The first blog we ever posted on the original Clay Coyote website was about banana bread. It’s been almost 20 years since that recipe went live.

I’ve traveled many places and had many great banana breads since, and my recipe has evolved. But it’s still got the basics: super ripe bananas, flour, sugar, baking soda, eggs, cooked in a handmade clay pot.

From there you can get creative. Swap different fats for the butter. Swap different spices. Add moisture with sour cream or apple sauce. And pick your mix in from chocolate chips, to walnuts, pecans, or dried cranberries.

Start with the basics and explore from there.

Blueberry Lemon Spice Banana Bread 
Preheat oven 350F
Mush up bananas and butter
Mix in brown sugar, eggs, sour cream, vanilla, and all the spices
Add baking soda and salt
Add flour last
Pour into Clay Coyote Square Baker
Bake at 350F for 55-65 minutes

Ingredients:
— 3 ripe bananas
— 6 table butter
— 2 eggs
— 3/4 cup light brown sugar
— 3 oz. sour cream
— 1 tsp. vanilla extract
— 1 tea cinnamon
— 1/2 tea nutmeg
— 1/2 tea cloves
— 1 1/4 tablespoon baking soda
— Pinch salt
— 2 cup flour
— 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
— 1 tea fresh squeezed lemon juice