Easy Homemade Banana Bread

By Jennifer

258 Person

75 Minutes

0 Calories

This just might be the best banana bread recipe! You’ll need ripe bananas, flour, butter, eggs, brown sugar, and spices. It’s so good, you’ll want to make 2 loaves. There are no surprises in our recipe — you’ll need mashed bananas, flour, butter, brown sugar, eggs, baking soda, and spices. We love banana nut bread, so we love adding walnuts or pecans. If you don’t enjoy nuts in banana bread, leave them out! It’s no problem.

Ingredients

1/2 cup chocolate chips, optional
1/2 cup (50 grams) walnuts or pecans, toasted and chopped, optional
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
3/4 cup (150 grams) packed light brown sugar
8 tbsp. (115 grams or 1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
3 medium bananas, heavily speckled or even black bananas are best (about 1 1/2 cups mashed)
3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. fine sea salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all-purpose flour

Method

01

Center a rack in the oven and heat to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour an 8 1/2-inch-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pan.
02

Place the pan on an insulated baking sheet or on two regular baking sheets stacked on top of the other.
03

Whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together, set aside. In the bottom of a medium bowl, mash bananas into a chunky paste. Whisk the melted butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla into the bananas until blended.
04

Switch to a large rubber spatula. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl then add the dry ingredients in 3 parts, stirring gently until they disappear and the batter is smooth. Stir in nuts and/or chocolate chips.
05

Pour batter into the pan and smooth the top. Bake 55 to 75 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.
06

After 30 minutes in the oven, check the bread for color. If it looks like it is browning too quickly, loosely cover with aluminum foil.
07

When the bread is done, transfer it, in the pan, to a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes. Unmold the bread and place right side up on the rack. Cool completely.

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Easy Homemade Banana Bread

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( By Jennifer )

01 Information

Grade easy
Serving 258 servings
Prep Time 15 Mins
Cook Time 60 Mins
Total Time 75 Mins

02 Ingredients

1/2 cup chocolate chips, optional

1/2 cup (50 grams) walnuts or pecans, toasted and chopped, optional

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

3/4 cup (150 grams) packed light brown sugar

8 tbsp. (115 grams or 1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled

3 medium bananas, heavily speckled or even black bananas are best (about 1 1/2 cups mashed)

3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp. fine sea salt

1 tsp. baking soda

1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all-purpose flour

03 Method

Step 1

Center a rack in the oven and heat to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour an 8 1/2-inch-by-4 1/2-inch loaf pan.

Step 2

Place the pan on an insulated baking sheet or on two regular baking sheets stacked on top of the other.

Step 3

Whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together, set aside. In the bottom of a medium bowl, mash bananas into a chunky paste. Whisk the melted butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla into the bananas until blended.

Step 4

Switch to a large rubber spatula. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl then add the dry ingredients in 3 parts, stirring gently until they disappear and the batter is smooth. Stir in nuts and/or chocolate chips.

Step 5

Pour batter into the pan and smooth the top. Bake 55 to 75 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.

Step 6

After 30 minutes in the oven, check the bread for color. If it looks like it is browning too quickly, loosely cover with aluminum foil.

Step 7

When the bread is done, transfer it, in the pan, to a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes. Unmold the bread and place right side up on the rack. Cool completely.

04 Author

Jennifer

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