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oldf fashioned banana bread sitting on a wire cooling rack on a grey and white counter top

Old Fashioned Banana Bread

An easy to put together old fashioned banana loaf recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Serving Size 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup un-salted butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar, I prefer light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups ripe mashed bananas
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 325 and line a 5x9 loaf pan with parchment paper, set aside.
  • Fluff then measure the flour and add to a medium sized bowl along with the baking soda and salt. Whisk and set aside.
  • In a separate bowl add the butter and sugars. Cream together with the electric hand mixer
  • Add the eggs and mix well.
  • Add in the bananas and vanilla extract. Mix well.
  • Sift the dry ingredients over the wet, 1/3 at a time. Mix with the rubber spatula after each addition just until combined.
  • Pour into the pan and bake for 1 hour or until a tooth pick comes out clean from the center.
  • Transfer to a cooling rack as soon as possible and remove the parchment paper once on the rack to completely cool

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Notes

  • stores at room temperature for up to 4 days, in the fridge for 1 week or in the freezer for 3 months
  • can add 1/2 cup- 3/4 cups walnuts or pecans or you can add 1/2 cup to 1 cup chocolate chips