My Favorite Banana Bread Recipe

Name: My Favorite Banana Bread Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 10 slices
Ingredients: 2 cups (400g) granulated sugar; 2 cups (250g) all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ¾ teaspoon baking soda; ¾ teaspoon ground nutmeg; ½ teaspoon salt*; 4 (about 400g) medium overripe bananas; 3 large eggs; 14 tablespoons (196g) salted butter*; 2 tablespoons granulated sugar; 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon

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Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Additional Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr 30 mins
Servings
10 slices
Calories
457 kcal
Course
Dessert, Breakfast
Cuisine
American

My Favorite Banana Bread Recipe

Jack Kelley

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My favorite banana bread recipe makes some of the best banana bread you'll ever eat. It's incredibly easy to make and bakes up soft and moist with an irresistible cinnamon sugar crust.

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Ingredients

Servings

2 cups (400g) granulated sugar
2 cups (250g) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¾ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon salt*
4 (about 400g) medium overripe bananas
3 large eggs
14 tablespoons (196g) salted butter* melted

Optional Cinnamon Sugar Crust

2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon

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Instructions

Banana Bread

Preheat your oven to 350°F, grease a 10 x 5-inch loaf pan, and line it with a parchment paper sling (optional).
In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt.
In a medium bowl, mash bananas and whisk in eggs until well-mixed. Pour banana mixture into the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
Add melted butter, and mix until butter is incorporated into the batter. Don’t over mix, but batter should be mostly uniform, and there should not be pools of butter remaining around the edges of the batter.
Transfer the batter to your prepared loaf pan, leaving 3/4 inch of space from the top of the pan (discard extra batter if there is too much).

Optional Cinnamon Sugar Crust

In a small bowl, stir together sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle evenly over the top of the batter.

Bake

Bake bread in preheated oven for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, until a toothpick or knife inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
Allow the loaf to cool in the pan for 15 to 20 minutes before removing and slicing.
Serve and enjoy!

Notes

*If using unsalted butter, use 1 teaspoon of salt.
Store bread tightly wrapped at room temperature for up to 3 days. For longer storage, freeze.
To freeze, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and store in a freezer bag or airtight container for up to 2 months.