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Ultimate Banana Bread

By smittenkitchen.com

Ultimate Banana Bread

Cook:1h 15min

Updated at: Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:57:16 GMT

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Ingredients

8 servings

½ cupunsalted butter

cut into chunks, plus more for pan

1 cuplight brown sugar

2 cupsbanana

slightly heaped, of mashed, from 4 extra - large or 5 medium - large bananas

5mlvanilla extract

1 teaspoonfine sea salt

1 heaped teaspoonground cinnamon

3 gratingsfresh nutmeg

1 teaspoonbaking soda

1 teaspoonbaking powder

2 cupsall-purpose flour

2 tablespoonsraw sugar

or turbinado, on top

Instructions

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Notes

28 liked

1 disliked

Delicious

Easy

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Kid-friendly

Moist

Tom· last year

Great texture - cooked all the way through but the edges didn’t dry out like some breads. Used a little less than 1tsp cinnamon and would use even less, more like 1/2 tsp next time. Would omit the sugar from the top so it doesn’t crisp, and would also cover with tinfoil ~halfway through baking (personal preference, I prefer banana bread soft). Used 5 pretty good sized bananas but didn’t measure, wouldn’t use less than 5 unless they were enormous. Added chopped nuts and would again. Could also add mini chocolate chips. Cooked for at least 65, maybe 70 minutes.

Melanie· 3 years ago

Added chocolate chips and it was delicious. I will put less sugar next time.

A· 3 years ago

Added chocolate chips!

Melissa Rosen· 3 years ago

Added walnuts. Husband said it didn't taste like banana (but there were 6 bananas in it)!!! I'm thinking the spices need adjusting - it was very cinnamon/nutmeg heavy.