The Secret to Really Good Banana Bread

Preheat your oven and pull out your favorite banana bread recipe, because this trick means never having to wait for bananas to ripen on the counter again.

Banana Bread On Demand

Is there anything more annoying than finding yourself with a craving for banana bread and absolutely no ripe bananas in sight? Well, the wait is over. Just follow these three easy steps and you'll be on your way to banana bread bliss.

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F and arrange your bananas on a baking sheet.

Step 2

Bake the bananas for about 30 minutes, until they become soft and the skins turn black, then remove the tray from the oven.

Step 3

Voila! They bananas are now soft, sweet and just as good as if you had been ripening them for a week. Mash them up and bake away!

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