Moist Delicious Banana Bread (Printer-friendly)
Wonderfully moist banana bread with sweet bananas and vanilla. Perfect for breakfast or snacks.
# What You'll Need:
→ Wet Ingredients
01 - 3 large ripe bananas, mashed
02 - 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
03 - 2 large eggs, room temperature
04 - 3/4 cup granulated sugar
05 - 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
06 - 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
→ Dry Ingredients
07 - 2 cups all-purpose flour
08 - 1 tsp baking soda
09 - 1/2 tsp salt
10 - 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
→ Optional Add-ins
11 - 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
12 - 1/2 cup chocolate chips
# How to Prepare:
01 - Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan or line with parchment paper.
02 - In a large bowl, mash bananas until smooth. Stir in melted butter until combined, then whisk in eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth and well blended.
03 - In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon until evenly distributed.
04 - Gently fold dry ingredients into wet mixture until just combined. Do not overmix. Fold in nuts or chocolate chips if desired.
05 - Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and smooth top. Bake for 50-60 minutes until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean or with few moist crumbs.
06 - Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
# Expert Advice:
01 -
- It transforms fruit you thought was garbage into something everyone begs for
- The texture is impossibly moist without any complicated techniques
02 -
- Overmixing the batter is the number one way to end up with dense, tough bread instead of something light and tender
- Every oven is different so start checking at 50 minutes, better to pull it out a minute early than dry it out
03 -
- Use a glass measuring cup to mash bananas, the flat bottom works better than a fork
- Rotate the pan halfway through baking so it browns evenly on both sides