Banana Bread - the Best Made From Scratch Recipe (2024)

Posted on Published: July 18, 2023

Banana Bread is one of those delicious desserts that can be made at a moment's notice and is perfect with a cup of hot tea or coffee. The next time you are in a pinch, look up this recipe and make a batch!

When my kids were little, one of my favorite recipes to make was banana bread. It was simple and easy and used only a few pantry ingredients. I would wait until bananas were on sale and then I would buy up a bunch and make a few loaves of my made-from-scratch banana bread.

These loaves make great gifts for Christmas and birthdays. This recipe has stayed a family favorite and to this day brings back so many memories of laughter and love in the kitchen with my kids making a batch.

Ingredients List

This really is the best banana bread recipe, period. You can mixeverything in one bowl, you can vary the amount of sugar or bananas. And the secret to its greatflavor? Melted butter.

Here is what you need to make this:

• 2 to 3 veryripe bananas, peeled
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar(1/2 cup if you would like it less sweet, 1 cup if sweeter)
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

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Use over-ripe bananas for the best bread. The yellow peelsshould be at least half browned, and the bananas inside squishy and browning.

Bake the Bread

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C), and butter a 4×8-inch loaf pan. In a mixing bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork until completely smooth. Stir the melted butter into the mashed bananas.

Mix in the baking soda and salt. Stir in the sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla extract. Mixin the flour.

Mix everything together and place in a loaf pan. I like the Pyrex-type glass dish as things don't stick as badly as they do with metal pans.

Bake for 50minutes to 1 hourat 350°F (175°C), or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.

Mix everything together and place in a loaf pan. I like the Pyrex type glass dish as things don't stick as badly as they do with metal pans.

The best bananas to use for banana bread are those that are over-ripe. The yellow peelsshould be at least half browned, and the bananas inside squishy and browning.

This is where you need to watch the bread. You will think it is completely done, but the middle takes a bit longer, so make sure that the inside of the middle is baked through otherwise you have to cut it out.

Remove from oven and cool completely on a rack. Remove the banana bread from the pan. Slice and serve.

And that is it! This is the perfect easy recipe that will make one of the best-tasting dishes you will ever make. Be sure and use a bread knife to cut your loaf with because the serrated teeth will allow it to make clean cuts and not tear your bread apart.

When your family walks in smelling this, they will feel loved and adored 🙂