The Only Banana Bread Recipe You'll Ever Need

By Paula Todora
@ptodora

Simple to make and a great way to use up those last 2-3 overripe bananas! Always dependable & moist, and try substituting ingredients; regular milk for the buttermilk, half brown sugar for the sugar, chocolate chips for the raisins-the possibilities are endless. Not too sweet-my grandson has been making this since he was in a highchair at 1 year old.

Rating:

★★★★★ 2 votes

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Serves:

Prep:

10 Min

Cook:

50 Min

Method:

Bake

Ingredients

3: medium ripe bananas
1: egg
1 tsp: vanilla
1/2 c: raisins (I used golden raisins in the photo)
1/2 c: buttermilk or regular milk
2 c: all purpose flour
1 tsp: baking powder
1/4 tsp: baking soda
3/4 c: sugar
1 tsp: salt

How to Make The Only Banana Bread Recipe You'll Ever Need

Step-by-Step

1Preheat the oven to 350 and spray a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
2In a large bowl peel and break the bananas into the bottom and mash with a potato masher or fork. Add the egg and vanilla and continue mashing.
3Add the raisins and buttermilk or milk. Stir by hand with a wooden spoon until just incorporated.
4Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar and salt together in a medium bowl and add to banana mixture in large bowl. Stir with wooden spoon only until mixed thoroughly-don't overmix.
5Bake 45-50 minutes, or until a wooden pick comes out clean when inserted into middle of loaf, but don't overbake. Remove from oven and cool in pan on cooling rack 5 minutes. Invert and turn over onto cooling rack and cool another 5 minutes before serving warm.