Easy Banana Bread
A simple, moist banana bread made with mashed bananas, butter, brown sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, and salt.
Equipment
- Oven
- Loaf Pan
- non-stick spray or grease
- Large Mixing Bowl
- Mixing Bowl
- Fork
- Wire Rack
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 3/4 cupbrown sugarpacked
- 1 cupbuttersoftened
- 2 eggs
- 4 bananas
- 2 cupsall-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoonBaking Soda
- 1/4 teaspoonSalt
Instructions
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a loaf pan with non-stick spray or grease it and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add ¾ cup packed brown sugar and 1 cup softened butter. Beat until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- Add the 2 eggs, one at a time, beating briefly after each egg until incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, mash the 4 bananas with a fork until mostly smooth. Add the mashed bananas to the butter-sugar-egg mixture and stir until combined.
- In another bowl, whisk together 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon Baking Soda, and ¼ teaspoon Salt.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and stir until just combined—do not overmix.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the bread cool in the pan for 10–15 minutes, then remove it from the pan and cool on a wire rack until cool enough to slice.
Notes
Keep your bread wrapped in plastic wrap, tin foil, or store in an airtight container to keep it from drying out. This can also extend the life of your bread. Another quick tip is to store it in the fridge to make it last up to a week.
To freeze it wrap cooled loaf in plastic and again in foil and then place in the freezer for up to two months!
To freeze it wrap cooled loaf in plastic and again in foil and then place in the freezer for up to two months!