ingredients

• 4-5 bananas (as ripe as you can find them)

• 1 egg

• 1 tbsp vanilla extract

• 3 tbsp brown sugar

• 2 tbsp white sugar (I've successfully used 1:1 sugar substitutes like monkfruit sugar before too)

• 2 tsp cinnamon

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1/2 tsp kosher salt

• 1-1/2 cup all-purpose flour

• 1/2 cup water

• (optional) 1/2 cup chocolate chips

• drizzle of olive oil

steps

1. Heat up a nonstick pan on medium heat. Roughly slice your bananas. Drizzle some olive oil into the pan, add the bananas, brown sugar, white sugar, and cinnamon. Use a spatula to coat the bananas in the sugar and cinnamon. 

2. Let the bananas caramelize and brown 3-4 minutes. Flip and move them around every now and then to prevent sticking. Let cool for ~5 minutes.

3. Preheat oven to 350F.

4. In a medium mixing bowl, add the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Whisk well to combine.

5. In a small mixing bowl, add the caramelized bananas and beat one egg in until well combined.

6. Add the banana mixture into the flour mixture in the medium mixing bowl. Using a spatula, fold the wet ingredients in. Add 1/2 cup water and mix until well combined. Batter should be thick and pourable almost like a waffle batter - if it's too thick and looking dry, add a little bit of water at a time.

7. Fold in chocolate chips or any other add-ins you'd like.

8. Oil a standard sized loaf pan or use nonstick spray. Pour the batter in.

9. Bake for 45-60 minutes or until a wooden skewer (or chopstick) comes out clean - it might have chocolate on it which is fine but you don't want to see any bananas/batter. Let cool before slicing. Enjoy!