Easy Recipe: Perfect Banana Bread

Banana Bread. Because it really is the best banana bread recipe, period. You can mix everything in one bowl, you can vary. With its super-moist texture, buttery banana and brown sugar flavors, and incredibly soft crumb, this is the best ever banana bread recipe.

This healthy banana bread is everything you want in banana bread. It's moist and dense and full of flavor. I made a batch shared a few slices with my friends and they could not believe it was "healthy". You can cook Banana Bread using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Banana Bread

1. You need 1 1/2 cups of flour.
2. You need 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
3. It's 1/4 tsp of baking soda.
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp of cinnamon.
5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of nutmeg.
6. You need 1 tsp of vanilla.
7. Prepare 1/8 tsp of salt.
8. You need 1 of egg.
9. It's 1 cup of mashed bananas (3 medium, ripe/extra ripe works best).
10. You need 3/4 cup of sugar.
11. It's 1/4 cup of cooking oil.
12. You need of Optional: 3/4 cup chopped walnuts/pecans.
13. You need to taste of Optional: chocolate chips.

This is an easy banana bread recipe that gives perfect results every time. Be sure to use really ripe bananas. Banana bread that will remind you of your mom's recipe or your grandma's recipe…but even better. This moist banana bread has an intense banana flavor and the perfect amount of sweetness.

Banana Bread instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°..
2. Grease the bottom and a 1/2 inch up the sides of an 8 x 4 x 2 inch loaf pan; set aside..
3. In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Make a well in the center of dry mixture; set aside..
4. In another bowl, combine the egg, mashed bananas, sugar, vanilla, and cooking oil. Add mixture all at once to dry mixture. Stir until just moistened, batter should be lumpy. Fold in nuts and/or chocolate chips..
5. Spoon batter into the prepared pan. Bake 50-55 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove loaf from pan; cool on rack. For best results, wrap and store overnight before slicing (but if you can't wait it still tastes amazing)..

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