Mom’s Banana Bread Recipe

This Mom’s banana bread recipe is a moist, tender, old-fashioned loaf made with ripe bananas, butter, eggs, vanilla, and chopped nuts. It is a simple homemade banana bread that feels nostalgic every time you slice it.

This was the kind of recipe that could be baked in one large loaf or smaller loaves to share as a thoughtful thank-you gift. It is easy, comforting, and a wonderful way to use bananas that have become extra ripe.

Why You’ll Love This Banana Bread

• It is moist, tender, and full of banana flavor.
• It uses simple baking ingredients.
• It is a great way to use ripe or overripe bananas.
• It makes a sweet homemade breakfast, snack, or gift.

Banana Bread Tips

• Use bananas that are very ripe for the best flavor.
• Check the center with a toothpick or thin knife before removing it from the oven.
• Let the loaf cool before slicing so it holds together nicely.

Mom’s Banana Bread

Karla R Baggett

This banana bread is super easy to make, deliciously moist, and often my mom would bake smaller loaves to give as a thank-you to someone who had done something special for her.

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Course BREADS

Cuisine American

Ingredients

  

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 stick butter softened but not completely melted
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 3-4 banana's
• 1/4 cup chopped nuts

Instructions

 

• First step and most important is to turn on the oven to get it up to temperature so once everything is ready to put in the oven. It will be up to the temperature you need 350 degrees
• Peal the bananas and mash them together, either mix by hand or mixer
• Now it's time to mix all the ingredients together including the mashed bananas with your mixer
• Pour the batter into a large loaf pan or small pans.
• Once in the oven back at 350 degrees for 55 to 60 minutes. Check with a toothpick or thin knife to make sure it's done before removing it from the oven.
• Once you have it out of the over it should come out fairley easily, it usually means it baked evenly, rose well and released from the pan without sticking. Put on a cooling rack to cool

Notes

Keyword banana bread

How to Store Banana Bread

Keep banana bread wrapped or in an airtight container. It can be stored at room temperature for a short time or refrigerated if you want it to last longer.

More Sweet Recipes

If you enjoy homemade breads and old-fashioned sweets, try Apple Bread, Karla’s Chocolate Sheet Cake, or Great Grandma Hodge’s Cherry Cobbler Recipe.