Best Banana Bread Recipe is so easy to make and super soft and moist! The very best way to use up overripe bananas this bread is tender and packed full of flavor!
Since I have already shared with you my family’s favorite Chocolate Chip Banana Bread it was time to give you my very best classic recipe as well! If you love all things banana, then make up these Banana Nut Muffins too, one bowl, so easy, so GOOD!
What Is The Best Banana Bread Recipe?
To make the very best banana bread that comes out super moist, it is important to start out with those ugly, overripe bananas! In the picture below you can see the bananas that I used for this recipe post. These bananas are just ripe enough to work with. They need to be a dark yellow with lots of browning. You can use bananas that are even darker than this! The riper the bananas, the more moist your bread will be and the more banana flavor it will have!
How Do You Keep Banana Bread Moist?
The best way to keep banana bread moist for days is to wrap it tightly! Once your bread is baked and cooled, I recommend wrapping tightly in plastic wrap. Then, take a second step and store it in a large zip top freezer bag or a plastic container with a tight fitting lid. Stored this way on the counter, your bread will last up to 3 days. If you’d like, you can store it wrapped in the refrigerator for up to 6 days.
How to Make Banana Bread:
This recipe makes one loaf of banana bread. The first step is to preheat your oven and prepare a loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray or grease with butter.
- Next, take a large bowl as seen below and whisk together your dry ingredients. This will include the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- In a separate bowl melt your butter in the microwave, then add in the bananas and mash until mostly smooth.
- Add your eggs and vanilla to your mashed banana mixer and use your fork to combine everything really well, until you no longer see any streaks of eggs.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix together with a spatula just until combined. Don’t overmix.
- Now, you are ready to pour your batter into your prepared pan and bake!
**NOTE:Â You can also mash your bananas with the melted butter in your stand mixer if preferred.
Can you Freeze Banana Bread?
Yes! If you’d like to freeze this then allow it to cool completely at room temperature on a plate or wire rack once it comes out of the oven. Once cool, wrap the bread in plastic wrap, then wrap in foil. Freeze the bread for up to 2 months for best results.
To thaw the bread, remove from the freezer and allow it to come to room temperature, covered on the counter. This will take about 24 hours.
Enjoy!
~Nichole
Best Banana Bread Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Stick (1/2 Cup) Butter
- 3 Large Ripe Bananas
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray or grease with butter and set aside.
- Add the stick of butter to a large bowl and microwave for 1 minute, or until melted.
- Add the bananas to the same bowl and mash with a fork.
- Add the vanilla extract and egg to the bowl and use the same fork to mash and stir until no yellow streaks of egg remain.
- In a second large bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix together with a spatula just until combined.
- Pour the batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for 45-55 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
thanks so much for your recipe, I always add 1 cup of old fashioned oats to cut the white flour in half. 50/50 on white sugar brown sugar. I also like my banana bread with extra bananas, lots of golden raisins and chopped walnuts or pecans.
Delicious and moist!
Turned out so good, thank you for sharing
I consider myself a little bit of a connoisseur of banana bread because I’m really not a big fan of it. My husband, however, is. It’s the only thing he ever requests for his birthday or Father’s Day so I make a lot of banana bread. This was really good! I’ve been searching for a while for a recipe that actually makes me excited about banana bread and I think this is it. And it was a simple recipe, too. I did brown the butter because… browned butter *drool*
So good!! I added my own twist — only had two bananas so I swapped the 3rd with coconut milk. I amped up the cinnamon and added a pinch of clove and nutmeg (we like extra flavor) as well as halved pecans. I also baked it in a cast iron pan. It came out fluffy, moist, and perfectly flavorful (not too overpowering at all) with slightly crusty edges.
This recipe was excellent. Delicious, full of flavor, moist and the aroma was amazing.
I really enjoyed this recipe, but what took it over the top was greasing the tin with browned butter and adding a cup of sunflower seeds for crunch. Thank you!
My favorite banana bread recipe! I make mine vegan by using coconut oil and flax eggs, perfect!
Made this for my wife, she loved it, will make again.
Loved it! Super moist and great flavor! Will be making it a lot.
This is the easiest and best Banana Bread recipe ever!!
Ran a little short on white sugar, so I topped with a little brown sugar and cinnamon. It smells divine. Can’t wait until it cools down!