Super-Moist Super-Moist Banana Bread Recipe - Alyona’s Cooking (2024)

Servings: 16 servings

Author: Alyona Demyanchuk

Banana Bread:

How to make Moist Banana Bread:

• Pre-heat oven to 350°F. Line a 9x5 loaf pan with parchment paper. Set aside.

• In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar and oil. Mix in eggs and add the mashed bananas. Stir in the dry ingredients and fold in the chocolate chips reserving 1/4 cup for the top.

• Pour into the prepared loaf pan, sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips and bake for 55-60 minutes or until done. Cool before slicing.

• Servings: nutrition facts are based on 1/2 slice of banana bread. Half a slice would be a thick slice cut in half.
• To Make Banana Muffins: use this recipe to make approx 1 1/2 dozen muffins. Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes in lined muffin tins.
• Butter:can use 1/2 cup of unsalted butter for the oil. To use salted butter omit the salt.
• Cream Cheese Frosting: top with a creamed mixture of 4 oz cream cheese and 1 cup powdered sugar.
• Sugar-use granulated sugar or brown sugar. Make it healthier by using 1/2 cup honey or maple syrup.
• Frozen Bananas:mash 3 frozen bananas with their juices or strain. (frozen bananas release juice once, frozen.)
• Chocolate Chips:omit or add chopped nuts. It will still be good without both.

Mash with a fork:the easiest way to mash bananas and less equipment to wash. Let your children mash them while you prep the dry ingredients, you’d be surprised how bad they want to do it!

Mash Bananas with an electric mixer:mashing bananas in a stand mixer or with an electric mixer is a hands-off way to mash bananas.

Learn how to Freeze Bananas with this tutorial.

Here is a recap of the ingredients needed to make this simple yet best banana bread recipe:

• Ripe Bananas-spotty or freckly bananas are best. When bananas start to blacken this is a sign that they over-ripening and these kinds of bananas are sweeter and easier to mash.
• oil-no butter is required! Easier to manage and tons of moist flavor! No melting, or softening just pour oil into a measuring cup and mix with the banana bread mixture!
• granulated sugar-more likely to be in the pantry of most homes and is efficient! Use brown sugar if you wish.
• eggs-help with structure and tender texture. stir in 2 eggs into the banana bread recipe.
• flour-use all-purpose or pastry flour. Any flour with a low protein content is best for baked pastries and desserts like banana bread.
• baking soda-the leavening that gives lift.
• salt-adds flavor to everything!
• add-ins (optional)-mix in nuts, chocolate chips, or dried fruit like raisins. For Banana nut bread mix in 3/4 cup of chopped walnuts or pecans. You can also add 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips to make chocolate chip banana bread!

No vanilla extract is required! This bread has tons of flavor and is sweet enough from the sweet bananas and sugar! Which, is why there is no need for additional flavor enhancers like vanilla.

Freezing Baked Banana Bread is easy!

1. Cool-cool first otherwise you will have frost develop on your banana bread.
2. Slice or leave whole-slice into thick pound cake slices for quick defrost sessions or a quick grab and go snack. Or leave whole.
3. Wrap-in plastic wrap to prevent frost.
4. Place into Freezer Bags-stash individually wrapped banana bread slices into a freezer bag or one that was left whole and wrapped. Place whole banana bread into a grocery store bag instead of a freezer bag.

• chopped nuts
• walnuts
• pecans
• raisins
• craisins
• chocolate chips
• cinnamon
• peanut butter
• spices
• cocoa
• dried fruit
• pumpkin
• maple syrup
• Zucchini
• coconut
• pineapple

For recipes that include all these mix-ins check out the 12 ways to upgrade your banana bread recipes.

Banana Bread is done when it reaches a dark golden brown hue and when a toothpick inserted comes out clean. This usually takes place anywhere from 50 minutes to an hour.

Always bake bread on the lower rack of the oven for even browning.

To make healthy banana bread simply use applesauce in place of the butter or oil called for in most recipes and use better-for-you sweeteners, like honey or maple syrup. Use whole wheat flour instead of all-purpose flour and add milk if needed. Check out our favorite applesauce brand called Our Family Garden Applesauce, made from a family-owned business.