Best Banana Bread

Name: Best Banana Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 1 loaf, 10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1 cup granulated sugar; 2 eggs, beaten; 3 bananas, finely crushed (for serious and extreme moist and delicious, try 4 bananas); 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla (optional)

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Ready In:: 1hr 10mins
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 1 loaf
Serves:: 10

ingredients

¹⁄₂ cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs, beaten
3 bananas, finely crushed (for serious and extreme moist and delicious, try 4 bananas)
1 ¹⁄₂ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon vanilla (optional)

directions

Remove odd pots and pans from oven.
Preheat oven to 350º / 180º.
Cream together butter and sugar.
Add eggs and crushed bananas.
Combine well.
Sift together flour, soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Add vanilla.
Mix just until combined. Do not overmix.
Pour into greased and floured loaf pan.
Bake at 350º / 180º for 55 minutes.
Keeps well, refrigerated.

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I like to add sour cream, about half cup, as well as some Baking powder to help the rise a bit half tsp with the Baking soda. I soak some apricot bits ,dried, in some oj or water to soften and add them with some toasted chopped walnuts.Sprinkle some course sugar on top before baking to make a nice shiny crust on top. Experiment is good!

Dean Morse
I don't think I have any tweaks, maybe a happy accident or two. When I added the vanilla I spilled a bit so it was probably more like a full teaspoon. I had 2 large overly ripe bananas and 1 small barely ripe banana. Everything still came together well and considering this was my first attempt at banana bread ever, it turned out amazing. I like chocolate chips or chunks in mine so I might experiment next time.

dpacer
Got a bread pan and made this a 2nd time. With the bread pan, it took almost 55 minutes to cook, unlike the muffin version. However, the bread pan version, in our opinion, was even better! Our 3 yr old loves this bread!!
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dcattycpa
Did not have a bread pan so I used a muffin pan and cooked at 350 for 20 minutes and they came out perfect! Used 4 very ripe bananas, for sugar I used 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup honey. A great recipe and these were incredibly delicious warm and with a cup of coffee!
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