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    The Best Banana Bread Ever

    Written by Kathrin (Leave a Comment)

    This is the best banana bread ever. It will win over kids and adults alike. The most delicious use for overripe bananas you can imagine!

    Banana Bread US recipe

    Fancy banana bread like from the USA? This moist banana bread is the best use for ripe bananas, so bake it right away!

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    • Taste and Occasion
    • Ingredients
    • How to make the Best Banana Bread
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    • Banana Bread
    • Variations
    • Nutrition
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    Taste and Occasion

    Really lovely and moist, soft, fruity, and with a slight taste of caramel: I could literally fall in love with this recipe! As is typical for banana bread, it is more of a cake than a "bread". Still, it's completely different from my regular banana cake, which I highly recommend, too.

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    While German cakes are airy or have similar consistencies to marble cake, original banana bread from the US is much more "soggy" and moist. Easy and quick are both alternatives. And a delicious home for leftover overripe bananas, sadly gumming in the fruit bowl, as well 😉 .

    US recipe original

    Ingredients

    Murphy's Law: if you want to make banana bread and would need black speckled bananas, they stay firm and light yellow. I sometimes solved the problem by putting bananas in the car in the summer. It worked, though the interior then smelled like a banana plantation. It was still worth the effort for this moist banana bread. I love it! And all test eaters (thanks to children's birthdays) also. The best banana bread was the general opinion. But convince yourself and try the recipe!

    Brown sugar, coconut sugar, or whole cane sugar belongs in the dough instead of white sugar. This gives the recipe a wonderful caramel flavor.

    Banana bread from the US

    How to make the Best Banana Bread

    Recipe Recommendation

    Vegan Banana Bread Recipe

    Delightfully moist and incredibly chocolatey: Hard to believe that this vegan chocolate banana bread does without eggs, butter, milk and co.

    Let's start with preheating the oven to 350°F/175°C. Grease a small loaf pan and dust with flour. Cut the very ripe bananas into small pieces and mash them (the pure pulp should be about 300g). Now, beat the soft butter with the sugar until fluffy and stir in the eggs one at a time until well blended. Then, mix flour with baking powder, salt, and vanilla. Add alternately with the sour cream. Finally, briefly stir in the banana puree. In the end, pour the dough into the prepared pan. Bake for about 55-60 minutes, and enjoy!

    Recipe for leftover overripe bananas

    Top Tip

    If you're looking to bake extra healthy, you will go wrong with this recipe. Check out my banana cake recipe without egg and sugar, also known as "baby's first birthday cake" 😉 . Or the vegan chocolate banana bread.

    Moist and Easy recipe with bananas

    Recipe Card

    The best recipe for original US banana bread
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    Banana Bread

    This delicious banana bread turns out incredibly moist and tastes slightly like caramel. The perfect leftover use for overripe bananas!
    Prep Time10 mins
    Baking Time55 mins
    Calories: 177kcal

    Equipment

    • 1 Small Loaf Pan (7-8 in / 18-20 cm)

    Ingredients

    • 3 bananas , small; very ripe! Approx. 400g with peel300 without
    • 120 grams (½ cup) butter, soft
    • 110 grams (½ cup) brown sugar, or coconut or whole cane sugar
    • 2 eggs, medium
    • 250 grams (2 cups) all-purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ¼ teaspoon (⅓ teaspoon) salt
    • ¼ teaspoon (⅓ teaspoon) ground vanilla
    • 100 grams (8 tablespoons) sour cream, or Greek yogurt

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C. Grease a small loaf pan and dust with flour. Cut the very ripe bananas into small pieces and mash them. The pure pulp should be about 300g.
    • Beat the soft butter with the sugar until fluffy. Stir in the eggs one at a time until well blended. Mix flour with baking powder, salt, and vanilla. Add alternately with the sour cream. Finally, briefly stir in the banana puree.
    • Pour the dough into the prepared pan. Bake banana bread for about 55-60 minutes.

    Ingredient substitutions

    Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!

    Variations

    You can quickly modify the recipe if the easy alternative is too boring for you. How about adding walnuts or cashews to the dough? Or a banana bread with chocolate chunks? A little cinnamon or tonka bean in the dough won't hurt, either. My mouth is watering again. Oh well, the muffins and the banana pancakes are, of course, also delicious 🙂

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Banana Bread
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 177 Calories from Fat 72
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 8g12%
    Saturated Fat 5g31%
    Trans Fat 0.2g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 0.5g
    Monounsaturated Fat 2g
    Cholesterol 40mg13%
    Sodium 98mg4%
    Potassium 148mg4%
    Carbohydrates 24g8%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 10g11%
    Protein 3g6%
    Vitamin A 270IU5%
    Vitamin C 2mg2%
    Calcium 31mg3%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    This is the best banana bread ever. It will win over kids and adults alike. The most delicious use for overripe bananas you can imagine!This is the best banana bread ever. It will win over kids and adults alike. The most delicious use for overripe bananas you can imagine!This is the best banana bread ever. It will win over kids and adults alike. The most delicious use for overripe bananas you can imagine!

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