My Favorite Banana Bread

Name: My Favorite Banana Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups (250g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled); 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 cup (8 Tbsp; 113g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature; 3/4 cup (150g) packed light or dark brown sugar; 2 large eggs, at room temperature; 1/3 cup (80g) plain Greek yogurt or full-fat sour cream, at room temperature; 1 and 1/2 cups (345g) mashed bananas (about 3–4 ripe bananas); 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; optional: 3/4 cup (90g) chopped pecans or walnuts, or 1 cup (180g) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:1h 5min

With its super-moist and buttery texture, banana and brown sugar flavors, soft crumb, and 1,000+ reviews, this is a delicious AND undeniably popular banana bread recipe. You need 4 large ripe bananas. This recipe is also in my cookbook, Sally's Baking 101.

Updated at: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:12:43 GMT