The Ultimate Banana Bread Recipe

This simple recipe for moist banana bread is easy to make. Nothing could be better than fresh homemade banana bread. I can almost smell the bread baking as I write this.

I have been making this recipe for as long as I can remember. My family says it's the best banana bread ever and requests it often.

In this article, we will show you the simple ingredients needed as well as how to make the bread.

If you like the taste of this banana bread recipe, you are sure to love our Banana Blueberry Muffins With Crumb Topping or our Quick Banana Blueberry Bread Recipe.

How To Make

The first thing I did was sift my 2 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, ½ teaspoon baking powder, and ½ teaspoon salt.

Whatever I bake, I make sure that I sift the flour; I find that doing so makes what I'm baking fluffier. It also helps get out any lumps that may be out.

Once the flour is all sifted, set the mixture aside until ready to be added to the liquid mixture. If you would like more Baking tips ,head over to our Baker's Dozen article, where we share more tips and tricks for baking.

Using my kitchen aid mixer I added ½ cup vegetable oil, 1 cup sugar, 3 bananas that are mashed, 2 beaten eggs, 3 tablespoons milk, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in the mixing bowl.

Beat until all ingredients are combined. Slowly add the flour mixture into the wet ingredients until all the flour is added and combined. If you like you can add walnut at this point.

For more of a banana-tasting bread, I like to use ripe bananas. My kids ask for me to buy bananas but never seem to eat them, the bananas get ripe fast. I think my kids let them sit just so I will make bread.

The bananas I used this time were pretty much all brown and my bread had a really good flavor.

How Long Do I Bake The Bread For?

This time I did a double batch so I was able to get 2 loaves of bread and 48 mini muffins. Normally, the recipe will give you two loaves of bread. The kids like to have mini banana muffins for their lunches.

Bake the loaves of bread for 45 minutes or until done, in glass loaf pans or metal pans. Cooking time may vary depending on your oven.

Inserting a toothpick in the middle of the bread will tell if it's done. If the toothpick comes out clea,n then it's done.

For the mini muffins, bake 15 minutes or until done in a cupcake liner mini muffin pan.  The oven temperature should be 350℉.

Tips

Aren't those mini muffins cute? My kids loved the Little Debbie muffins. But I found that for the price and how many that were in a package, it wasn't worth it.

So I decided to start making the muffins for them, which is much healthier than the processed ones.

I also do normal-sized muffins for the kids, I'll put the muffins in baggies and freeze them. Then the kids will pop the muffin in the microwave for a couple of seconds for a quick breakfast.

For the mini muffins, I'll put two muffins in a snack baggie, then they go in the kids' drawer in the refrigerator. The kids will pack them in their lunches or have them for an afternoon snack.

So much cheaper to make these at home than to buy the store-bought ones. To change the banana muffins up a little. I will add blueberries, which are always a favorite. Or if you have mini chocolate chips, sprinkle some in.

If you are looking for more easy banana recipes, check out our recipe for Hawaiian banana bread with pineapple. Or for the holiday season, try our easy cranberry banana bread recipe.