Delicious and Moist Banana Bread Recipe

This moist banana bread recipe is one of the best and one of the easiest banana bread recipes you can make. Made with delicious ripe bananas, flour, sugar, butter, and all the goodies to make this mouthwatering treat a surprise breakfast or dessert. Looking for smaller bites? You might also like our banana bread muffins.

Banana bread is sliced and ready to serve.

Easy Banana Bread Recipe

Ahhh, Banana Bread! How delicious the house smells when you are baking in my oven. I love banana bread, it’s such a yummy treat. Perfect to make when you have a ton of ripe bananas to use up. With all of the little monkeys running around here, I hardly ever have any leftover bananas, but this week was an exception. I am going to share with you one of the tastiest recipes for banana bread my tummy has ever experienced.

Banana bread cooked and cooling in a pan.

I grew up with my mom making this recipe, only she liked to add nuts.

While I like nuts, I like them out of my banana bread. (You can add those in if you like.) 🙂

What Ingredients Do I Need to Make Banana Bread

You definitely want to have a good bushel of bananas for this recipe. You need to have 2 and 1/2 cups of crushed bananas. That’s about 5 medium sized bananas.

I have to be honest with you. Sometimes I am craving this banana bread and I don’t even wait on the bananas to get overripe. It’s such a delicious and easy treat to make, I will use fresh bananas all day long. But, it is perfect if you’ve over-bought bananas and are worried about throwing them out.

Banana bread sliced and served with a buttered piece of bread on a plate.

To get started, let’s gather up our ingredients:

  • ripe bananas
  • brown sugar
  • butter
  • eggs
  • baking soda
  • flour
  • salt
  • chopped nuts if desired
Ingredients to make a moist banana bread recipe.

How to Make Banana Bread

Heat your oven up to 350. In a large bowl, combine flour and baking soda. In medium dish melt the butter. Stir in the brown sugar until a creamy texture. Stir in eggs, salt, and bananas. Cream these together well.

Ingredients for banana bread mixed together.

Add this mixture slowly to the large bowl with flour, making sure to get everything mixed well.

Grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan. Pour in your banana bread mixture and place it in the heated oven for 1 hour. Check closely at the one hour mark to make sure the edges aren’t browning too much.

Banana bread dough placed into a pan and ready to bake.

Check with a toothpick after an hour, baking longer if needed. Pull when done, and allow to cool before serving.

Banana bread removed from the oven and cooling before slicing and serving.

How do I store banana bread?

Store Banana Bread in an airtight container away from direct sunlight and in a cool place. You should consume the banana bread within a few days.

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Moist Banana Bread Recipe sliced and ready to serve

Moist Banana Bread Recipe

Jennifer West
Delicious Banana Bread Recipe that's made with 2 cups of crushed bananas for an amazing flavor you won't soon forget!
4.16 from 19 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories 343 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/2 cups ripe bananas
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts if desired

Instructions
 

  • Heat your oven up to 350. In a large bowl, combine flour and baking soda. In medium dish melt the butter. Stir in the brown sugar until a creamy texture. Stir in eggs, salt, and bananas. Cream these together well.
  • Add this mixture slowly to the large bowl with flour, making sure to get everything mixed well.
  • Grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan. Pour in your banana bread mixture and place in the heated oven for 1 hour.
  • Check with a toothpick after an hour, baking longer if needed. Pull when done, and allow to cool before serving.

Notes

Allow the bread to cool before slicing. 
Warm it up and serve it with butter for breakfast or even a little vanilla ice cream with cinnamon sprinkled on top for dessert.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 day.

Nutrition

Calories: 343kcalCarbohydrates: 53gProtein: 5gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 71mgSodium: 333mgPotassium: 241mgFiber: 2gSugar: 24gVitamin A: 444IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 32mgIron: 2mg

*Nutritional information is a calculated guesstimate. Please note that this can change with different brands and modifications you may make to the recipe. For the most accurate information, use a nutritional calculator with the exact brands and measurements you’re using with each recipe.

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I hope you get a chance to make this delicious treat! How do you like your banana bread? With or without nuts?

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4,439 Comments

  1. YUM! I love banana bread and just happen to have some bananas on hand! Looks like we know what this house is having this week! :)-Ashley

    1. Ahhh, you will love it…and the smell in the house while it is baking is PHENOMENAL!!!

      1. What type of flour do I use?

        1. I use all-purpose flour

  2. I love, love, love banana bread! And this looks super easy too.

    1. And it is SOOOO delicious!

  3. I love banana bread…wonder if I can find some extra time to make it this week!! Pinned!

  4. You are going to LOVE it Michelle….you HAVE to make this 🙂

  5. I love banana bread WITHOUT nuts. I like most things without nuts, although I don’t mind nuts alone. I like my banana bread with chocolate chips. Is that wrong?

    1. Oooohhhh…chocolate chips….that sounds yummy….like white chocolate chips???

  6. We always have bananas ready to use in bread at our house. Yes, that means they are very ripe. We need to try this.

    1. That’s awesome! I hope you like it as much as we do.

    1. Thanks Kristin, I will come and join the party!

  7. Recreate and Decorate says:

    Jen I love banana bread especially this time of the year! Thanks!!

    1. It’s really good stuff 🙂