enjoyed at breakfast, with a cup of tea or coffee, or as a snack. Leftovers stay fresh in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge for up to three days and can be frozen for longer storage, allowing convenient preparation in advance.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened, 4 oz / 115 g
- ¾ cup brown sugar 4½ oz / 128 g
- 2 large egg at room temperature
- 1 cup (8oz/225g) pumpkin puree
- 2 medium banana about 1 cup/8oz/225g), mashed, ripe
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ¼ cups (11¼oz/319g) all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt