🍌 Classic Banana Bread Recipe
This Banana Bread is moist, flavorful, and perfect for using up overripe bananas. Great for breakfast, snacks, or dessert!
🧾 Ingredients
- 3 ripe Bananas, mashed
- ½ cup Unsalted butter, melted
- ¾ cup Sugar (can reduce to ½ cup for less sweetness)
- 2 Eggs, beaten
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups All-purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- ½ tsp Salt
- Optional: ½ cup Chopped walnuts or Chocolate chips
👨‍🍳 Instructions
- Preheat oven
- 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan or line with parchment paper.
- Mix wet ingredients
- In a large bowl, mash the bananas.
- Add melted butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract. Mix until combined.
- Combine dry ingredients
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Combine wet and dry
- Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture. Don’t overmix.
- Stir in optional walnuts or chocolate chips.
- Bake
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake for 60–70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool and serve
- Let the loaf cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack. Slice and enjoy!
đź’ˇ Tips
- Overripe bananas with brown spots give the best flavor and sweetness.
- For a moist loaf, do not overmix the batter.
- Add a pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg for extra warmth.
If you want, I can also give a quick 3-ingredient banana bread version that’s ready in under 30 minutes—super easy for busy mornings.
Do you want me to do that?
