Classic Easy Banana Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Combine bananas, sugar, egg, and butter together in a bowl. Mix flour and baking soda together in a separate bowl; stir into banana mixture until batter is just mixed. Stir salt into batter. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, about 1 hour.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Brush 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with additional Country Crock® Spread; set aside.
• Combine mashed bananas, Country Crock® Spread, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla in large bowl with wooden spoon. Stir in remaining ingredients until blended. Spoon into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes on wire rack; remove from pan and cool completely.

Steps:

• Move oven rack to low position so that tops of pans will be in center of oven. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans, 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2 inches, or 1 loaf pan, 9x5x3 inches.
• Mix sugar and butter in large bowl. Stir in eggs until well blended. Add bananas, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened. Stir in nuts. Pour into pans.
• Bake 8-inch loaves about 1 hour, 9-inch loaf about 1 1/4 hours, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans and place top side up on wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups, level with a knife.
• Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.
• Place sugar and butter in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 1 minute) Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add banana,yogurt, and vanilla; beat until blended.
• Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until moist.
• Spoon batter into 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350°F for 1 hour or until a wooded pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack and then remove from pan.
• Cool completely on wire rack.
• Cool completely on wire rack.
• Makes 1 loaf.
• Makes 1 loaf.

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together in large bowl.
• Grease and lightly flour 9x5x3 loaf pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 50 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x5" loaf pan with butter and dust with flour, tapping out any excess.
• Combine banana, sour cream, and vanilla in a medium bowl. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
• Using an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar on medium speed in another large bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 1/2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time and beat on medium speed until fully combined, about 1 minute each. Add banana mixture and beat until just combined, about 30 seconds. Add dry ingredients in 2 batches, beating on low after each addition and scraping down sides of bowl if necessary, until fully incorporated, about 20 seconds per batch. Fold in walnuts. Transfer batter to prepared pan and smooth top with a spatula.
• Bake, rotating halfway through, until batter is set, top is dark golden brown and starting to crack, sides are starting to pull away from pan, and a tester inserted into center of bread comes out clean, 60-65 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack at least 15 minutes. Run a butter knife around perimeter of pan to loosen loaf, then tap pan gently on its side until loaf releases. Transfer to a cutting board or plate and let cool completely before slicing.