Indulge in the delightful aroma of freshly baked banana bread, a classic treat that holds a special place in the hearts of many. This versatile bread has numerous variations, each offering a unique taste experience. From the traditional recipe that captures the essence of simplicity to indulgent versions bursting with chocolate chips, walnuts, or tangy blueberries, every bite promises a moment of pure bliss. Whether you prefer a moist and dense loaf or a lighter, airier texture, you'll find a recipe here that suits your preferences. So gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and embark on a culinary journey that will fill your kitchen with the comforting scent of homemade banana bread.
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FLOUR'S FAMOUS BANANA BREAD
Made with Flour Bakery's famous banana bread recipe to see if it lives up to the hype. Verdict? Totally fabulous! Make it!!
Provided by Averie Sunshine
Categories Bread, Rolls, Muffins & Breakfast
Time 1h30m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray two 8×4-inch loaf pans with floured cooking spray, or grease and flour the pans; set aside.
- To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or large mixing bowl and electric mixer) add the eggs, sugar, and beat on medium-high speed until smooth, well-combined, and mixture is golden yellow in color, about 4 to 5 minutes.
- Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and with the mixer running on low speed, slowly drizzle in the oil. Don't dump it all in at once. Beat at medium speed until incorporated, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the bananas, sour cream, vanilla, and beat on medium-high speed until combined, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 1 minute.
- Turn batter out into prepared pans, smoothing the tops lightly with a spatula if necessary, and bake for about 35 to 40 minutes (I baked 37 minutes), or until tops are domed, set, a toothpick inserted in the center crack comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs but no batter. Optionally, in the last 5 to 10 minutes of baking, tent pans with foil (loosely drape a sheet of foil over pans) to prevent excessive browning on the top and sides of bread before center cooks through.
- Remove pans from oven and allow to them to cool on top of a wire rack for about 15 to 30 minutes before turning out onto rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 262 calories, Carbohydrate 38 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 35 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 11 grams fat, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 3 grams protein, SaturatedFat 2 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1, Sodium 210 grams sodium, Sugar 20 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 9 grams unsaturated fat
OUR FAVORITE BANANA BREAD
The Epicurious test kitchen baked up the most popular versions of banana bread on our site to discover what we like (or didn't like) about each one. Then we made our ultimate version: a sweet, nutty, and supremely moist loaf that is everything we could ever want in this classic quick bread.
Provided by Rhoda Boone
Categories Bread Dessert Bake Kid-Friendly Banana Walnut Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Soy Free Kosher Frankenrecipe Breakfast Brunch Small Plates
Yield Makes one 9x5" loaf
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x5" loaf pan with butter and dust with flour, tapping out any excess.
- Combine banana, sour cream, and vanilla in a medium bowl. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
- Using an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar on medium speed in another large bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 1/2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time and beat on medium speed until fully combined, about 1 minute each. Add banana mixture and beat until just combined, about 30 seconds. Add dry ingredients in 2 batches, beating on low after each addition and scraping down sides of bowl if necessary, until fully incorporated, about 20 seconds per batch. Fold in walnuts. Transfer batter to prepared pan and smooth top with a spatula.
- Bake, rotating halfway through, until batter is set, top is dark golden brown and starting to crack, sides are starting to pull away from pan, and a tester inserted into center of bread comes out clean, 60-65 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack at least 15 minutes. Run a butter knife around perimeter of pan to loosen loaf, then tap pan gently on its side until loaf releases. Transfer to a cutting board or plate and let cool completely before slicing.
THE BEST BANANA BREAD
We have a lot of requirements when it comes to banana bread and we finally created a recipe that ticks all the boxes. It's moist, tender, a little tangy and perfectly sweet-all around our favorite one. The best part is that it's even better the next day (if it lasts that long). Try toasting the bread and slathering with a little salted butter. We're pretty sure you'll never need another banana bread recipe.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 1h30m
Yield 1 loaf
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter one 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
- Whisk together the flour, pecans, granulated sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon salt and nutmeg in a large bowl. Whisk together the eggs, melted butter, buttermilk, brown sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl; stir in the mashed bananas. Fold the banana mixture into the flour mixture until just combined (it's OK if there are some lumps).
- Pour the batter into the buttered pan and lightly tap the pan on the counter to evenly distribute the batter. Bake until browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out completely clean, about 1 hour. Let the bread cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
JUDY'S CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD
I received this chocolate chip banana recipe from my co-worker and dear friend, Judy, years ago. When she gave it to me she said, "You will never need another banana bread recipe." She was almost right. I added more chocolate chips for the chocolate lovers in my family. - Debra Keiser, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 1h20m
Yield 1 loaf (16 slices).
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottom of a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan with parchment; grease paper., In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas, buttermilk and vanilla. In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into creamed mixture. Fold in chocolate chips and, if desired, walnuts., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack; remove paper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 229 calories, Fat 9g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 42mg cholesterol, Sodium 212mg sodium, Carbohydrate 36g carbohydrate (22g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.
GOLD MEDAL FLOUR'S BEST-EVER BANANA BREAD
The recipe is not mine. It's from a bag of Gold Medal Flour, so if you don't care for it...that's o.k. It certainly has what it takes to make it a keeper for me, though. No muss. No fuss. It's light, moist, and makes two perfect 8 X 4 loaf pans. Takes about an hour to bake. P.S. It needs an added banana to really enhance the flavor, though.
Provided by Suzie
Categories Quick Breads
Time 1h10m
Yield 2 loaves, 32 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottoms only of 2 (8X4 inch) loaf pans.
- In large bowl, mix sugar and butter. Add eggs, bananas (increase recipe by one banana), buttermilk and vanilla; beat with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
- Stir in flour, baking soda, salt and nuts (if using) just until moistened. Pour batter into pans.
- Bake for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool about 1 hour before slicing.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 129.3, Fat 5.5, SaturatedFat 2.3, Cholesterol 19.4, Sodium 174.8, Carbohydrate 18.2, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 9.1, Protein 2.4
BEST EVER BANANA BREAD
Whenever I pass a display of bananas in the grocery store, I can almost smell the wonderful aroma of my best banana bread recipe. It really is amazingly good! -Gert Kaiser, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Provided by Taste of Home
Time 1h30m
Yield 1 loaf (16 pieces).
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, combine the eggs, bananas, oil, buttermilk and vanilla; add to flour mixture, stirring just until combined. Fold in nuts. , Pour into a greased or parchment-lined 9x5-in. loaf pan. If desired, sprinkle with additional walnuts. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours. Cool in pan for 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 255 calories, Fat 12g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 27mg cholesterol, Sodium 166mg sodium, Carbohydrate 34g carbohydrate (21g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
FLOUR'S FAMOUS BANANA BREAD
Adapted slightly from www.foodnetwork.com. Two days after making it, the bread is still just as moist as the first day I made it. Very easy and uses lots of bananas. The best I've ever made!
Provided by Jen in Victoria
Categories Quick Breads
Time 1h20m
Yield 1 loaf
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Set oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a large loaf pan (it won't fit in a standard loaf pan).
- Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
- Beat sugar and eggs with a whisk until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Drizzle in oil.
- Add mashed bananas, sour cream, and vanilla. Fold in dry ingredients and nuts.
- Pour into the loaf pan and bake for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2603.8, Fat 90.5, SaturatedFat 16.1, Cholesterol 384.5, Sodium 2593.3, Carbohydrate 419.2, Fiber 18.2, Sugar 209.7, Protein 39.8
Tips:
- Use ripe bananas. The riper the bananas, the sweeter and more flavorful your banana bread will be.
- Mash the bananas well. This will help to ensure that the banana bread is smooth and moist.
- Don't overmix the batter. Overmixing can make the banana bread tough.
- Bake the banana bread at the right temperature. The ideal temperature for baking banana bread is 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Let the banana bread cool completely before slicing it. This will help to prevent the bread from crumbling.
Conclusion:
No matter which recipe you choose, you're sure to enjoy a delicious and moist banana bread that's perfect for breakfast, lunch, or a snack. So next time you have some ripe bananas on hand, give one of these recipes a try!
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