Buttermilk Banana Bread

Buttermilk Banana Bread

from cookiesandcups.com
70 min
8 servings

I hope this will become your go-to banana bread recipe! It's the favorite in my house!

Ingredients

  • 3 medium bananas, divided
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
  • optional – 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 9×5 loaf pan with nonstick spray. Line the bottom and up the short sides with a strip of parchment paper. Spray again with nonstick spray. Set aside.

  2. 2

    In a medium bowl mash 2 of the bananas with a fork, leaving them slightly lumpy. Slice the remaining banana thinly, and set aside.

  3. 3

    In a large bowl stir together the butter and sugar. Mix in the eggs and vanilla and stir until smooth.

  4. 4

    Add the buttermilk, mashed bananas, baking soda, and salt, and stir until blended.

  5. 5

    Stir in the flour until just incorporated. Fold in the reserved sliced bananas, and walnuts.

  6. 6

    Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

  7. 7

    Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, and then using the parchment paper as handles, carefully lift the banana bread out of the pan to cool on a wire rack.