Who loves their cast iron skillet? I do! I’ve had one forever and I use it just about every week. I love how versatile it is. You can start things on your stove, then throw it in the oven. I’ve made just about everything in there except when I saw this recipe on Pinterest – I said to myself “I’ve never made banana bread in my skillet!”
This took about 5 minutes to make and it baked for about 25 minutes, so in no time flat you can have an awesome breakfast or dessert for your family!
This recipe is based on a recipe from www.crunchyrock.com
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup plus 1 Tablespoon room temperature, unsalted butter (divided)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 very ripe bananas, mashed
- 1/4 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon (optional)
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. along with the cast iron skillet. Mix the dry ingredients together and set aside.
- Beat the 1/4 cup butter and sugar together with an electric mixer. Beat in the egg, mashed banana, and vanilla.
- Fold the dry ingredients into the creamed butter mixture with a wooden spoon.
- Melt 1 T. of butter in the skillet. Pour in the batter and bake for about 20 minutes, until the center feels done to the touch.
- 5. Cool about 5 to 10 minutes.
The original recipe called for baking it for 20 minutes, at the 20 minute mark, mine was a little soft in the middle so I cooked it for another 5 minutes. If you insert a toothpick and it comes out clean then it’s done.
My daughter cut a warm piece and slathered a little nutella on top and deemed it incredible. This was so good, the whole skillet of banana bread was gone in 2 days!
I will definitely make this again.
I also have made chocolate chip cookies in a cast iron skillet – check out that recipe here too
Do you have a cast iron skillet – what is your favorite thing to make in it?
