Yesterday for the kidlet’s after naptime snack I made Banana Bread. But not just any banana bread, a super yummy and moist bread that was really easy to make…in my CROCKPOT!!! Yup, that’s right, I said my crockpot!
I bought a crockpot cookbook late last spring and had vague memories that there was a bread section in it. So, I pulled it out yesterday and low and behold there was! I was a little hesistant at first, I mean my crockpot has been making dinners for our family for a couple years now but never a bread or sweet type of food. I thought it might come out tasting like chicken and was ready to throw it in the trash upon first taste but boy was I wrong. It was soooo good! The kids gobbled it up when they woke up and my hubby was only left with 2 small pieces when he came home from work last night. Pretty good considering it made a nice sized loaf. As Noah told me yesterday, ‘I like this nana bread, it’s healthy for me and nummy for me!’
What did I tell you, it’s for real!
Here is the recipe, really you must try it. You won’t believe your crockpot can do such amazing things to breads 🙂
Crockpot Banana Bread
Recipe Type: Slow Cooker
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Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- 2 tbsp dark corn syrup
- 3 ripe bananas, well mashed
Instructions
- Grease and flour a 4 1/2 quart crockpot.
- Mix flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a small bowl, set aside.
- Cream butter with an electric mixer until fluffy.
- Slowly add sugar, eggs, corn syrup, and mashed bananas.
- Beat until smooth.
- Gradually add flour mixture to creamed mixture.
- Pour into crockpot, cover and cook on high for 1 1/4 to 1/2 hours or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Let cool, then invert bread onto serving platter.
- *My bread actually took about 2 hours to cook/bake, just so you know 🙂 *
- **You can also add 1/2 cup chopped walnuts if you like.
First, mix up all your dry ingredients…
Then, mash up your bananas…
Then, cream your butter until light and fluffy…
Then, add your wet ingredients to your butter including your mashed bananas…
Pour your batter into a greased crockpot and cook for 1 1/4 to 1/2 hours (or 2 hours if you’re like me!)
When it’s done the bread will pull away from the sides of your crockpot and a toothpick inserted in the middle should come out clean.
Amazing…banana bread from a crockpot, who knew!
Healthy and delicious…
‘Nummy!’ as said by Noah 🙂
wow! this is a must try! Thank you for sharing
WOW!! I will so be trying this!! I have bananas already! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you. Thank you. And thank you! I have recently started to follow your blog and this is right up my alley. I am always looking for a new dish and anytime it can be made in the crock pot…that’s a double bonus. The triple bonus is that it is a little sweetness, too. Can’t wait to try it out!
OMGosh this looks delicious! Come share your awesome recipe at my party: Thursday’s Treasures!!
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Um, that is AWESOME! THanks!!!!!!!
Can this be made with splenda? will the consistancy work? I keep hearing all about how Splenda measures and cooks the same as sugar, but I haven’t been brave enough to try it!
it does work just fine for baking…
Hmmm…I don’t know…I always hear that you can use Splenda just the same as sugar but I don’t really bake with it to know enough. I don’t like the aftertaste. Anyone else??
Yeah, the aftertaste is a REAL problem. It’s horrible. We go through gallons of sweet tea a day, so I substituted Splenda for real sugar to cut down on the calories. The whole lot got poured down the drain. Boo Splenda.
Baking with splenda isnt the same. You can cook with it on the stove though. I tried splenda in pumpkin bread and it didn’t work. The splenda website explains better.
Oooooh I love banana bread and this looks so yummy.
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Dang it! 😉 My hubby just threw out the brown bananas! I love ‘nana’ bread! I’m sure my little one would woof it down right along with me! thanks for sharing this recipe, I’m bookmarking it!
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Mine is in the Crock Pot! It smells wonderful! Thanks for being brave enough to try it first. My husband’s comment was, “I’ve never seen bread come out of a Crock Pot!” I sure he’ll change his attitude when it comes out!
I’m so trying this!! I love making banana bread for my boys and using my crockpot so this is perfect! Thank you for sharing it!
You just made my day! This looks awesome and I LOVE finding excuses to use my crock pot.
You. Rock.
This looks so easy and yummy! 🙂 Wonder if it would work in a 6 qt if I multiplied everything by 1.5?
So, I tried it with Splenda and I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter and blogged all about it! http://logo-party-of-6.blogspot.com/2010/03/smashed-peas-and-carrots.html
Definitely going to give this a try! Thanks for sharing! = )
I can’t wait to try this, but do you know the calories per serving?
That looks delicious 🙂 I would love for you to come and link up to check me out saturdays at http://www.iamonly1woman.blogspot.com
Wow I’m impressed! Look yummy!
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I will be trying this. We are a family of bakers, although with our long summers (FL) it’s not worth keeping the oven on long enough for a bread like this :). Thanks!
I can’t wait to try this recipe! I tried one other recipe in my crockpot and it was just ‘okay’. Judging by the pics, it looks like a must-try!
Made the crockpot Banana Bread this am….wow, so good, who would have thought it… Anyway, I put all the ingreds for the recipe into the data base on NutriMirror and the calories for 14 servings is 102 each…Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Thanks for sharing it! It was sooooooo gooood!
It just ok. I’ll share your recipe……Didi
Amazing!! I’m going to have to try to make this!!
I’ve heard of baking in a crock before, and agree it’s a neat idea / use, but I find myself asking, what’s the point? What’s the benefit? It would probably take less time baking in the over, and you still have to wash 1 dish that it cooked in. I guess you don’t have to grease the crock dish, but is that all? 😕
you don’t heat kitchen up as w/ oven….nice
doesn’t heat up the place in the summertime
The cool thing I find about baking in a crockpot is you don’t have to turn on your oven!! Especially great for summertime:) You also don’t have to wait for your oven to pre-heat, and my oven takes FOREVER!!! Just pour your batter in and turn it on…easy peasy!
-Mags
I love this bread! I did a little post on my blog about it and sent people your way for the details. Thank you sooooo much for the recipe!
Oh YUM! Now if I can get my husband and son to stop eating all the bananas before I can make some bread out of them. Thanks for sharing!
I made this for a playdate I hosted. All my friends really liked it. It had a bread pudding like texture and tasted amazing. (I also added chocolate chips) thanks so much for posting the recipe.
-Ruth of Hammer & Thread
I am very excited about this recipe and intend to make it today….or at least something like it….in my crock pot. Who knew? Would you consider hooking up with my blog party with this idea? I am new at it and need peeps. Here is my link:
http://permanentposies.com/2010/09/tomato-and-onion-pie/
No big deal if you can’t. Thanks for the idea.
The bread is beautiful! I would love to try this one. Thanks for sharing.
Do you think I could double this recipe for a 6.5 qt crockpot? Also would i need to double the cooking time? Thanks, Elizabeth
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Hi, I have a large crockpot and wonder can I use a cake time inside the pot????
Hi Anonymous! I am not sure what a cake time is? Like put a cake pan in the crock???
I know i switch out the sugar for splenda. But i like to know what can i use instead of dark corn syrup? I am a diabetic. This does sound so good. But with the dark corn syrup would drive up my numbers.
What about Maltitol syrup or Agave? Those might be options that would be okay for a diabetic.
Thanks Maggie for the information. i research both products last night. yes diabetics can have it. Again thank you for your help on this.
If you can’t find agave, sugar free maple syrup might work. It would definitely add maple flavoring to the bread, but that might not be a bad thing… Usually when I bake (Diabetic for 29 years) I use the SPLENDA mix — it’s half sugar, half splenda. Use the same amount the recipe calls for, but when making again, try using a little bit less; you might also have to reduce the liquid just a BIT to compensate for less sugar.
Just stumbled upon this recipe after a friend pinned it on pinterest. I thought the name of your blog looked familiar and it is really a small world because I went to school with your husband. I vaguely remember him posting something awhile back about his wife’s blog on Facebook and here you are! Thanks for the recipe, my daughter loves banana bread so she will be excited to try this one! Thanks again
I teach a preschool class, and Thursday is national Banana Bread Day 😀 so this is something that can mix up and not hurt themselves and we can smell while It bakes in the room 😀 awesome Idea!
Bread is in the slow cooker as I type …didn’t have any corn syrup so used organic molasses instead ….can’t wait to taste it TFTR ! ;D
What about hone instead of the syrup?
That could work too! Let us know how it tastes if you try it!
I just tried the bread and it turned out GREAT! I’m not a fan of corn syrup so I used honey. It seemed to work ok except the edges got just a little overdone.
It’s in the crock and OH does it smell great! The whole downstairs of my house smells delicious! I can already tell it’ll be a hit at my boss’s 4th of July party tomorrow! Thanks for sharing (especially since I don’t have an oven)!
Made this last night, used an automatic crock pot with 4, 6, 8, & 10 hr. settings, it took 4 hrs. Next time I will use one with the High, Med, & Low settings and see if it cooks in 2 hrs. with it.
I have my bread in the crockpot now. Probably the 20th time I’ve made this. Soooo good!
Do you use the high setting ?
I substituted the corn syrup with apple sauce, and it worked perfectly!
Great way to whip up banana bread during Texas summer’s (it’s STILL 80’s here, in November).
Hi, I was wondering if you meant on low or high when you place the bread in the Crock Pot for the 2hrs? Also I was wondering how to alter the recipe for my 6.5 Crock Pot? Thanks so much for the recipe my husband and I love Bananas and he will gobble this up in no time.
Hi I was wondering if you meant on low or high when placing the bread in the Crock Pot for the 2hrs? Also I wanted to know if you had any tips on making alterations to make the recipe fit a 6.5 Crock Pot? Thanks so much for the post, my husband and I love bananas. I can’t wait to see the look on his face when I tell him I made Banana Bread in a Crock Pot.
You cook this on high. I’ve never made it in a larger sized crockpot so I am not sure about alterations…you might need to double the recipe? Otherwise your bread might be really thin and burn quickly?
Looks Good.. but I also have a larger 6.5 size crock pot.
I bought a bread pan made especially for my crock pot about 38 years ago. It makes the greatest banana bread ever – very moist. I ordered it from Rival (the crock pot manufacturer). If you can find one, they are wonderful.
This is fate…. I just noticed I have 3 over ripe bananas…. and a crockpot just waiting to perform this task! Thanks!!!! Making it today!
I made this recipe yesterday in my 3 qt crockpot. It cooked in 1 1/2 hours. It came out PERFECT!!! I didn’t have any corn syrup so added in molasses… and some chopped pecans. This is AWESOME!!! I put it on my blog…www.oregonsue.blogspot.com Thannk you!!!
Could you adjust this and make it in one of those small sized crocks? I worry because 1) the small crock seems to get really hot and 2) not sure how to adjust the recipe…. Ideas?
I tried this recipe today, and I have to say I was disappointed! Top of the cake didn’t want to brown while the bottom was burnt! Gotta say I don’t think I’ll bother making this again, my tried and true 30 year old recipe for the oven version is just as simple and has never had to be thrown out!
I am sorry this recipe didn’t work for you. Slow cookers can be tricky!
my family loves and i meen loved this bananna bread i always add an extra bananna but do you think it would be good if i added carrots like a bananna and carrot bread combo ????
Oh my, YES! I think it would be great! Let me know how it turns out if you make it!
Love,
Maggie
Did you add the carrots? Did you add any additional spices? The carrot/banana bread was the best comment on the page! I usually add peanut butter & chocolate chips to my banana bread but that sound like a crock pot mess! Ha! But November screams spicy carrot banana cake! I gotta have deets!