An easy-to-make Banana Bread Recipe that's super-moist, soft in texture, and packed with flavor. Perfect for those speckled bananas sitting on your counter that you don't know what to do with.
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Old Faithful Banana Bread Recipe
I recently dug out this recipe that I had scribbled on the inside of an old cookbook way back when. It was my go-to treat when I needed to feed my family using whatever I had on hand. This quick bread came to my rescue again and again.
I'm thankful for its simplicity, and all the times I felt rewarded for not throwing out that sweet-smelling fruit no one would eat. So I thought I'd share it in the hope that it'll rescue you too!
It's so easy!
There are only a few steps to this great Banana Bread Recipe. First, cream the sugar, butter, and eggs together. Then add the bananas, vanilla, flour mixture, and lastly, slowly pour in the milk.
A few helpful hints before we go any further:
- Use ripened bananas for the best flavor, right before the inside starts to turn black.
- The butter, eggs, and milk should be at room temperature for fluffier baking results.
- Use a high-quality vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste, which provides a richer vanilla flavor to complement the bananas.
But before you bake it, prep the loaf pan. The easiest way is to line the pan with parchment paper and spray the inside of the pan with cooking spray.
The bread will simply lift out of the pan by grabbing the paper after it cools for a few minutes.
So that's it, bake it for about an hour and you're done! Oh, and if you'd like a slight variation, add some nuts and/or chocolate chips. Whether plain or decked out, the results are delicious!
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Banana Bread Recipe
An easy to make recipe tha's super-moist, soft in texture, and packed with banana flavor.
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 1 loaf 1x
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup salted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas, or 3 medium ripe bananas
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup nuts, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a 5"x 9" loaf pan by spraying with cooking spray or lining it with a piece of parchment paper and spraying the inside with cooking spray.
- Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together in a medium-sized bowl.
- Cream the butter and sugar together with a mixer, then mix the eggs.
- Add bananas and vanilla, stirring until well combined.
- Mix in the flour mixture a little at a time until thoroughly combined.
- Pour milk into the bread batter slowly while stirring all of the ingredients together.
- Add pecans, stirring to combine.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.
- Remove the bread from the oven and let it rest in the pan for about 10 minutes. Then, remove it and cool completely before slicing.
Notes
- Be sure to use ripened bananas for the best flavor and no more than 1 cup.
- Vanilla bean paste gives the bread a richer flavor.
- Bring eggs, butter, and milk to room temperature for fluffier results.
- For variation, add ½ cup of chocolate chips.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Category: Sweets, desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
I hope this Banana Bread is an asset to your kitchen. Let me know how you like it. You know I love hearing from you!
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Pat says
Lots of good recommendations here. I never thought of using sprayed parchment paper for banana bread in the pans but I certainly use it (and couldn't do without it) for my pumpkin cream cheese rolls, in which the ingredients are all baked together. Also, room temp ingredients. I'm going to implement all these things for my next batch of banana bread!
Louisiana Woman says
I’m glad you found these helpful. Before I began using parchment paper my banana bread came out too dark and dry. I enjoy discovering little tidbits in cooking and passing them on. ?