The BEST Moist Banana Bread Recipe (Melt in Your Mouth Bakery Style Banana Bread!)
Bakery Style Banana Bread
Ok…now I posted one of my favorite recipes for banana bread a few weeks ago called Moist Old Fashioned Banana Bread
Well, one of my readers sent me this email and banana bread recipe that has completely converted me over to this recipe! Now don’t get me wrong, I still love me some old school banana bread but this moist banana bread recipe taste just like the kind you get from a bakery; super soft, moist, light & dense all at the same time! The banana flavor is incredible and the freezer tip really does make this banana bread out of this world moist!
Hello Monique,
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I made your old fashioned banana bread & it is truly is old fashioned! I mean that in a good way. It tastes exactly the way I remember my mother making it. I will for sure be adding this recipe to my family cookbook for when I am craving some good old fashion banana bread.
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However, I do believe I hold the recipe to the best banana bread of all time (smile) It comes from my neighbor who made me a batch of this bread when I was under the weather. I’ve tasted and made plenty of banana bread in my day, and this recipe is by far the BEST banana bread ever. I promise! Everyone who I have made this bread for says it’s the best, even a local bakery with a trained baker begged me for this recipe!
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I would love for you to give it a try when you have time and if you like it, feel free to share it with your readers. I am 61 and love your blog and have been reading since I found it on google! I guess I still have some diva in me. Thanks so much for sharing your recipes. They are so delicious and I love seeing more young women getting into scratch-made cooking!
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Frances A. Maybin
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Yall this bread is soooo freakin good!! I couldn’t wait to make it. Have I ever told you guys that I LOVE getting emails and recipes from you all??? Well, I do! They always make me smile. There was no way I could keep this gem of a recipe from yall. You be the judge…is it the BEST banana bread you’ve ever had???? Imma have to say YES!!! You have a winner here Ms. Frances and I am so glad you shared your recipe with me!!! *hugs & kisses*
The BEST Moist Banana Bread Recipe (Melt in Your Mouth Bakery Style Banana Bread!)
Recipe Type: bread
Author:
Serves: 2 loaves
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups very ripe bananas, mashed
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
- 2 1/8 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 275 F (yes that’s correct : )
- Mash up bananas really good with a fork and mix in lemon juice. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda & salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream butter & sugar until fluffy.
- Add in eggs, one at a time & then add in vanilla.
- Beat in the flour mixture alternating it with the buttermilk.
- Fold in bananas.
- Pour batter into two greased & flour loaf pans & bake in the oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and place directly into the freezer to cool for about 20-30 minutes. This will make the bread incredibly moist.
- Store in an airtight container. (I keep it in the refrigerator)
- Enjoy with a dollop of cool whip!! Yummy!
Update: All I say about the banana bread receipe is that it will be the only banana bread receipe that I will make from this day forth. BTW-It was complete with freezing and all about 2:30p and it is 8:22p Eastern Time, and it is gone…I used a 10×5 pan something like that, did not measure, it still came out beautiful..Thanks DIVAS and especially Monique
Barbara
Hi,
Wow, I have used so many receipes from your site, thank you for being so wise beyond your years..I do not know you…however, I guess it is from the Good Lord above..Today, I came home from church and needed a dessert for my family, I seen this receipe and I am baking it as I type…I will update when complete..May God Bless and keep you and your family..
Barbara
What is the freezing tip, mentioned in the paragraph before the actual recipe?
I've just made this recipe and it came out perfect. I made three medium size loaves and cooked the bread for 1 hour 10 minutes (I have a small air oven and cooked all three loaves at once.) The bread isn't to my liking as the banana flavor is very strong and I'm not too keen on bananas but I baked the bread to give away and now I have great gifts! Thanks!
ALMOST A COMPLETE DISASTER
i had the same problem that the gentleman above had (about 4 posts ago). everything looked great when i put the two pans in the oven, but 45 minutes later, i opened the oven to find that the batter was almost as wet as when i put it in! also, some of the batter had begun to overflow onto the floor of my oven–which caused smoke and a burnt smell throughout the kitchen! YIKES!
i only made 2 small changes to the recipe:
1) i used butter-flavored crisco instead of butter
2) i didn't have any buttermilk, so i used plain milk with 1.5 teaspoons of vinegar added to it (i found this tip online over and over again as a substitute for buttermilk–which is supoosed to work especially well in baking)
besides those changes, i followed the recipe to a T. so i don't know what happened (other than i should have used a bigger pan to avoid the overflowing of batter)
i was almost ready to give up by the time i cleaned out my oven and looked over at the goopy, sloppy batter in my 2 loaf pans. Nonetheless, I greased and floured a 13×9 cake pan and poured all the batter from the two loaf pans into it. i preheated the oven to 350 this time (instead of 275), then baked it for 25 minutes. i took it out of the oven and immediately placed it in the freezer for 30 minutes to cool, as instructed.
it was GOOD! very moist and yummy!!! i'm so glad i was able to save the day after ruining it so terribly! thank you, ms. cooking diva, for sharing this recipe!
Wow! This Banana Bread is Very good and moist. I used bananas that I had frozen with the peel still on for the first time & this bread turned out Great! I also topped my bread with my Cinnamon Pecan Topping & my family thought it was a winner! This was my 1st time on your site & I have already signed on.
Thanks, Diva