The Best Banana Bread Recipe

Banana bread is a staple breakfast bread that’s naturally sweetened with ripe bananas and is topped with a sugary mix of brown and white sugar.

This recipe is a classic and will be passed down in your family for years. 

Banana Bread

My son loves bananas. Every morning starts with a big yellow “nana” and a sippy of ice cold milk. I’m not a big banana eater myself, but I do love the flavor of the monkey-loving fruit so I’ve been looking for a way to use up the bananas that get too ripe.

I have a thing about eating bananas that are too brown, well, any brown at all. I tried putting them in the freezer, but they just turned to a gross liquid when I thawed them.

I started looking for a good banana bread recipe that I can use when I get too many overly ripe bananas. 

Banana Bread Ingredients

ripe bananas – it doesn’t matter if they’re really brown. They’ll make the bread sweeter

How To Make Banana Bread

• Prepare the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, and salt) in a small mixing bowl. Whisk to combine. 
• 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. Sprinkle top with mixture of brown and white sugar (be generous).
• 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.
• Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

How Ripe Should the Bananas Be for Banana Bread?

Banana bread bananas should be over ripe for the best banana bread. The bananas should not be yellow.

They can even be black.

It’s true!

Dark brown or black bananas are perfect for banana bread. They’ll add so much moistness to your bread.

What to Serve with Banana Bread?

I love banana bread as a meal in itself. It’s a perfect quick breakfast. You can warm a slice in the microwave or toast it.

I love my banana bread plain, but many people love to add butter.

Another special treat is to use some hazelnut spread on top! Amazing! Send this in your kid’s lunchbox and you’ll be their hero!

How Do I Store It?

It’s important to wrap banana bread in plastic wrap or an air tight container to keep it moist.