Transport yourself back to your childhood with warm, delicious banana bread, like my Grandma used to make. With just a few simple ingredients, this easy banana bread recipe will become a family staple!
Banana Bread Recipe
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Some foods bring you back to your childhood when you eat them. My Grandma Eve’s banana bread makes me think of a chilly Saturday morning sitting at my parents kitchen table with a blanket and a cup of cocoa to keep warm.
I’ve eaten a lot of banana bread recipes in my time and I’m not just being biased when I say that this is by far the most moist, delicious, best banana bread recipe that I’ve ever tasted.
Try these other banana recipes:
- Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Muffins
- Grandma's Best Banana Cake Recipe
- Strawberry Banana Split Cake
- Peanut Butter Banana Breakfast Cookies
Tips for how to make banana bread
- Disposable loaf pans will work, but I recommend that you have a couple good loaf pans to bake this in.
- Sift the dry ingredients before mixing with the wet ingredients
- This bread is delicious alone, or topped with butter or cream cheese.
- This easy banana bread recipe splits well between two loaf pans, so you have one to eat and one to give.
- Kick the decadence up a notch by adding chocolate chips or walnuts
Frequently asked questions about making easy banana bread
- Can you freeze bananas? Absolutely! Throw your overripe bananas into the freezer and thaw them whenever you’re ready to bake.
- Can you freeze this bread? Yes, this moist banana bread recipe freezes very well, which I found out in the last couple months of pregnancy (when I was baking loaves of this each weekend while I waited for A to arrive)!
- What's the best way to store banana bread? I recommend you store it in an airtight container. Some people use plastic cling wrap or refrigerate it, but I find it keeps best on a cool part of the countertop.
Make it a meal!
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Banana Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 2 cups sifted flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup softened butter (1 stick)
- ½ cup buttermilk (you can always whisk a couple tablespoons of lemon juice or white vinegar with milk if you don't have buttermilk on hand)
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 ripe bananas, peeled and mashed (⅓ cup)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease 2 loaf pans.
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and ground nutmeg into a bowl and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, mix eggs, butter, buttermilk and sugar until smooth. Add bananas and continue mixing until well combined.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Pour into prepared loaf pans and bake for 45 minutes or until your cake tester comes out clean. Enjoy!
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