With its super-moist and buttery texture, banana and brown sugar flavors, soft crumb, and 1, 000+ reviews, this is a delicious AND undeniably popular banana bread recipe. You need 4 ripe bananas.
One reader, Michele, says: “Perfectly delish every time! Absolutely foolproof. Nuts, no nuts, smidge more or less of sour cream—no problem… bigger bananas, smaller—no worries, perfect, beyond delicious EVERY time.”
This is my favorite banana bread recipe, one that I’ve cherished for years. It’s one of those classic recipes that you start to know by heart, just like a good pie crust or chocolate chip cookies recipe. This bread comes to mind first when I have leftover spotty bananas on the counter, and it’s the bread that’s on constant rotation in my freezer stash.
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One reader, Tricia, says: “I have this recipe on speed dial. LOL. It is so tasty and is always a crowd pleaser. My kids and entire family love it!!!”
I’ve tried dozens of banana bread recipes over the years, and when I baked and originally published this recipe back in 2013, I never looked back.
This bread uses more mashed bananas than similar recipes. Add 2 whole cups (460g) of mashed banana, which is about 4 large bananas. More banana = more moisture and flavor in the finished loaf.
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Did you know you can use your electric mixer to mash bananas? Break or slice the spotty bananas into large pieces and place in the bowl of your stand mixer—or use a regular mixing bowl and your hand mixer. Begin beating on low, then gradually increase to medium-high speed as the bananas break down into mashed banana. Transfer the bananas to another bowl and use the mixing bowl for the butter and sugar. (No need to clean it—some mashed banana remnants is fine.)
For banana nut bread, add 3/4 cup of chopped nuts to the banana bread batter; I like using either pecans or walnuts. If you’re nuts for nuts (LOL), you’ll enjoy the toasty slight crunch nestled inside the soft crumbs. If you’re not a nut person, feel free to leave them out or replace with chocolate chips. For a whole wheat version, try my whole wheat banana bread.
Yes and I do this often. Thaw the frozen bananas at room temperature. Drain off any excess liquid, mash, then use as instructed in the recipe below. See How to Freeze & Thaw Bananas for Baking. Try not to mash too much or else you’ll be left with 2 cups of banana-y liquid; some chunks are great.
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I recommend using my extremely similar, scaled-up recipe for chocolate marble banana Bundt cake instead. You can leave out the chocolate swirl in that recipe.
Overall, this is an easy recipe for classic banana bread. The batter takes about 10 minutes to throw together, the bread stays moist for days, and nothing beats the smell of fresh banana bread in the oven. (Except for, maybe, zucchini bread or pumpkin bread… try those next!)
With its super-moist and buttery texture, banana and brown sugar flavors, soft crumb, and 1, 000+ reviews, this is a delicious AND undeniably popular banana bread recipe. You need 4 large ripe bananas.
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Sally McKenney is a professional food photographer, cookbook author, and baker. Her kitchen-tested recipes and thorough step-by-step tutorials give readers the knowledge and confidence to bake from scratch. Sally has been featured onDoes anyone ever really plan on making banana bread? Usually I notice that a few bananas on the counter turned brown and,
Since banana bread is a last-minute baked good, I’m always amused by the ingredient list of many recipes. They call for things like sour cream, buttermilk, oat flour, or some other random ingredient that I don’t have in the house.
The only special ingredient I use in my banana bread? Brown sugar. (And if you need to make banana bread without brown sugar, I’ve got you covered.)
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The reason I reach for brown sugar when making banana bread is that the molasses/caramel flavor is a perfect partner for ripe bananas. Think bananas foster. Brown sugar adds a depth of flavor without asking you to do any baking acrobatics like toast sugar or use a hard-to-find flour.
My other requirement? Banana bread should be easy. I’m talking “plop everything in a bowl, stir, put in a pan, and bake.” Some folks call this a dump recipe. I personally dislike the word “dump” used when talking about food. So let’s just call this an easy recipe.
For banana bread, use either light or dark brown sugar. (Actually, that’s true in all baking recipes. Light and dark brown sugar are interchangeable. Need another recipe for brown sugar? Try these Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies.)
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But just because they’re interchangeable doesn’t mean they’re the same. Light brown sugar gives you a milder flavor. The flavor notes are more caramel and less molasses. It’s also less acidic (something, to be honest, that can be hard to detect in the finished baked good).
Dark brown sugar contains more molasses and more moisture than light brown sugar. Usually, when something has a different moisture content, we freak out a bit because moisture changes things. Brown sugar is an exception to this rule. The moisture difference between light and dark brown sugar isn’t enough to impact your banana bread.
You know what does have enough moisture to affect the bread? The bananas! The riper the bananas, the more moisture they bring to the bread.
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I wish this recipe was a one bowl affair. It’s not. Before mixing the batter, you need to mash the bananas. This is easy to do with a fork. (If mashing bananas with a fork is a challenge due to physical restrictions, use an electric handheld mixer or a potato masher.)
Once you’ve mashed the bananas, grab another bowl. Stir together all the dry ingredients. Then add the eggs, melted butter, and mashed bananas. Then…stir. Do this with a fork, firm rubber spatula, or electric hand mixer. Once the batter is thick, you’re done.
Spread batter evenly into a greased pan and bake until a cake tester inserted into the center of the pan comes out clean.
Brown Sugar Banana Bread Recipe From H E B
Take care to check the top of the loaf. Banana bread can be a little slow to finish baking. The very top of the loaf sometimes doesn’t play along. If the top of your loaf looks raw, but the rest of the loaf is done, cover the pan with a piece of foil. Reduce the oven temperature by 25 degrees and bake until the top is done.
Yes. Add a total of 1 cup. You can add half nuts and half chocolate chips or go heavy on the nuts and light on the chocolate chips. It’s up to you. Just don’t exceed one cup in total.
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