Bakery Style Banana Bread with Pecans

Name: Bakery Style Banana Bread with Pecans
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking soda; ½ tsp cinnamon; ½ tsp Kosher or fine sea salt; 2 large eggs; ½ cup brown sugar; ½ cup white granulated sugar; ½ cup (4 ounces or 1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled; 1 tsp vanilla extract; ¼ cup buttermilk; 3 medium very ripe bananas, mashed (1 cup); ½ cup chopped pecans; 1 tbsp turbinado sugar for sprinkling the top (optional)

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:1h

This Bakery Style Banana Bread with Pecans is light, fluffy, and loaded with crunchy pecans. The secret to this moist and fluffy banana bread? Buttermilk! Not only does the buttermilk provide a rich flavor but it helps to give this bread its rise, while the pecans provide a nutty contrast and texture. It rivals any bakery or coffee shop banana bread, so save a few bucks and make this at home!

Updated at: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:07:38 GMT