Satisfying Banana Bread

Here is an Easy Moist Banana Bread recipe and in fact, the only banana bread recipe you will ever need! It is super moist, with so much flavor from the bananas and the special blend of ingredients.It is the most satisfying banana bread! Watch a video below of our kids and us whipping up this moist banana bread. It is the most satisfying!These days, we're not even bothered when our bananas get all ripe and mushy. That gives us the perfect excuse to make something with bananas: banana fritters, banana puff puff, banana pancakes, or the most satisfying banana bread.There shall be no more waste in the land! The riper the bananas, the tastier the banana bread.This sweet bread, or should we say cake, is the very definition of perfect, just like our perfect plain cake. We have a thing for quick breads, especially when they are easy to make with simple ingredients. The taste hits all the right places in the mouth. A slice of this will send you straight to banana heaven, where you will be singing banallelujah. Ehen!So last night when we found some overripe bananas lying in our fruit basket, we rejoiced because… banana bread to the rescue!The bananas were without form and void, and dark spots started to form on their skin. And we said, “Let there be banana bread.”

Ingredients for Easy Moist Banana Bread

For this easy banana bread recipe, you need:

• 1 and a half cups all purpose flour
• 3 overripe bananas
• Half a teaspoon of baking soda
• Half a teaspoon baking powder
• A third cup of sugar
• Half a teaspoon of salt
• Eight tablespoons butter (or margarine)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• Half a cup of whole liquid milk (substitute with evaporated milk)

How it comes together

Follow these steps to make the most notable classic banana bread.

1. Peel some ripe bananas and place them in a medium mixing bowl.2. Mash up the bananas. It’s okay if your bananas still have a few chunks in them.‘3. Mix the mashed bananas with room temperature milk and set aside.4. In another bowl (a large bowl), place room temperature butter and sugar.5. Mix together butter and sugar until well combined.6. Add room temperature eggs to the butter and sugar and mix until just combined, then add in the banana-milk mixture, the vanilla extract, and mix until just combined.7. Add the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon powder.8. Mix everything until just combined to form a batter.9. Place batter in a greased loaf pan.10. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the bread comes out clean.While it bakes, revel in the banana flavor that will fill your house. We live for such smells!We wish they could make a designer perfume that smells like freshly baked banana bread. We will buy it if it is under $5. Ha!This homemade quick bread is great on its own, but sometimes we slather some butter on top or homemade pineapple jam. worth making again!We made a banana bread video with our kids! We totally had fun making this video. If you have not subscribed to our YouTube channel, be sure to subscribe now so you do not miss any of our cooking videos.

How it comes together

Other ways

Try these variations with this simple banana bread recipe:

• Bake the batter in muffin tins for banana muffins.
• Sub part of the milk for a little sour cream or Greek yogurt to make it even moister.
• Swap part of the white sugar for brown sugar for a more intricate flavor.
• Add regular or mini chocolate chips to the batter to make chocolate chip banana bread.
• Instead of mixing the batter by hand, you can mix it with an electric hand mixer.

Also, try this Banana Bread In Bundt Pan.

• Yield: 6 servings
• Prep: 15 minutes
• Cook: 55 minutes
• Total: 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (180g)
• 3 overripe bananas, see Note 1
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar (66g)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 8 tablespoons butter or magarine (1 stick, half cup or 114g), softened at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• Half cup whole liquid milk

Method

1. Grease a 5 by 9-inch loaf pan with about a teaspoon of oil (vegetable, corn, peanut or canola oil will work well here) and set aside. You could line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper just to ensure the banana bread comes out easily.
2. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius).
3. Peel your bananas and place in a bowl. Mash using a fork or potato masher. Add the milk and mix together.
4. Place butter/margarine in another bowl and add the sugar. Mix together using a wooden spoon until well combined.
5. Add the eggs to the butter and sugar and whisk together until just combined. Do not overmix.
6. Add the banana-milk mixture to the egg mixture. Add the vanilla extract and mix together until just combined. Do not overmix.
7. Add all the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon to the wet ingredients.
8. Mix all of the ingredients together until just combined to form a batter. Again, do not over mix.
9. Pout the batter into the greased loaf pan then level the top.
10. But in preheated oven and bake for 50 - 55 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the banana bread comes out clean.
11. Let it cool then remove the bread from the pan, cut and serve!