Side dishe for 10
Cast-Iron Banana Bread
$1.91for 445 minServes 10
Ripe bananas, chocolate chips, and vanilla bake into a moist skillet bread in a 10-inch cast-iron pan.

Photo: tasteofhome.com
What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butter$0.40/oz typical | 2 oz | $0.80Typical price | |
| Eggs$0.30 each typical | 1 | $0.30Typical price | |
| Bananas$0.62/lb typical | 0.2 lb | $0.12Typical price | |
| Chocolate chips and baking chocolate$0.45/oz typical | 6 oz | $2.70Typical price | |
| Total for the servings shown | $4.78 | ||
Pantry staples you likely have
Sugar and brown sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaFlourBaking powder and soda
Not included in the cost.
Swaps
- Swap Butter for Margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices
- 45 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 10servings as written
- $typical cost tier
AmericanVegetarianBudgetSide dishes
Typical price
$0.48 per serving$1.91 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 5/8 cups mashed ripe bananas
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- dried banana chips (optional)
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350 F and grease a 10-inch cast-iron skillet with cooking oil.
- Melt the butter, then stir in the sugar, egg, bananas, and vanilla until smooth.
- Whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl, then stir them into the banana mixture.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and spread the batter evenly in the skillet.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the center reaches 165 F and a toothpick comes out mostly clean.
- Cool the bread in the skillet for 10 minutes before slicing.
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