Five Spice Banana Bread

This banana bread is moist and delicious. It's flavored with Chinese Five Spice, which gives it a deep, rich flavor.

What's not to love about banana bread? It's so easy to make and is delicious. This quick bread can be made without a mixer. All you need to do is mash the bananas, and then everything else needs a quick stir!

The flavor is fantastic, and it smells wonderful while baking. The five-spice powder makes it great banana bread.

Chinese five spice is an aromatic and delicious spice blend from China and Vietnam. It is typically used as a rub for meat, but because it's so heavy on cloves and cinnamon, it also tastes great in baked goods!

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Ingredients

The key to this recipe is ripe bananas. Your bananas should have splotches of black or brown on them and be almost mushy. The riper the banana, the sweeter the bread will be!

Here's what you'll need for this recipe.

• ⅓ cup butter
• 3 very ripe bananas
• 2 teaspoons Chinese Five Spice Powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

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How to Make this Recipe

This recipe is assembled in just a few minutes! The bake time is what takes a while - and that's all hands-off time.

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 4x8-inch loaf pan.
2. Melt the butter in a large bowl in a microwave. 
3. Add the bananas and mash with a fork till they are broken down and fully combined with the butter. 
4. Then add the five spice powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar. Stir to combine. 
5. Add the egg and vanilla and stir to combine. 
6. Then add the flour and stir just till fully combined. 
7. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until cooked through. Use a wooden skewer to crumb test. 
8. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 20 minutes before removing and slicing. 

More Baked Goods

We love an unusual spice blend in our baked goods. From Yemeni blends like Hawaij to Togarashi from Japan, unique spice blends can flavor cakes, cookies, and breads.

• Hot and Spicy Togarashi Merengues
• Ras el Hanout Buttermilk Loaf Cake with Rose Icing
• Hawaij Coffee Donuts

Tips for Making this Banana Bread

• You can make your own Chinese Five Spice powder (it makes your kitchen smell great!)
• Use really ripe bananas for this bread - they taste the best!

If you love quick bread recipes like this one, be sure to check out our persimmon bread as well!

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