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October 23, 2019 · Leave a Comment

Best Banana Bread Recipe

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Looking for the Best Banana Bread Recipe? It’s here for you! This delicious bread is filled with sweet bananas and crunchy walnuts and will make every banana bread lover happy.

Best Banana Bread Recipe

The Best Banana Bread Recipe

Banana bread is one of the easiest and cheapest recipes you can make! I really recommend this recipe for beginner bakers and experienced home cooks alike. 

My daughter loves the banana walnut bread at Starbucks. This banana bread recipe is very similar, if not better.  

I first mentioned this banana bread recipe when I served it alongside my very popular Kielbasas and Potato Skillet dinner. Check out that recipe too!

A Word About the Nuts

Not a fan of nuts in your banana bread? No worries! This banana bread recipe can easily be made without the nuts. 

I usually prefer my banana bread sans nuts. But my daughter really loves the nuts. I do have to admit… they do make the bread look really pretty!

Nuts or no nuts? Either way, this banana bread recipe is still the best.

Best Banana Bread Recipe

Making the Best Banana Bread Recipe

As I mentioned above, making banana bread is really easy. Here’s what you need:

2 mixing bowls
an electric mixer
a whisk
a spatula
a loaf pan

plus…
1⁄2 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
3 large very ripe bananas
1 1⁄2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)

You’ll start by creaming together the butter and sugar, then adding the rest of the wet ingredients. In a different bowl, use a whisk to combine the dry ingredients. Then, mix the wet and dry ingredients together, add the nuts, pour the batter into a well greased loaf pan, sprinkle with more nuts, bake, and enjoy!

This is such an easy and frugal way to use up bananas. I hate seeing good bananas go to waste, but once there are any dark spots, we just don’t eat them. So making homemade banana bread is the perfect way to put brown bananas to good use.

Best Banana Bread Recipe

Bonus Tip!

Not ready to make banana bread but you have over ripe bananas? Peel them, place them in airtight food storage containers, and freeze them. Then, whenever you want to make banana bread, you have bananas!

Best Banana Bread Recipe

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Best Banana Bread Recipe


  • Author: Carissa Shaw for Mom Needs Chocolate
  • Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
  • Yield: 8 servings 1x
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Looking for the Best Banana Bread Recipe? It’s here for you! This delicious bread is filled with sweet bananas and crunchy walnuts and will make every banana bread lover happy.


Ingredients

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  • 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 large very ripe bananas, peeled and smashed
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1⁄2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs. Stir in the smashed bananas and vanilla extract.
  3. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add the dry mixture to the wet ingredients in the large mixing bowl; stir well.
  4. Add 2/3 cup of the chopped walnuts; stir well.
  5. Pour the batter into a well greased loaf pan. Sprinkle the top of the batter with the remaining 1/3 cup of chopped walnuts.
  6. Bake the bread at 350F for 55 minutes until a knife inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.
  7. Cool the bread for 10 minutes, then slice and serve.
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 55 minutes

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Enjoy Your Homemade Award Winning Banana Bread!

Well, at least I think it’s deserving of an award. 🙂 So after you make this recipe, let me know how you like it! You can @ me on Instagram @MomNeedsChocolate, come back here and leave me a comment and recipe rating in the comments section below, or click here to see this pin on Pinterest and add your own picture of your banana bread right to the pin so we can all see it. Can’t wait to hear from you!

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