Try My Banana Bread Recipe

This banana bread recipe first appeared in A Cook and Her Books June 14, 2011. I’ve tried quite a few banana bread recipes and I keep coming back to this tried and true favorite. .

Let’s Bake

Banana bread is a humble but reliable creation, and because it uses dead-ripe bananas, it’s the frugal baker’s best friend. There are hundreds of variations of this basic quick bread, probably the first baking project most young cooks will try at home.

After 30 years in the kitchen, baking birthday cakes and holiday desserts, I still make banana bread.

This is because always buy bananas at the store, and frequently they get too ripe for our tender palates. I have a drawer in the bottom of my freezer where I stash the overripe fruit. Every now and then, especially when I have buttermilk on hand, I will make this easy banana bread and enjoy it warm from the oven, crumbly and tender, with a cup of tea. And maybe if I’m feeling fancy, I’ll add a shmear of softened cream cheese.

A Simple Banana Bread Recipe

This recipe is from a cookbook from Pleasant Hill, the Shaker community in Kentucky. Appropriately, it’s a simple bread, not gussied up with spices or nuts or chocolate, although it could be a blank canvas for experimentation. I usually double it, to use up more bananas and buttermilk. The instruction for adding the leavening is unusual – first add one cup of flour, then stir baking soda and salt into the remaining flour before adding to the batter.

Best Ever Banana Bread Recipe

Ingredients:

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter

1 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs

2 bananas, mashed, to equal 1 cup

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/3 cup buttermilk

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Cream butter and sugar in bowl with electric mixer.

3. Beat in eggs and bananas.

4. Add one cup of the flour and half of the buttermilk alternately.

5. Add salt and soda to remaining flour. Stir in second flour mixture and end with remaining buttermilk.

6. Turn into well-greased 9 X 5 loaf pan. Bake at 325 for one hour (per cookbook, mine take up to 1 hour and 15 minutes to bake).

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