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Over Ripe Bananas

Is there anyone who doesn’t end up with a half bunch of over ripe bananas sitting on their counter every once in a while? I try to freeze those bananas for smoothies before they reach that over ripe point but it just doesn’t always happen. When I don’t manage to freeze them, I default to banana bread. I’ve altered my original recipe to give you this Classic Banana Bread. I actually think this is my new favorite and I’m certain you’ll love it too! This recipe uses four bananas to give you the perfect amount of moisture in addition to delicious flavor. Have an abundance of bananas? Go ahead and make an extra loaf. You can wrap the extra loaf in plastic wrap and store it in the freezer for later. Remove it from the freezer at least an hour before serving.

Sliced banana bread on a cooling rack.

Just Ten Ingredients

Preheat your oven to 350℉ and gather your ingredients – Just 10 ingredients for this Classic Banana Bread. Grab a medium mixing bowl and whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, ground cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl (I use by stand mixer with a flat paddle attachment), mash up the bananas. Add sugar and mix until combined. Add vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla extract. On low speed, gradually stir dry ingredients into banana mixture. Pour batter into a parchment lined loaf pan and bake for 1hr 10min. Use a test stick to verify loaf is baked through. Keep in mind every oven varies slightly on temperature and you may need to adjust your bake time accordingly. My family loves this Classic Banana Bread as is. However, I know there are a lot of people out there who feel banana bread should be made with walnuts. If this is you, stir a half cup of toasted, chopped walnuts into the batter just before pouring it into the loaf pan.

Sliced banana bread on a cooling rack.
Sliced banana bread on a cooling rack

Classic Banana Bread

Sarah Baade
This recipe uses four bananas to give you the perfect amount of moisture in addition to delicious flavor.
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Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert, Snack
Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients
  

  • 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 4 bananas, very ripe
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • ½ cup toasted walnuts, chopped (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350℉.
  • In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  • In a large mixing bowl, mash bananas.
  • Beat sugar into bananas until combined.
  • Mix in oil, eggs, and vanilla.
  • Stir dry ingredients into banana mixture.
  • If using walnuts, stir them into batter.
  • Pour baatter into parchment lined loaf pan.
  • Bake 1hr, 10min or until a test stick comes out clean.
Keyword Banana Bread, Classic Banana Bread, Homemade Banana Bread

BEST BANANA BREAD

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Our perspectives have changed lately. Wouldn’t you agree? What we need or want most in our day to day isn’t what we were probably focusing on most a few weeks ago. Just this week, I was reassigned from my office to work from home. My husband had already been working from home for a few weeks. We have a lot to be thankful for that both of our jobs are considered “essential” and I truly don’t take that financial blessing lightly. However, just like everyone else, there is still a lot of stress to be had. Backup plans for childcare, how to get groceries, will we find toilet paper before we run out? More than anything, are all of our loved ones okay? It is all so strange but I am thankful to be home and thankful I have a loving family to spend my time with.

As mentioned above, grocery shopping has become an interesting adventure. We have managed curbside pickup at our local grocery store as well as Target. We have also purchased some basic provisions from local restaurants. Still, I was struggling to find flour. This is where my husband’s office comes into play. He works for a large company and their cafeteria services started offering grocery pick up for certain items. Friends, I finally scored a 5lb bag of flour! What will I be baking first with this prize? My best banana bread. I created this recipe a couple of months ago as part of my recent trend of comfort food recipes. If ever there was a time for comfort food, I think this is it! This weekend, I’ll be baking up a loaf of this sweet and easy to make banana bread.

Best Banana Bread

Sarah Baade
Super moist and easy to make. This is my go-to banana bread recipe!
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Course Breakfast, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients
  

  • 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup sour cream (can substitute with plain Greek yogurt if desired)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 very ripe, medium bananas
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup milk

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease or line a 9×5 loaf pan with parchment paper.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, beat together butter, sour cream and sugar. Beat in bananas. Mix in eggs and vanilla.
  • Gradually stir in half of the dry ingredients. Add milk and stir to combine. Gradually stir in remaining dry ingredients.
  • Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake 1 hour and 10minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
Keyword Banana Bread, Easy Recipe, Homemade Banana Bread

If you enjoyed this recipe, you might also like my Pumpkin Bread.