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Banana Bread

[heart_this] · Apr 18, 2019 · 29 Comments

Banana Bread

The best banana bread recipe! This banana bread, made with mashed bananas, is so easy to make and so nice and moist and tender!

Banana bread is one of my favourite treats, especially a nice homemade one, still warm from the oven, smothered in melting butter and a drizzle of honey! Yum! Banana bread is a quick bread made with mashed (over) ripe bananas which help keep the bread moist in addition to adding the amazing aroma and flavour of bananas to the bread! A quick bread is a bread that is made with baking soda and/or baking powder instead of yeast so it’s super easy to make with no kneading or waiting for anything to rise! You simply mix the wet ingredients into the mixture of the dry ingredients, pour the batter into a loaf pan and bake! I am a fan of the basic banana bread but it’s also nice to add chopped nuts, and/or chocolate chips or raisins, etc. The next time that you are looking for something special for breakfast or a treat, instead of running out to your favourite bakery or cafe, make this banana bread at home!

Banana Bread
Banana Bread
Banana Bread
Banana Bread
Banana Bread

Banana Bread
Banana Bread

Banana Bread

Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes Servings: 10(1 loaf or 10 slices)

The best banana bread recipe! This banana bread, made with mashed bananas, is so easy to make and so nice and moist and tender!

ingredients
  • 3 overripe bananas, mashed
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sour cream (or yogurt)
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
directions
  1. Mix the bananas, butter, brown sugar, sour cream, eggs and vanilla extract before mixing in the mixture of the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
  2. Pour the batter into a greased 9×5 inch loaf pan and bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until golden brown on top and a toothpick pushed into the center comes out clean, about 60 minutes.
  3. Let cool a bit before slicing and enjoying!
Option: Replace the butter with oil.
Option: Add 1 cup chopped nuts.
Option: Add 1 cup chocolate chips (or peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, toffee chips, etc.)
Option: Top with sliced bananas!
Option: Use a cake pan and make a banana cake instead!
Nutrition Facts: Calories 267, Fat 12g (Saturated 7g, Trans 0.3g), Cholesterol 62mg, Sodium 231mg, Carbs 35g (Fiber 1g, Sugars 15g), Protein 4g

Nutrition by: Nutritional facts powered by Edamam
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Comments

  1. tigerfish says

    January 21, 2008 at 11:16 am

    You can always wrap up the bananas or keep them in a dark corner to accelerate it’s ripening 😛 ….hahhaha
    Woooo yes….aromatic…thereupatic

    Reply
  2. Peter M says

    January 21, 2008 at 11:56 am

    I share your love of banana bread, it’s easy and it’s good for breakfast, a snack or to offer if someone drops by.

    Reply
  3. Nilmandra says

    January 21, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    Nothing quite like the aroma of baking wafting through the house 🙂 Walnuts make a good addition to banana bread, and/or sultanas/raisins/dried fruit. You can also soak some raisins in rum overnight and add that for a bit of kick!

    Reply
  4. JennDZ - The Leftover Queen says

    January 21, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    Looks great Kevin! All your variations sound great too!

    Reply
  5. Bellini Valli says

    January 21, 2008 at 3:18 pm

    I have plenty of “dead” bananas in my freezer with banana bread written all over it!!

    Reply
  6. Patricia Scarpin says

    January 21, 2008 at 4:55 pm

    That would go so well with my tea now, Kevin! It looks wonderful!

    Reply
  7. Elly says

    January 21, 2008 at 6:25 pm

    mmm, i love banana bread. this looks great! i love it with walnuts or pecans and raisins, too.

    Reply
  8. Sylvia says

    January 21, 2008 at 6:41 pm

    Wow Kevin , looks so good and delicious. I was wondering how smells well your kitchen in the moment that you bake it

    Reply
  9. Holler says

    January 21, 2008 at 9:30 pm

    Hi Kevin, that does look extremely good! Slap some butter on it once it’s cool, that is what I would do! Don’t tell anyone!
    If you are thinking of adding choclate, have a look at Jen’s Banana bread, I have been drooling over it!

    Reply
  10. Vicki says

    January 22, 2008 at 12:06 am

    I never knew you could freeze bananas!

    My favorite banana bread has lots of spices – cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg.

    Reply
  11. Laurie Constantino says

    January 22, 2008 at 7:49 am

    I haven’t had banana bread since I was in college. You just brought back some good memories! This looks great.

    Reply
  12. The Cooking Ninja says

    January 22, 2008 at 11:57 am

    That looks delicious.

    I did my banana cake with dark chocolates and it turned out awesome. It tastes great also with applesauce and nuts (I did those versions too).

    Reply
  13. Deborah says

    January 22, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    I am a banana bread lover. I was actually craving banana this weekend, and made some banana cookies, so we must have been on the same wave length!

    Reply
  14. Brilynn says

    January 22, 2008 at 5:23 pm

    I’ve been trying to make banana bread for a while now but I keep eating the bananas before they’re ripe enough!

    Reply
    • Jan says

      June 25, 2020 at 7:23 pm

      Put however many bananas you need on a cookie sheet in a preheated 300 degree oven for 30 minutes, and you will have ripe bananas ready for making your banana bread.

      Reply
  15. Ryukei says

    May 16, 2010 at 10:17 am

    As Brilynn, bananas are eaten too fast… So I tried to prepare a banana bread with normal bananas, and it was pretty good 🙂
    I had to put them in the micro-wave for a couple of minutes to be able to mash them.
    Now I've hidden 4 bananas for my next attempt so my father won't eat them!!

    Reply
  16. Anonymous says

    April 6, 2011 at 3:48 am

    Thank you for the recipe. I just baked it a few minutes ago. I only had 1 cup of bananas, but it still came out delicious!

    Reply
  17. Anonymous says

    June 27, 2013 at 2:48 pm

    Kevin,
    Instead of butter can I use applesauce and can I use I cup of whole wheat flour in place of the AP flour.

    Reply
  18. kevin says

    June 28, 2013 at 2:38 pm

    Anonymous: Both of those changes would work!

    Reply
  19. Louise Archibald says

    April 18, 2019 at 5:00 pm

    Hi Kevin, Your recipes are superb and the photography is awesome.
    Well done in all ways, I love to get your blogs, you are so talented.
    Louise A.

    Reply
  20. [email protected] says

    April 18, 2019 at 8:58 pm

    I am sitting here wishing I could have that loaf for dinner!
    I have been advised to gain weight!
    Banana bread would be perfect 🙂

    Reply
  21. Monique Caron says

    September 19, 2019 at 6:53 pm

    Why do the photos all show whole/sliced lengthwise bananas or am I seeing things???

    Reply
    • kevin says

      September 20, 2019 at 8:25 am

      I like to place bananas, sliced lengthwise or widthwise, on top for decoration and it is completely optional.

      Reply
  22. Carole Mason says

    September 20, 2019 at 5:05 pm

    Hello Kevin ~
    My daughter-in-law has asked me to make Banana Bread for her and, I’m happy to do this.
    She said she loves it with chocolate chips. I can’t imagine chocolate with Bananas, in all
    honesty, I can’t imagine anything to enhance that delicate banana, buttery taste.

    So, at the bottom line of your recipe I noticed your options do include adding chocolate chips.
    Have you personally done this and do you find it satisfying or one of those “wish I hadn’t done this”
    sort of reaction?

    Reply
    • kevin says

      September 21, 2019 at 8:04 am

      Chocolate chips are so amazing in banana bread! I add them to banana bread very often! Enjoy!

      Reply
  23. WWCook says

    November 15, 2019 at 11:29 am

    I love recipes like this one. Easy to put together, mixed by hand, didn’t have to pull out my mixer. Truly moist, tender and full of banana flavour. I usually follow the recipe exactly when I make for the first time but I had to make an exception cause I had bananas that had to be used but didn’t have a/p flour. So I used 1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour. I scatered a handful of chocolate chips in the batter and on top. Oh this was so delicious. Made yesterday and hardly have any left today. Thanks for another great recipe!

    Reply
  24. Marjorie Knight says

    December 22, 2019 at 12:56 am

    Wonderful recipe just made it tonight, and it is going fast

    Reply
  25. Carole says

    April 15, 2020 at 4:23 pm

    Kevin, do you place sliced bananas on top of baked banana bread or while it is baking? I would love to try it, but don’t know when to add the top bananas.

    Reply
    • kevin says

      April 16, 2020 at 8:02 am

      Add the sliced bananas on top of the batter before baking. Enjoy!

      Reply

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