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Recipes · inspired by Banana Bread in the manga Kitchen Princess, volume 9

Banana Bread in a Mug

Moist banana bread for one, made in a mug from a ripe banana and pancake mix in two minutes.

Ready in
7 min
Ingredients
6
Makes
1 mug
Level
easy
Banana Bread in a Mug

Kitchen Princess is a manga by Natsumi Ando and Miyuki Kobayashi in which every chapter is named after a dish. This is our own quick, family-friendly version of that dish, not the recipe from the book.

Banana bread usually means an hour in the oven. This mug version is perfect for using up one spotty banana.

Make it a learning moment: bananas get sweeter as their skins turn spotty, because the starch inside turns into sugar. The browner, the better for baking.

Ingredients

Steps

Kids a child can do this step   Grown-up hot, sharp or tricky

  1. Kids Mash the banana with a fork in a big microwave-safe mug.
  2. Kids Stir in the pancake mix, brown sugar, butter and milk until just combined. Add chips or nuts.
  3. Grown-up Microwave 60 to 90 seconds, until risen and set in the middle.
  4. Kids Let it cool 2 minutes before eating.