The Most Delicious Banana Bread
Published Oct 28, 2018
Updated Sep 30, 2025
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Here is an Easy Moist Banana Bread recipe and in fact, the only banana bread recipe you will ever need! It is super moist, with so much flavor from the bananas and the special blend of ingredients.
It is the most delicious banana bread! Watch a video below of my kids and me whipping up this moist banana bread. It is the most delicious!
These days, I’m not even bothered when my bananas get all ripe and mushy. That gives me the perfect excuse to make something with bananas: banana fritters, banana puff puff, banana pancakes, or the most delicious banana bread.
This sweet bread, or should I say cake, is the very definition of perfect, just like my perfect plain cake. I have a thing for quick breads, especially when they are easy to make with simple ingredients.
The taste hits all the right places in the mouth. A slice of this will send you straight to banana heaven, where you will be singing banallelujah. Ehen!
So last night when I found some overripe bananas lying in my fruit basket, I rejoiced because… banana bread to the rescue!
The bananas were without form and void, and dark spots started to form on their skin. And I said, “Let there be banana bread.”
Ingredients for Easy Moist Banana Bread
For this easy banana bread recipe, you need:
- 1 and a half cups all purpose flour
- 3 overripe bananas
- Half a teaspoon of baking soda
- Half a teaspoon baking powder
- A third cup of sugar
- Half a teaspoon of salt
- Eight tablespoons butter (or margarine)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- Half a cup of whole liquid milk (substitute with evaporated milk)
How to Make Easy Moist Banana Bread
Follow these steps to make the most amazing classic banana bread.
1. Peel some ripe bananas and place them in a medium mixing bowl.
2. Mash up the bananas. It’s okay if your bananas still have a few chunks in them.
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3. Mix the mashed bananas with room temperature milk and set aside.
4. In another bowl (a large bowl), place room temperature butter and sugar.
5. Mix together butter and sugar until well combined.
6. Add room temperature eggs to the butter and sugar and mix until just combined, then add in the banana-milk mixture, the vanilla extract, and mix until just combined.
7. Add the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon powder.
8. Mix everything until just combined to form a batter.
9. Place batter in a greased loaf pan.
10. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the bread comes out clean.
While it bakes, revel in the banana flavor that will fill your house. I live for such smells!
I wish they could make a designer perfume that smells like freshly baked banana bread. I will buy it if it is under $5. Ha!
This homemade quick bread is great on its own, but sometimes I slather some butter on top or homemade pineapple jam. So good!
I made a banana bread video with my kids! We totally had fun making this video. If you have not subscribed to my YouTube channel, be sure to subscribe now so you do not miss any of my cooking videos.
Watch how to Make Easy Moist Banana Bread
Variations
Try these variations with this simple banana bread recipe:
- Bake the batter in muffin tins for banana muffins.
- Sub part of the milk for a little sour cream or Greek yogurt to make it even moister.
- Swap part of the white sugar for brown sugar for a more intricate flavor.
- Add regular or mini chocolate chips to the batter to make chocolate chip banana bread.
- Instead of mixing the batter by hand, you can mix it with an electric hand mixer.
Also, try this Banana Bread In Bundt Pan.
More Banana Recipes
Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do and it becomes your go-to banana bread recipe!
Easy Moist Banana Bread Recipe
Here is an Easy Moist Banana Bread Recipe that you will want to make over and over again! The banana flavor in the bread is amazing. And with the right portion of ingredients as stated in this recipe, you get a bread that is sufficiently moist. This Banana Bread tastes even better the next day!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (180g)
- 3 overripe bananas see Note 1
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar (66g)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons butter or magarine (1 stick, half cup or 114g) softened at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- Half cup whole liquid milk
Instructions
- Grease a 5 by 9-inch loaf pan with about a teaspoon of oil (vegetable, corn, peanut or canola oil will work well here) and set aside. You could line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper just to ensure the banana bread comes out easily.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius).
- Peel your bananas and place in a bowl. Mash using a fork or potato masher. Add the milk and mix together.
- Place butter/margarine in another bowl and add the sugar. Mix together using a wooden spoon until well combined.
- Add the eggs to the butter and sugar and whisk together until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Add the banana-milk mixture to the egg mixture. Add the vanilla extract and mix together until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Add all the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon to the wet ingredients.
- Mix all of the ingredients together until just combined to form a batter. Again, do not over mix.
- Pout the batter into the greased loaf pan then level the top.
- But in preheated oven and bake for 50 - 55 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the banana bread comes out clean.
- Let it cool then remove the bread from the pan, cut and serve!
Notes
1. The bananas you use in this recipe should be absolutely overripe for best results. I love using bananas that are ripe till their skin starts turning black. This yields the best flavor and makes the banana bread super moist!
2. I have blended bananas together with the milk before for my banana bread and it turned out great. However, mashing the bananas allows for some banana chunks and when it bakes, it yields a great texture! My kids love finding little chunks of banana here and there in their banana bread!
3. The butter you use in this recipe could be salted or unsalted.
4. To keep banana bread, I usually just wrap it in foil paper and place it on my countertop. I usually keep it there for just a day because it never survives more than 2 days. To keep it longer, I suggest placing the banana bread in Ziploc bags since they are airtight then you place in the fridge. Not that exposure to air will make your banana bread dry out. Before serving banana bread out of the fridge, bring it to room temperature so it can be moist again and not hardened by the cold from the fridge.
This recipe was first published in May 2016. It has been updated with better photos, more tips, and a video. The recipe remains the same!
Nutrition
Calories: 254kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 462mg | Potassium: 239mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 584IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 0.5mg
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Girl, your recipe has replaced my old go to (BA’s best banana bread recipe). Thanks to the yummy loaf I baked this afternoon, I can’t stop eating and have spoiled my dinner 🙂
Only changes were halving the sugar and using brown sugar, and adding a handful of raisins.
Thank you for sharing!
You are welcome, Celine! Your comment made me smile. Thank you!
I love dis recipe am going to give it a try.
Wow
I tried it the bread was so yummy and palatable 😋😋
Thanks you are amazing 😘
Thank you, Happi! I’m always so glad when someone makes a recipe and succeeds.
halo precious,
i love your recipe so much .
be blessed
Thank you, Sara!
wow thanks so much anti precious for the banana bread recipe its so delicious your recipes are super, I see the Holy spirit in your works. thanks again.
You are most welcome, dear. God bless.
Will definitely try this out. Thanks so much for sharing. God bless you.
You are welcome, Emmanuella!
This is amazing and easy to follow. Thank you.
You are welcome, Moyosore!
Please when do you put in the banana and milk
Just before you add in the flour. Good catch!
Ur recipes are de boom precious,I tried ur grilled fish recipe and it came out perfect,u Jos too much.thumbs up to u darling
Glad to hear about the fish, Annette! Thanks dear!
Your recipes are wonderful Precious.I love what you are doing.
Thanks dear Nsen.
This recipe is easy with good results . I highly recommend it . Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for your kind words dear Linda.