The Best Banana Bread Recipe! So Easy! Easy!

Banana Bread has always intimidated me, it’s one of those foods that seems harder to make than it really is. My kids over the years had depended on my mother to provide them with this treat!!! Recently Michael was begging for banana bread so I called my mom up and got her recipe. (I have included affiliate links to products I love. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.) 

I was so surprised how easy the banana bread was to make and it was edible!! I have always been one that has to bake in a glass pan if I bake in a metal pan, the bread seems to come out too dark for our liking. Now I personally prefer the Pyrex pans with the handles. So much easier to grab out of the oven safely for me, or when the kids are in the kitchen cooking. 

Pyrex Easy Grab Loaf Dish, Pack of 2 Dishes

Now for the good stuff the recipe!!! I honestly smashed my bananas and then threw the rest in the bowl of my Kitchen Aid Mixer and let the mixer do all the work.  I don’t have the patience for mixing separately and combining, and it still turns out great. 

KitchenAid KP26M1XER 6 Qt. Professional 600 Series Bowl-Lift Stand Mixer – Empire Red

Best Best Banana Bread Recipe Ingredients:

• 2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
• ¾ Cup Sugar
• ¾ Tsp. Baking Soda
• ½ Tsp. Salt
• 3 Very Ripe Bananas
• 1/4 Cup Plain Yogurt
• 2 Large Eggs 
• 6 Tblsp Butter Melted & Cooled
• 1 Tsp. Vanilla Extract

Optional Add-Ins For A Banana Bread Recipe:

• 1 Cup Walnuts 
• 1 Cup Chocolate Chips 
• 1/4 Tsp Cinnamon 
• 1/4 Tsp Nutmeg
• 1/2 Cup Nutella 
• 1/2 Cup Peanut Butter

Best Banana Bread Recipe Directions:

Start with melting butter and allow it to start to cool down before mixing ingredients. 

Adjust your oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Grease your bread pans and set them aside, or line your muffin pan with liners. 

Peel and mash your bananas, I peel mine and chop off the ends.  I then drop them in my mixer and let it mash them for me.

Add in next the yogurt, eggs, vanilla and the cooled off melted butter.

Whisk flour, sugar, and salt in large a bowl to combine separately then add to the banana mixture. Or add everything to mixer one at a time.

Mix until well combined the batter will be lumpy and thick. 

Scrape batter into prepared loaf pan.

Bake for about 45 minutes or until loaf is golden brown.

Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick to see if it comes out clean

Cool in pan for 15 minutes and then transfer to wire rack. 

*If making muffins bake them for about 15 minutes and check them* 

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The Best Banana Bread Ever and its Easy!

This is the best and easiest Banana Bread Ever!! It's so easy and turns out moist full of amazing flavor! You can add in nuts or chocolate chips as well.

Course Bread, Breakfast

Cuisine Amercian

Keyword Banana Bread, banana fosters, Bread, Homemade bread

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Servings 12

Author Jenny

Ingredients

• 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
• ¾ Cup Sugar
• ¾ Tsp. Baking Soda
• ½ Tsp. salt
• 3 Very Ripe Bananas
• 1/4 Cup Plain Yogurt
• 2 Large Eggs
• 6 Tbsp Butter Melted & Cooled
• 1 Tsp. Vanilla Extract

Instructions

1. Start with melting butter and allow it to start to cool down before mixing ingredients. 

2. Adjust your oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees

3. Grease your bread pans and set them aside, or line your muffin pan with liners.

4. Peel and mash your bananas, I peel mine and chop off the ends.  I then drop them in my mixer and let it mash them for me.

5. Add in next the yogurt, eggs, vanilla and the cooled off melted butter.

6. Whisk flour, sugar, and salt in large a bowl to combine seperately then add to the banana mixture. Or add everything to mixer one at a time.

7. Mix until well combined the batter will be lumpy and thick. 

8. Scrape batter into prepared loaf pan.

9. Bake for about 45 minutes or until loaf is golden brown.

10. Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick to see if it comes out clean

11. Cool in pan for 15 minutes and then transfer to wire rack. 

12. *If making muffins bake them for about 15 minutes and check them* 

Recipe Notes

Optional Add-Ins For A Banana Bread Recipe:

 

• 1 Cup Walnuts 
• 1 Cup Chocolate Chips 
• 1/4 Tsp Cinnamon 
• 1/4 Tsp Nutmeg
• 1/2 Cup Nutella 
• 1/2 Cup Peanut Butter