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Banana bread slices on a plate with bananas
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5 from 15 votes

Banana Bread

Imagine the aroma of freshly baked banana bread wafting through the
house. Is there anything better? Sometimes I try to keep everyone from
eating all the bananas so I have an excuse to make this more often.


Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 20 minutes
Course: Bread
Cuisine: American
Keyword: homemade bread
Servings: 6
Calories: 520kcal
Author: Emily Walker

Equipment

  • Bread Pan
  • Conventional Oven

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Mix together everything but the flour and bananas until smooth.
    Mixing wet ingredients for banana bread
  • Mash the bananas in a small bowl. You can mash the bananas as much or as little as you like. If you want chunks of banana in your bread, don't mash them too much. If you just want banana flavor, mash thoroughly.
    mashing bananas in a bowl
  • Slowly blend in flour, then add the bananas and walnuts (if you are using them).
    Adding mashed bananas to batter
  • Spray a regular size bread pan and fill with batter.
    Adding banana bread batter to bread pans
  • Bake at 325 for 60 minutes. Test for doneness by inserting toothpick or knife in the center of the loaf. When it comes out clean, it's ready to take out of the oven.
    Cooked banana bread in the pan

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Notes

Recipe Tips:

As with all baking, there are a few things that can get in the way of a successful loaf of banana bread.
  • Avoid cooking the bread on too high a temperature. Lower temps mean longer baking time, but it also means the inside is done at the same time as the outside of the bread. If you find your banana bread is overdone on the outside and underdone in the middle, try lowering the baking temperature by a few degrees. In addition, make sure the bread is baked in a preheated oven.
  • Grease and flour the pan. Some people favor the grease and flour technique. This works well. But you can also use a baking specific spray like Pam with Flour or Baker's Joy. A regular canola oil cooking spray will not be enough to keep the bread from sticking to the pan.
  • Cool on a wire rack. Turn the bread out onto a wire rack to cool. This cools the bread faster as the air circulates around all sides of the bread.
  • Transfer bread to a Ziplock bag or airtight container after baking. This will hold in the moisture, especially if you aren't planning on serving it right away.

Nutrition

Calories: 520kcal | Carbohydrates: 73g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 375mg | Potassium: 557mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 41g | Vitamin A: 590IU | Vitamin C: 5.1mg | Calcium: 137mg | Iron: 2.3mg