Moist Banana Bread Recipe
This is the BEST Banana Bread Recipe in the world - it's an easy moist banana bread that's my mom's recipe: I've been making this for years!
Prep
: 10
Total
: 25 minutes
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 2 medium ripe bananas (brown spotted)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup granulated sugar plus more for the pan
- 0.5 cup unsalted butter softened (plus more for the pan)
- 2 large eggs
- 7 tablespoons milk (see note)
- 1 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice (see note)
Instructions
Preparation Steps
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease a 9x5x3” loaf pan with butter and coat it with sugar. (You do this like you would grease and flour a pan. Grease it first, then add about 2 tablespoons sugar to the pan and move the pan side to side until the bottom and sides are coated with sugar. Do NOT substitute cooking spray for the butter. You can skip the sugaring and just use cooking spray, if you wish.)
- Mash bananas in a small bowl with a potato masher or fork and set aside.
- Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar with a hand mixer or stand mixer in a large bowl. Add bananas and eggs to the butter mixture and mix until somewhat combined (mixture will be chunky).
- Add the flour mixture, milk, and vinegar to the banana mixture and mix until combined (mixture will be slightly lumpy). Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick comes out with just a few crumbs. The edges will be a dark brown and there will be a nice crack down the center.
- Cool completely before removing loaf from pan, but you can cut slices from the pan after it’s cooled for about 15-20 minutes.
Notes
This banana bread recipe is exceptionally moist due to the combination of ripe bananas and a touch of milk and vinegar. The sugar coating on the pan adds a delightful crispiness to the crust.