Last updated on September 21st, 2025
Super moist with a tender crumb, rich caramelization and delicious banana and brown sugar flavours, this is the BEST banana bread recipe!
Easy to make with a bowl and a whisk, this recipe features pantry staples like richly flavoured dark brown sugar, warming cinnamon, vanilla and two farm fresh eggs.
Here’s everything you’ll need to make the best banana bread
- 3-4 very ripe bananas, mashed
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- Ā½ cup (115 g) butter, melted and cooled (sub dairy free)
- Ā¼ cup (60 g) buttermilk (see note to make your own)
- 1 teaspoon (5 g) vanilla
- Ā½ cup (100 g) dark brown sugar
- Ā½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 1 Ā½ cups (195 g) all-purpose flour
- Ā½ teaspoon (3 g) baking soda
- Ā½ teaspoon (1.5 g) cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon (3 g) kosher or fine sea salt
The butter adds moisture and richness while a little tangy buttermilk helps to balance the sweetness and works with the baking soda to provide lift. These simple ingredients combine to create the texture and flavours that are everything you could want in a classic banana bread.
There are five more delicious banana bread recipes on the blog, but THIS banana bread recipe is the OG. The banana bread of my childhood, the one that started it all and that will forever remind me of my mother. Itās so delicious warm or toasted with lots of melty butter, and it tastes even better on the second or third day ā if it doesnāt disappear before then.
Everyone’s favourite thing to bake, thereās a reason why this classic never disappoints. Itās cozy, so comforting and will make your kitchen smell like a bakery. Can you think of anything better?
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Best Banana Bread Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3-4 very ripe bananas mashed
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- Ā½ cup butter melted and cooled (sub vegan)
- Ā¼ cup buttermilk see note to make your own
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Ā½ cup dark brown sugar
- Ā½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 Ā½ cups all-purpose flour
- Ā½ teaspoon baking soda
- Ā½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon kosher or fine sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350Ā°F (177ĀŗC) and prepare parchment-lined 8Ā½ x 4Ā½-inch (1.5 litre) glass loaf pan or grease the pan generously.
- In a large bowl, mash bananas completely then whisk in eggs, butter, buttermilk, vanilla, sugar and brown sugar. Add flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and continue mixing until well combined and the batter is smooth.
- Pour the batter into prepared loaf pan, pressing it into the corners and smoothing out the top with a spatula or the back of a wooden spoon if needed. The batter will almost fill the pan and thatās okay!
- Bake on the middle rack until a tester comes out clean, about 60-65 minutes depending on your oven, so begin checking every 5 minutes around the 60-minute mark. Remove pan from oven and let cool for 20 minutes. Using parchment edges, remove loaf from pan and transfer to a wire cooling rack. Let cool for 20 minutes more before slicing and enjoy!
Best banana bread! Baked beautifully in high altitude without tweaking the recipe, I added some extra baking time.
Roasted bananas and walnuts and added Ube extract to add a purple swirl and blueberries. Really good, thank you!! A keeper.
Thank you so much Mary! K
Thinking to make this. How do you decide if itās 3 or 4 bananas? Iād imagine it would come out differently with different amounts.
Hi Didi! This recipe will work well with 3 medium-sized bananas. Hope you love the recipe! K
I had never made banana bread before this recipe. It is so good! It’s rich and super moist. I made it on Monday and made it again today, Saturday LOL. It’s in the oven now. I added just a few walnuts in this one so we’ll so how that goes. My fiance asked about peanut butter, so I may add some the next time and see how that goes too! Thanks for the recipe ?
Thank you so much Danika! I love everything about this, I think Iāll make it again tomorrow too! K
I was on the hunt for the perfect banana bread recipe specifically for a glass loaf pan. This recipe was perfect! SO. GOOD. I didn’t have milk/buttermilk so substituted with oat milk and lemon, and added walnuts and chocolate chips. Also used 4 bananas. It baked perfectly. Thank you for this delicious recipe! A keeper for sure! ? ? ?
Hi Stephanie! Iām so pleased you enjoyed it, thank you so much and for sharing your review! K
Iāve just made the banana bread, and it tastes divine!! Thank you.
I’m so happy to hear that, thank you Munira! K
I have tried many recipes for banana bread and this by far is the best. I usually make it with cream cheese, but no need to for this recipe, its delicious. Thank you
Thank you so much Betsy! I really appreciate you making it and sharing your kind review! K