Easy Banana Bread Recipe ~ delicious and simple, and perhaps the best banana bread recipe around! Moist and tender cake loaded with banana flavor and chopped walnuts. Try a slice with cinnamon cream cheese – oh my goodness!
I can’t even begin to count the number of times I’ve made this Banana Bread. I can’t even bring myself to try other recipes because I know this will turn out great every time. I’ve made many banana bread recipes over the years before finally stopping with this recipe. When it’s fool-proof and perfect every time, it’s time to stop looking! I’ve baked this recipe with regular all-purpose flour and with whole wheat pastry flour. Both are very good, although somewhat different.
This Easy Banana Bread Recipe also freezes beautifully.
I love having one loaf in the freezer for those last minute events or to share with a sick friend. If you’re looking for a unique treat, try our Chocolate Coconut Banana Bread! Chocolate and bananas are perfect together and especially tasty in this moist and delicious loaf cake.
For an extra special treat, slice it thin and spread cream cheese between two pieces. Cut the sandwiches in half for an easy finger-friendly treat at office events and brunches. This bread is always a favorite and everybody asks for the recipe! I shared this recipe almost 7 years ago but the photos needed a serious update. Maybe that’s just a great excuse to make it again 🙂
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Delicious and simple, and perhaps the best banana bread recipe around! Moist and tender cake loaded with banana flavor and chopped walnuts.
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter (12 tablespoons) room temperature
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 large eggs
- 3 cups unbleached , all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup buttermilk , well shaken
- 3 bananas (very ripe) mashed well with a fork
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- Grease and flour two 8.5 x 4.5-inch (1 pound) loaf pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl. combine the butter and sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and mix to combine. Add the eggs, one at a time, blending just until the yolk disappears. Do not over beat.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Pour the buttermilk into a 2 cup measure and stir in the baking soda. (The buttermilk will expand when it reacts with the baking soda so you need the extra room or it will over flow.) Alternate adding flour and buttermilk to the sugar mixture, beginning and ending with the flour, gently mixing on medium-low. Scrape the sides and bottom as needed.
- Add the mashed bananas and nuts and gently fold together using a rubber spatula. Divide the batter into the two prepared pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with only moist crumbs, no batter. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes, then remove and either serve immediately or cool. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap, foil and a freezer bag to freeze, or store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Here are a few of the tools used to make these banana breads (each photo is clickable for more information):
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I would love to try this recipe for The Best Banana Cake ~ from Spend With Pennies, and this beautiful Pineapple Banana Bread ~ from The View from Great Island. The name alone makes me want to try these Chunky Monkey Muffins ~ from Seasons & Suppers! And finally, what a treat it would be to dive into these Nutella Swirled Banana Muffins ~ from The BakerMama.
Happy Easter from our two granddaughters Isabelle and Jayden! Isabelle is 10 months old, and Jayden turned one in March. What fun these two girls are!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a terrific weekend blessed with family and friends.
Tricia
Your Easter babes are adorable, Tricia! So very cute, bless their little hearts! Your banana bread looks great and I want to try your recipe next time. Happy Easter!
Thank you Pam!!! Hope you had a wonderful Easter with family and friends 🙂 Thanks again for stopping by!
I’m the guy that puts past prime bananas in the freezer so that I can make something like this and then I never do! Thanks for the reminder. This is easy and I can do this. I hope I quit throwing out frozen bananas. GREG
Hope you enjoy this Greg – it is a keeper!
The perfect breakfast treat.
Amalia
xo
Yes indeed Amalia! Thank you 🙂
Such sweet girls, Tricia! Like, Monique, no frilly Easter dresses in our family anymore with all grandsons but that’s totally fine with me 🙂 It’s been too long since I’ve made banana bread and your recipe is calling to me! Bake me, bake me 🙂
Thanks Susan – hope you have a blessed Easter!
Aww..your bunnies are so so cute..I mean a classic BB is always a hit..but when looking at these two?♥
Yesterday I said to Max..if you were a girl we’d be having a tea party lol.. as it was I was trying to play badmington in the wind.:(
Boys are so different..constantly active w/ sports:) Today I get 3 for garden clean up:) I love that!
Happy Easter to you and your cute cute family!
Badmington in the wind – you are a wonderful grandmother Monique! Tea parties are in our future I do believe. Happy Easter to you and thanks!
Oh, my goodness! Isabelle and Jayden are so sweet, beautiful, precious, cute! I still say there is no better job than being a grandmother. 😉 I have a banana bread recipe I’ve had for DECADES. The most interesting part is that I shared it with my Mom decades ago and she makes it WAY more often than I do. And, every time she does, I get a call… because it reminds her of me. Recipes do become a part of the fabric of families. I know you’ve created a rich tapestry for your family to enjoy. Wishing you and your precious ones a very Happy Easter. blessings ~ tanna
Thanks Tanna! Our grandson Isaac would not get into the pictures – he’s 5 and I guess hanging with the girls is not allowed. Anyway – hope you have a wonderful Easter with your family! Thank you 🙂
That looks perfect, Tricia. I’m really craving some right now but am, for once, without any bananas in the house. That will be amended soon!! Have a great Easter.
Thanks Monica – it’s such a great, simple, perfect every time recipe. Have a wonderful Easter!
Your banana bread looks like a wonderful loaf for sharing! I’m definitely going to try your cinnamon cream cheese suggestion! The photos of your sparkly eyed grandchildren always make me smile. Wishing you a joyful Easter, Tricia!
Thank you very much Wendy 🙂 Hope you have enjoyed time with friends and family too – Happy Passover!
Your banana bread looks delicious, I can almost smell the yumminess from here!
Thank you Diane! Happy Easter!
such a simple classic… no excuse not to make it really. I do think banana bread is one of the best cakes ever!
I never fret over over ripe bananas because I know I’ll be making banana bread! Thanks Dom – have a beautiful weekend 🙂
Your granddaughters are getting so big, hard to believe and what cuties too, you must be having a lot of fun. Lovely banana cake Tricia, will have to give this a try.
Thanks Cheri – they are growing fast – where has the last year gone? Happy Easter!
I am always in the mood for banana bread, so I can’t wait to try this one. It looks delicious 🙂 Love the picture of your beautiful granddaughters. You are blessed! Have a wonderful Easter, Tricia!
Don’t you love to smell it baking in the oven? There is something so magical about that aroma. Thanks Jennifer – hope you and your family have a blessed Easter too!
I bet your little Easter sweethearts enjoyed some of this wonderful bread! There’s nothing better than a foolproof recipe, I loved this the first time you posted it and I love it still ~ pinning and sharing! Happy Easter Tricia <3
Little Jayden thought it was very nice indeed! She adores bananas but has never had nuts. Of course she only has 4 teeth 🙂 We pinched off a few bites for her and her mom said she wanted more the next morning – and she remembered where it was. Happy Easter to you Sue – thanks so much!
We love banana bread/cake at our home too. This would disappear very quickly!
Your granddaughters look so very adorable and have a wonderful Easter week with your family, Tricia.
Thanks Angie – have a happy Easter with your family too!
Looks delicious Tricia and I really like banana bread, especially when it’s made with Black Walnuts. My in-laws used to spend hours in their basement getting the meat from those pesky shells then making various desserts including banana bread. We have a walnut tree but I’m not willing the dig out the nuts.
Love black walnuts Larry – but that is a tedious job for sure. Have a happy Easter!
What little Easter cuties you have! They are adorable Tricia, all dressed up in their finery 🙂 – such little ladies!
Your banana bread looks scrumptious! I can see why you wouldn’t want to veer away from this recipe!
Thanks Chris! I know you enjoy your little ones too – and hope you and Scott have a terrific and blessed Easter holiday. Thank you!