The Banana Bread recipe I am sharing today is one my mom always made while I was growing up. I don’t know exactly where she got her recipe but over the years she added her own little tweaks to the recipe. It is simple and delicious and one of those recipes I love to make for my family. Sometimes I make it with nuts and sometimes without or occasionally add chocolate chips if I have some on hand. If I am making it for a dessert than I will add a cream cheese frosting. Most of the time though I just enjoy a nice slice with a little butter – oh so good!
Banana Bread Recipe
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Preheat your oven to 275 degrees and grease/spray two loafs pans. In your stand mixer bowl add your peeled bananas and beat them until they are liquid.
Add your eggs and mix them in with the bananas. Add your softened butter, sugar and vanilla next and mix well. Sift together the flour, soda and salt and then slowly add to the banana mixture a little at a time.
After everything is nicely mixed you can add anything you want to mix in like Walnuts or Chocolate Chips.
Divide the mixture between the two loaf pans and bake for 1 and 1/2 hours. Check the center with a toothpick to make sure it is done. If not done cook for another 10 minutes and check again.
My family usually has one slice of the bread while it is still hot with a little butter spread on it and then we let the rest cool to enjoy later.
- 5 large bananas, peeled (the browner the better)
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 4 cups flour
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- Optional mixins like Walnuts or Chocolate chips (1 cup total)
- Preheat oven to 275 degrees. Spray/Grease 2 loaf pans.
- Peal bananas and place in bowl and beat until liquid. Add eggs and beat with the bananas.
- Add softened butter, sugar and vanilla and mix well with banana mixture.
- Sift together flour, soda and salt and add to banana mixture a little at a time.
- Add Walnuts or choclate chips (optional).
- Divide batter between the two loaf pans and bake for 1½ hours. Check for doneness with a toothpick and cook 10 minutes longer if needed.
If you like this recipe be sure to also check out my other yummy treats.
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Erin Ellis says
Yes! I love to add nuts to my banana bread. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
Erin
Lisa Brown says
No, I no not care for nuts in most baked things.
Julie Wood says
I love nuts in my banana bread! It really gives it a lot of flavor. Thanks so much for this giveaway!
steve weber says
I have to have nuts in my banana bread!
David says
We only eat it with nuts, usually walnuts or pecans.
Betsy Barnes says
Oh yes, I love adding nuts to my banana bread. It reminds me of growing up, helping my Grandmother. She always let me crush the nuts for her recipe. 🙂
shelly peterson says
I do love nuts in my banana bread.
Elena says
I like nuts in my banana bread
Cindy A. says
Yes! I especially love pecans.
Leigh Anne Borders says
I like it either way really. It is yummy no matter what esp when it is hot out of the oven.
Janice Cooper says
No I’m allergic to nuts so know I don’t care for nuts in my bread 🙂
natasha lamoreux says
It doesnt seem like banana bread without the nuts. Love em , the more the merrier!
Rachel says
I don’t like nuts in my banana bread.
Jeffrey says
I do like nuts in my banana bread, walnuts, pecans or a combination of the two!
Bridgett Wilbur says
I love nuts in my banana bread. yummy.
Dawn Monroe says
Absolutely! I am pro but. 🙂
DJ says
I do. I love using walnuts or pecans in my banana bread.
Birdiebee says
No, I do not like nuts in my banana bread or in any other food. However, I do like nuts all by themselves.
Marcia Goss says
Yes I do. I always put walnuts in mine.