This is the best banana bread recipe I’ve found. Moist and delicious every time! And it’s infused with just the right amount of banana flavor. Homemade banana bread really is the best!
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Best Banana Bread Recipe
Best Banana Bread Recipe
There’s nothing better than the smell of banana bread swirling around your kitchen as it bakes in the oven. My whole family loves banana bread, but didn’t like it dry and crumbly.
Problem solved with this recipe!
Not only is it soft and tender, it has the perfect amount of banana flavor, so it really is the best – a yummy loaf of goodness.
Related: Best Zucchini Bread
Three things that are key for delicious and moist banana bread:
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- Good quality butter
- Ripe, I mean really ripe bananas
- The topping {don’t skip this step, it’s worth it}
We find it’s perfectly okay to freeze the bananas and use them when it’s convenient. Toss them in the freezer when they get brown, and then use them whenever the urge for banana bread strikes!
Related: What Fruits and Vegetable to Freeze
This recipe can be made in one 9-by-5-Inch Loaf Pan
or 3 small. Sometime when giving them as gifts, it’s best to go for the small disposable kind as shown here…then I can keep one for the family 😉
Banana Bread Recipe Ideas
- If you’re feeling chocolatey, you can cut back on the sugar a bit, and add 3/4 cup chocolate chips.
- This bread is also good if you make it into an orange spice loaf – follow the recipe, but add 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, and 2 Tbsp grated orange zest to dry ingredients. Mmmm, delicious!
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Best Banana Bread
This is the best banana bread recipe around. Moist and delicious every time! And it's infused with just the right amount of banana flavor. Homemade banana bread really is the best!
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 10
Calories: 417kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/4 cup toasted walnuts (chopped course {optional})
- 4 very ripe (soft darkly speckled large bananas mashed well)
- 2 eggs (beaten lightly)
- 6 Tbsp butter (cooled and melted)
- 1/4 cup plain yogurt {you can substitute Greek yogurt}
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Topping
- 3 Tbsp cold butter
- 3 Tbsp flour
- 3 Tbsp sugar
Instructions
- Adjust oven rack to lover-middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour bottom only of regular loaf pan, or grease and flour bottom and sides of nonstick loaf pan.
- Whisk four, sugar, baking soda, salt, and walnuts if using together in a large bowl and set aside.
- Mix mashed bananas, yogurt, eggs, butter, and vanilla with wooden spoon in medium bowl. Gently fold banana mixture into dry ingredients with rubber spatula until just combined. Don't over mix.
- Prepare the topping by mixing the flour and sugar in a small bowl. Then add the butter and combine it into the flour mixture by chopping it into small bits.
- Place batter into prepared loaf pan and add topping evenly over top and bake until loaf is golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean - about 50-55 minutes.
- Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool the rest of the way.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
This recipe freezes well. Just wrap well and place in an air tight container or plastic bag.
If you're feeling chocolatey, you can cut back on the sugar a bit, and add 3/4 cup chocolate chips.
This bread is also good if you make it into an orange spice loaf - follow the recipe, but add 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, and 2 Tbsp grated orange zest to dry ingredients. Mmmm, delicious!
Nutritional information is approximate and was calculated using a recipe nutrition label generator.
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Nutrition
Calories: 417kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 318mg | Potassium: 281mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 405IU | Vitamin C: 4.3mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 2mg
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Happy baking!
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