Homestyle Banana Bread

Homestyle Banana Bread

from goodhousekeeping.com
Breakfast
80 min
16 servings

Looking for an easy banana bread recipe? This Homestyle Banana Bread Recipe from GoodHousekeeping.com is the best.

Ingredients

  • 2 c.all-purpose flour
  • ¾ tsp.baking soda
  • ½ tsp.kosher salt
  • 2 c.mashed very ripe bananas (4 medium)
  • 1 tsp.vanilla extract
  • ½ c.butter (1 stick), softened
  • ½ c.granulated sugar
  • ½ c.brown sugar
  • 2 largeeggs

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease 8 1⁄2"-x-4 1⁄2" metal loaf pan. In a medium bowl, with wire whisk, stir together flour, baking soda, and salt. In a small bowl, stir together bananas and vanilla until blended.

  2. 2

    In a large bowl, with mixer on medium speed, beat butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Reduce speed to low; alternately add flour mixture and banana mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture and occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Beat batter just until blended.

  3. 3

    Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool loaf in pan on wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely on rack before slicing.