Easy Bread Recipe Martha Stewart

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This white bread recipe is the starting point for our Multigrain, Rye, and Cinnamon-Raisin breads. See our Classic White Bread how-to for step-by-step instructions.

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Martha's best banana bread recipe was featured in her first book, Entertaining, and has been her go-to ever since. In fact, Martha says your family will go bananas for this classic quick bread.

The batter for this easy-to-make favorite is enriched with sour cream, which gives it a subtle tang and super-moist yet dense texture that slices well. Martha always adds pecans, but chopped walnuts (or no nuts) also works.

The hardest part about making our best banana bread recipe is waiting for the loaf to bake—but we guarantee it will be worth it!

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Banana bread keeps well. Make sure the loaf has cooled completely before wrapping it in plastic wrap, parchment, or wax paper and placing in an airtight container for up to four days. If your kitchen is hot and humid, you may want to store the loaf in your refrigerator, but allow time for it to come back to room temperature before eating.

Banana bread also freezes well. We like to bake an extra loaf to keep in the freezer for when we don’t have time to bake. The loaf should be completely cool before you wrap and freeze it. Wrap it in plastic wrap, then place in a freezer bag. Freeze the whole loaf, or give yourself more flexibility by slicing it and freezing the slices—that way you can defrost just a couple of pieces when desired. Banana bread will last up to three months in the freezer.

Short answer: No! The riper the better, an overripe banana is a much better choice for banana bread than an underripe one. Ripe bananas add sweetness to your banana bread, unripe ones do not.

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Peel overripe bananas and stash them in a freezer bag to have a supply available anytime you want to make banana bread.

There are a couple of reasons your banana bread might be dry. It might be the result of using too much flour. This may happen if you didn’t measure the flour carefully. Another reason is overmixing—our recipe calls for mixing the dry and wet ingredients “just until combined.” Overmixing can produce a dry, rubbery loaf.

We prefer plastic wrap to aluminum foil for wrapping banana bread. For countertop storage, we often store banana bread in an airtight container rather than wrapping it in plastic or foil. And if we’re gifting a loaf, we’ll wrap it in parchment paper or wax paper for a pretty but practical presentation.

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Victoria Spencer is an experienced food editor, writer, and recipe developer. She manages the Martha Stewart recipe archive and is always curious about new ingredients and the best techniques. She has been working in food media for over 20 years.

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