How To Make Banana Bread
Find out how to make banana bread delicious moist and flavorful in no time flat. You’ll be hiding those bananas before you know it so they will get old just so you can make this recipe 🙂
I honestly don’t know anyone who doesn’t make banana bread on a regular basis. We see bananas going bad on our counter and our hands are already reaching for the flour. I’m certain this is another example to support my theory that all of the best southern dishes came about from the whole yankees-trying-to-starve us thing. 😉
How Ripe Should the Bananas Be?
The one requirement for making banana bread is that you use ripe bananas. Once the skins start to turn and get brown and freckly and the banana is a little too mushy for y’all, then it’s banana bread time. If you let them get really brown this will increase the sugar content and will make your bread even more strongly banana-flavored and sweeter.
Can I Make Muffins With This Recipe?
You sure can. Use your muffin tin to make little mini banana bread snacks to pack in lunches or to have as a quick snack. They will likely be done in around 15-20 mins so have a toothpick handy and when they comes out dry from sticking those muffins in the middle, they are ready to go.
Frosting The Loaf…
This recipe doesn’t use frosting but we do love a banana bread loaf with a butter cream frosting so you can use the icing recipe from our Carrot Cake loaf here.
Can you Freeze It?
This recipe freezes well just make sure you cool it completely, then tightly wrap it in two layers of plastic wrap or seal it with a food saver. Place the the in a freezer-safe plastic bag or container and enjoy over the next few months or give as a gift.
Recipe Ingredients:
Recipe Ingredients:- Sugar
- Bananas
- Pecans (optional)
- Eggs
- Butter
- Self Rising Flour
- Milk
- Vanilla
If you don’t have self rising flour available where you life, go to the bottom of my post on buttermilk biscuits to see how to make your own! 😀
Add extra pecans on top if you like (optional). Bake at 350 for an hour until golden brown.
Now, go hide a loaf of this because TOMORROW I am going to show you something positively SINFUL to do with leftover banana bread!
Mmm, Mmm! Enjoy it while you can, before it disappears!
Ingredients
- 2 Cups sugar
- 1 Cups milk
- 1 Cups chopped nuts optional
- 3 Cups self rising flour
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 2 eggs
- 3 bananas
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Place peeled bananas in mixing bowl, add sugar. Mix until bananas are liquefied.
- Add butter, mix until creamed together with banana mixture. Add all other ingredients and blend well.
- Pour into two greased and floured loaf pans and bake for one hour at 350.
Nutrition
UPDATE: This was posted a few years ago so here are the links to what to do with the leftover banana bread (If you have any!)
Can I use butter?..
Sure.
JoAnn says
May 17, 2017 at 4:27 pm
I noticed you had some mini loaves – how long would you cook them?
Just a little less than the whole loaves, I don’t know the exact time I just check on them at about 30-40 minutes. It is going to depend entirely on the size of the mini loaf pan you use, they vary a lot.
I noticed you had some mini loaves – how long would you cook them?
When did you add the milk??
In step # 2 of the instructions. It says: “Add all other ingredients and blend well”.
I just found that banana bread recipe a couple of hours ago. I have made it and just ate a warmpiece of it. I have a ton of banana bread recipes , but sweet Christy that’s the very best. Thank you,
Oh my goodness, thank you so much Linda!!!!
My 7 year old daughter and I made this bread together last night for the first time. It was so easy to make and was a huge hit, both at home and at the office this morning! My co-worker even said it was better than her mother-in-law’s, which is a huge compliment! Thank you for all your fantastic recipes!
Oh my goodness, that is a wonderful compliment!! So glad everyone enjoyed it!!!
My favorite. I bake this for my birthday ever year. My wife does not cook so I make it myself. I top it off with a peanut butter icng .
Long time till my birthday but i sure am getting hungry for this cake.
Jim
I think you should celebrate any time you feel like it. Go make that bread and enjoy!!!
My husband buys extra bananas just so they will get over ripe for this bread its delicious
My husband requested banana bread instead of birthday cake. I’ve never been successful with previous attempts. Because I trust you best for any recipe, I chose this. Husband said it was perfect. Thank you for another keeper.
Oh my goodness, that just made my day!!! I am so glad he liked it, thank you so much Leslie!!!