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Banana-Pecan Ice Cream Bread

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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Katherine Sacks

This fun dessert magically turns store-bought ice cream into bread with a little help from self-rising flour. The butter pecan ice cream does double duty, adding caramelly sweetness and nutty crunch.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    65 minutes

  • Yield

    Makes 1 (9x5") loaf

Ingredients

Nonstick vegetable oil spray

3

medium very ripe bananas (about 18 ounces), peeled, mashed

1

pint softened butter pecan ice cream

1

1/4 cups self-rising flour

1

/4 cup sugar

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease loaf pan with nonstick spray.

    Step 2

    Mix bananas, ice cream, flour, and sugar in a large bowl until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake bread, rotating pan halfway through, until top is golden brown and center is set, 55–60 minutes.

    Step 3

    Transfer pan to a wire rack and let bread cool completely. Run a butter knife around perimeter of pan to loosen loaf, then tap pan gently on its side until loaf releases. Transfer to a cutting board and slice.

  2. Do Ahead

    Step 4

    Bread can be baked, cooled, then wrapped in plastic and left at room temperature up to 3 days, or frozen up to 3 months.