Why You’ll Love this Banana Microwave Bread

Craving a slice of warm banana bread, but don’t feel like baking an entire loaf? Try this super easy microwave mug cake recipe! It only takes a few minutes and results in a perfectly tender treat with the banana flavor you know and love.

This recipe includes the option to add chopped walnuts to the batter and also shows you how to make a homemade caramel sauce for even more indulgent goodness. It’s especially great if you just have one banana that you need to use up!

Date nut bread used to be sold in metal cans; if you haven’t had one made from scratch with fresh ingredients, you’re in for a treat! While I haven’t tried the can version, my mother-in-law says that mine is less dense and so good that you don’t really need the cream cheese.

Ingredients

The most important ingredient in this recipe is obviously the dates. It’s easiest if you buy pitted dates, but pitting whole dates is also very simple – just make a slice on either side of the date and the pit comes right out. This works with any kind of dates. I use Medjool dates.

You can toast and butter this zucchini bread, but you really don’t need to. It’s so good on its own that I find myself snacking on it on all day even if I have cupcakes in the house.

Ingredients

This recipe uses all basic baking ingredients that you may already have in your home.

I love that this is a one bowl recipe. Aside from mashing the bananas and slicing the fresh strawberries, the whole recipe is just dumping things into a bowl and mixing. You’ve got this!

Choosing Ingredients

As with any banana cupcakes, muffins, or cookies, the bananas are the most important part of the recipe. The more ripe they are, the sweeter the bread will be. Wait for banana skins to be almost black for the best results!

The store-bought ones, like Little Debbie [paid link]‘s version, are typically closer to fried donuts with a honey glaze.

Star bread is often made at Christmas time because it looks a bit like a snowflake. However, I’ve made it for all manner of occasions. This red, white, and blue one is perfect for a July 4th dessert!

How to Make Star Bread

The Dough

Star bread starts with an enriched bread dough. That’s dough that may contain eggs, butter, milk, and sugar (a.k.a. the good stuff) rather than lean dough which is made with just the basics like all-purpose or bread flour, water, and salt. Enriched dough is the same type of dough typically used to make challah and honey buns.

While I’m a sucker for overnight baked French toast and its bread pudding-like consistency, Bostock somehow feels more gourmet. It’s sticky, sweet, has a bit of a crunch, and must be served directly out of the oven.

This recipe was actually featured in Fine Cooking Magazine and their team did a ton of testing on it before sharing it. So, you don’t have to just take my word for it that it is a must-try!

Why You’ll Love this Quick Bread from Ice Cream

First off, let’s talk about what this bread tastes like. It will, of course, vary based on the flavor of ice cream that you choose. But, I would call it a breakfast bread – falling into the same category as banana bread or zucchini bread.

It’s sweet, but not sweet enough to be called cake. It definitely has more of a bread-like texture.

My pizza muffins are made like you would make monkey bread – the muffins are made up of lots of small balls of dough, each filled with toppings, cheese, and sauce. Share one for an after-school snack or bake them as a quick and easy dinner for the whole family.