The Best Banana Bread Ever and its Easy!

Banana Bread has always intimidated me, it’s one of those foods that seems harder to make then it really is. My kids over the years had depended on my mother to provide them with this treat!!! Recently my son was begging for banana bread so I called my mom up and got her recipes. (This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase from these links I may receive a commission. Thank you for supporting brands that I like.)

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 glass 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, it makes it 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 turned out great. 

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

Best Best Banana Bread Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup sugar
¾ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
1 – 1 ¼ cup chopped walnuts (optional)
3 very ripe, soft, darkly speckled bananas, mashed well (about 1 – 1 ½ cups)
1/4 cup PLAIN yogurt
2 large eggs, beaten lightly
6 TBLSP butter, melted and Cooled
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Best Banana Bread Directions:

Start with melting butter listed below to start cooling before starting!!

Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees F.Grease and flour pan. Set aside.

Grease and flour pan and set aside.Mix mashed bananas, yogurt, eggs and melted/cooled butter and vanilla with wooden spoon in medium bowl. *I throw it in a bowl with my handheld mixer here and just keep going*

Mix mashed bananas, yogurt, eggs and melted/cooled butter and vanilla with wooden spoon in medium bowl. 

Whisk flour, sugar, salt, and walnuts in large bowl to combine, set aside.

Combine everything in a large bowl

Scrape batter into prepared loaf pan.Bake until loaf is golden brown and

Bake for about 55 minutes until loaf is golden brown insert a toothpick to see if it coups out clean

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

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The Best Banana Bread Ever and its Easy!

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup sugar
• ¾ tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp. salt
• 1 - 1 ¼ cup chopped walnuts optional
• 3 very ripe soft, darkly speckled bananas, mashed well (about 1 - 1 ½ cups)
• 1/4 cup PLAIN yogurt
• 2 large eggs beaten lightly
• 6 TBLSP butter melted and Cooled
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Start with melting butter listed below to start cooling before starting!!
2. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees F.
3. Grease and flour pan. Set aside.
4. Mix mashed bananas, yogurt, eggs and melted/cooled butter and vanilla with wooden spoon in medium bowl. *I throw it in a bowl with my handheld mixer here and just keep going*
5. Whisk flour, sugar, salt and walnuts in large bowl to combine, set aside.
6. Combine in large bowl
7. Scrape batter into prepared loaf pan.
8. Bake until loaf is golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean... about 55 minutes.
9. Cool in pan for 15 minutes and then transfer to wire rack.