The Best Banana Bread Recipe
I’m not a food blogger. However, I do love to cook and bake. While I don’t make the time to create recipes, I love experimenting and trying new things. Although, when there’s one recipe I love, I don’t mess with it and make it often. I’ve tried many banana bread recipes over the years. But I always find myself coming back to my grandma’s recipe. This is the kind of recipe that feels like home. It’s such a good one and it’s too good not to share. I hope you try it out!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1-1/2 cups Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 cup Sour Cream
- 1 cup Mashed Bananas (about 3)
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1/2 cup Walnuts, Chocolate Chips, or whatever mix-in you like! (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350
- Cream together the butter, sugar, and eggs
- Then sift together flour, baking soda, and salt (not going to lie, I normally forget to sift the dry ingredients – oops!)
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients while mixing
- After that add the bananas, sour cream, vanilla and any optional mix-ins and stir until combined
- Lastly, pour the banana bread batter into a greased loaf pan and Bake for 1 hour
- Let cool and serve!
Useful Tools:
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During your prep work, you might find yourself in need of some useful tools. So, here are some suggestions to help you make your banana bread!