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Banana Bread Recipe

This top-rated recipe is guaranteed to make the most delicious banana bread! Make banana bread with the world-famous recipe that people love. Scroll down for vegan, chocolate and healthy variations.

Banana Bread Recipe
Preparation
10min
Cooking time
60min
Total time
3h
Result
1 Bread
A lot of banana flavor
Not too sweet
Dense, but still soft
Stays moist
Simple to do
Can be frozen
Works with nuts or chocolate

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (250g) all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup (120g) unsalted butter
  • 3/4 cup (150g) brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/3 cup (80g) plain yogurt or sour cream
  • 4 large ripe bananas
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Adjust the oven rack to the lower third position and preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Lowering the oven rack prevents the top of your bread from browning too much, too soon. Grease a metal 9x5" (25x10cm) loaf pan with butter or oil.

  2. Smash the bananas and put them aside. Mix the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together in a medium bowl.

  3. Using a handheld or stand mixer, mix the butter and brown sugar together on high speed until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. With the mixer running on medium speed, add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Then mix in the yogurt, mashed bananas, and vanilla extract until combined.

  4. With the mixer running on low speed, slowly beat the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until no flour pockets remain. Do not over-mix. Add in the nuts or chocolate if you want.

  5. Pour and spread the batter into the greased baking pan. Bake for about 60 minutes. Make sure to loosely cover the bread with aluminum foil after 30 minutes to prevent the top from getting too brown. The bread is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean with only a few small moist crumbs. This may be after 60 minutes depending on your oven, so start checking the bread every 5 minutes after the 60-minute mark.

  6. Remove bread from the oven, and allow it to cool in the pan for 1 hour. After an hour, remove the bread from the pan and cool bread directly on the table or wire rack until it is ready to be sliced and served.

  7. Store banana bread covered at room temperature for 2 days or in the refrigerator for up to one week. Banana bread tastes best on the second day since the baking, after the flavors have settled together.

Banana Bread Recipe 🍌🍞

Create the world famous banana bread with this top rated recipe! The recipe is simple and fast with guaranteed results.

Moist Banana Bread

By default, the recipe will result in the moist banana bread. So just follow the instructions and enjoy!

Healthy Banana Bread

To make healthy banana bread, do the following changes:

  1. Use 100% whole wheat flour instead of white flour.
  2. Use vegetable oil instead of butter.
  3. Replace sugar with honey, and use less of it. You can even skip sweeteners completely.

Chocolate Banana Bread

Making chocolate chip banana bread is easy. Just add 3/4 cups (or 1.75dl) of chocolate chips in step 3 and you get chocolate chip banana bread!

Vegan Variation

Want to make vegan banana bread? For vegan variation you need to replace butter with a plant-based oil. Thats it!

Starbucks

We are extremely sure that the Starbucks banana bread uses this exact recipe. We have tested them side-by-side many times and we really can’t tell the difference.

Banana Nut Bread

To make banana nut bread, add 3/4 cup (or 1.75dl) of chopped nuts to the banana bread dough. You can use for example pecans or walnuts.