This Easy Banana Bread is made with bananas and spices to make wonderful bakery-style bread. Topped with brown sugar, it is sure to be a hit with your family.
This is Old Fashioned Banana Bread recipe is one of our favorites to make year-round. It is the perfect way to enjoy a morning snack or dessert.
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Why This Recipe Rocks
Easy Recipe. Today’s recipe is an easy one when you are looking for a tasty quick bread to put together quickly. I modified a classic banana bread recipe several years ago and it's still so easy!
Delicious. This vintage recipe for banana bread is so delicious and flavorful. It makes a sweet moist banana bread that goes great with breakfast, brunch, coffee, tea or as dessert or a lunch box snack. It is my best banana bread recipe.
Budget Friendly. This is pretty economical to make. It is also a great way to use up leftover bananas.
Ingredients for Banana Bread
Flour – I use all-purpose flour.
Milk – I use low-fat (2%) milk because that is what we usually have on hand. Whole milk skinned milk and canned milk also work well.
Bananas – This is the ingredient that brings this recipe all together. Be sure to use overripe bananas.
Nuts - Of course, this is optional, but I feel that nuts really add to the bread. I used Pecans as they are my favorite for baking. Walnuts, Macadamia nuts, or almonds will also work in this recipe.
I make homemade banana bread all year round, but this time of year I find myself making them more often. There is just something comforting about an old-school sweet bread that brings some comfort to the table.
Variations and Substitutions
You can use a variety of nuts for this recipe and this easy banana nut bread will come out great. However if you want to makl banana bread without nuts, just leave them out.
Banana Bread without Baking Soda - You can make this banana bread recipe without baking soda if you like. just omit it and add a tablespoon of baking powder to this recipe.
You can also make Chocolate Chip Banana Bread by adding ½ cup of chocolate chips to the batter.
How to Make Old Fashioned Banana Bread
Step 1 - Mash bananas and add wet ingredients together. Then add dry ingreidnets.
Step 2 - Add nuts (optional) and fold.
Step 3- Pour into greased loaf pan.
TASTY TIP Step 4 - Sprinkle the batter with brown sugar before baking for a light, sugary crust. Bake as directed.
Easy Banana Bread Tips
- Chop the pecans ahead of time and keep them in the freezer until ready to use. This is a great tip for using nuts in other recipes.
- You can use mini loaf pans for this recipe. They will bake a little quicker and they are great to freeze or pass on to friends and neighbors.
- When you notice that bananas are ripe and you have too many, freeze them. Peel the bananas and store in a ziploc bag in your freezer so that they are ready to use.
- Use room temperature eggs if possible.
- Bake time may vary due to size and type of pan so be sure to check doneness using the toothpick method.
- This can also be used to make muffins, just bake for around 20 -25 minutes.
More Easy Banana Recipes
Banana Pudding Cheesecake. So easy and absolutely delicious!
Easy Banana Bread - Super simple bread recipe you'll love.
Banana Smoothie - Use up those leftover bananas for this smoothie recipe.
Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting - So good!
Drop Biscuits - No yeast or eggs needed for this wonderful buttermilk-tasting biscuit recipe.
Best Ever Beer Bread – The easiest bread recipe ever!
Ultimate Garlic Bread – Cheesy goodness in a simple recipe that goes well with so many casserole and pasta dishes.
More Bakery Style Bread Recipes
Creamy Banana Smoothie. This smoothie is so creamy it tastes like a desert!
📖 Recipe
Old Fashioned Banana Bread
Equipment
- 1 hand mixer or electric mixer
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 loaf pan
- 1 Rubber Spatula
Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 ¾ cup flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup melted butter
- ½ cup chopped nuts
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar (optional)
- butter, shortening or oil for greasing pan
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Grease a loaf pan with butter, shortening or oil
- In a large bowl, peel and mash bananas.
- Add to bowl with mashed bananas the remaining wet ingredients- eggs, butter and sour cream . Mix well with mixer on medium speed. Use a rubber spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl often.
- Add flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, baking powder and nuts and blend.
- Pour batter into loaf pan.
- Sprinkle with brown sugar, if desired.
- Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean.
Notes
I like to mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl first and then add to wet ingreients. Store in an airtight container or covered with plastic wrap for 3-4 days. You an freeze banana bread if wrapped in plastic wrap and foil.
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Tamara
I've been craving banana bread for days! Cassidy instead made banana cake. Boo! I like my banana bread warmed with butter and made with chocolate chips, but I'll take it any which way!
Liz
The butter and sour cream push this recipe over the top! So moist and tender!!
Paula Short
Raquel, oh my I can virtually taste this. Banana bread is such a comfort food. I see banana bread and a cup of coffee in my future. Lol.
Thanks so much for sharing this recipe with Sweet Tea & Friends Link Up this month.