If ever I have wanted comfort food, today was the day. As I am out of chocolate in the house, I thought I would take advantage of some overripe bananas in the fruit basket. So, I mashed them up, got out my loaf pans, and set to work making my simple banana bread recipe! It’s so yummy, I thought I’d share.
Simple Banana Bread Recipe
This banana bread recipe is simple and delicious!
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter, softened at room temperature
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 mashed overripe bananas, medium
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
- In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar.
- Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended.
- Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten.
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.
- Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.
- Slice and serve with butter.
Notes
Add -in options include chocolate chips and/or nuts
If you’re going to make banana bread, I recommend a nonstick loaf pan like these from Wilton.
Nothing’s worse than having a perfect banana bread crumble because it stuck to the pan! Even with the best banana bread recipe, the wrong pan can be disastrous. So glad mine didn’t do that!
I can’t wait for Hubs to get home, so I can slice into this baby! Be sure to check out my gluten free banana bread recipe while you’re here!
Thanks for the recipe. We love banana bread. That scale would look awesome in my kitchen!
I don’t have that particular scale, but I do have one of theirs and it works so beautifully! That one is really cool looking though!
Mmmmm. Thanks for the recipe! I’ve been wanting to try banana bread for awhile but all the recipes I’ve found are complicated or don’t look good to me. I’m so veganizing and trying it.