Banana Bread

Name: Banana Bread
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 1 loaf
Ingredients: 1/4 pound cool butter (1 stick), more for greasing pan; 3/4 cup dark brown sugar; 2 eggs, at room temperature; 2 1/3 cups very ripe bananas (about 5); 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts or pecans; 1 tablespoon granulated or coarse sugar; 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe from Allrecipes.com

Adapted by Julia Moskin

Updated May 2, 2024

Banana Bread — David Malosh for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.

Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Cook Time: 65 minutes
Rating: 5(11,419)
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Here is an easy way to use up the bananas on the countertop, or brown ones thrown in the back of the freezer. Don’t overmix the ingredients, and make sure the bananas are very ripe. —Julia Moskin

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Ingredients

Yield:1 loaf

For the Bread

¼pound cool butter (1 stick), more for greasing pan
¾cup dark brown sugar
2eggs, at room temperature
2⅓cups very ripe bananas (about 5)
2cups all-purpose flour
1teaspoon baking soda
¼teaspoon salt

For the Topping

3tablespoons chopped walnuts or pecans
1tablespoon granulated or coarse sugar
⅛teaspoon cinnamon

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Preparation

Step 1
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan. Using electric mixer, cream butter until smooth and fluffy. Add sugar and cream together 2 minutes more. One at a time, mix in eggs. Mix in bananas until only small lumps remain.
Step 2
Stir dry ingredients together and mix into banana mixture just until combined. Pour into prepared pan. If making topping, stir ingredients together and sprinkle over batter.
Step 3
Bake about 55 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Let cool in pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack and let cool completely before wrapping tightly for storage.

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Comments

Lauren M5 years ago

If your bananas aren’t very ripe, you can place them on a foil covered baking sheet in the oven for 10-15 minutes at 300 until the skins turn black. It releases the sugar and makes them perfect for baking.

Barb7 years ago

My new go to recipe. Add a teaspoon of vanilla, reduce brown sugar to half cup, and swap out half of white flour for whole wheat. Yum.

Helen7 years ago

I used this metric conversion
110g butter
100g brown sugar
2 eggs
500g bananas - 3 large
240g self raising flour
Grind of sea salt

Topping
30g flaked almonds
20g brown sugar
Shake of cinnamon