Easy Banana Bread

Course: Bread

Cuisine: American

Keyword: banana, easy recipe, quick bread

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 1

Total Time: 1 15

Servings: loaf

Calories: 3529kcal

Author: Malinda Linnebur

This Easy Banana Bread is a treasured family favorite! It's perfect without any extras or add some chocolate chips, nuts or cinnamon to make it your own. It's the BEST banana bread recipe ever!!

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Ingredients

2 cups (260g) all purpose flour
1/2 cup (110g) sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 medium ripe bananas, mashed
2 large eggs
1/2 cup (115g) butter, melted (can also use oil of choice)
1/3 cup (78ml) buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees (176 C). Grease bottom only of a 9x5 or 8 1/2x4 1/2 loaf pan. Or make a parchment paper sling and place in loaf pan, set aside.
In a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
In a medium bowl combine the mashed bananas, eggs, melted butter, buttermilk and vanilla. Add to flour mixture and stir just until moistened. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan before removing to cool completely. Store completely cooled bread wrapped tightly in plastic wrap at room temperate for up to 4 days. Or refrigerate for up to 10 days.

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Notes

Some tasty additions you can add (choose one)
- 1/2-3/4 cup chocolate chips (this is my favorite!!) the recipe pictured here used 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips with a few extra to sprinkle on top.
- 1/2-3/4 cup chopped nuts (toast nuts for even more flavor!)
- 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon (can use this in combination with any of the above suggestions)
Freezer Friendly: Wrap tightly and freeze for up to 3 months.

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