Easiest Way to Make Tasty Buttermilk Banana Bread

Buttermilk Banana Bread. This easy Buttermilk Banana Bread Recipe always gets rave reviews! Some say it is the BEST banana bread recipe out there. If you have brown bananas and buttermilk to use up.

The perfect banana bread contains one special ingredient, buttermilk! This is the best banana bread I've ever tasted. Give homemade banana bread a flavor and fiber boost with Fiber One® Honey Clusters® cereal. You can have Buttermilk Banana Bread using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Buttermilk Banana Bread

1. Prepare 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, softened to room temperature.
2. You need 1 cup of sugar (I used half granulated, half brown).
3. Prepare 2 of large eggs, at room temperature.
4. Prepare 1 cup of mashed banana (about 3 medium or 2 large).
5. You need 1/4 cup of buttermilk, at room temperature.
6. You need 1/2 tsp. of vanilla extract.
7. You need 1 3/4 cup of all purpose flour.
8. It's 1 tsp. of baking powder.
9. You need 1/4 tsp. of salt.
10. It's 1/8 tsp. of baking soda.

Moist and tender sweet bread full of ripe bananas and covered in chopped walnuts. This Buttermilk Banana Bread is perfectly moist and full of buttery banana flavor. This recipe makes three loaves, perfect to freeze or gift! I have a love-hate relationship with banana bread.

Buttermilk Banana Bread step by step

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x5" loaf pan and set it aside..
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Set it aside..
3. In a large bowl, using a hand mixer, beat the butter until it is creamy, about 1 minute. Then beat in the sugar until it's nice and fluffy..
4. Add the eggs, mashed banana, buttermilk and vanilla extract. Beat until combined..
5. Next, add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until just combined..
6. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 50-55 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center..
7. Place the pan on a cooling rack. After about 15 minutes, gently run a knife around the edges to loosen the bread. Carefully remove it from the pan..
8. Let it cool out of the pan on the wire rack. Once it's cool, slice and serve. Store any leftovers in an airtight container..
9. For buttermilk banana muffins, fill greased muffin tins about 2/3 of the way full and bake @ 350°F for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffins comes out clean..

This Buttermilk Banana Bread is a healthier take on banana bread using applesauce and buttermilk and is amazingly moist and delicious! There are always over ripe bananas in this house. It completely changed the way I look at that simple staple of any home cook's baking repertoire—namely now it's something I would go out of my way to make as opposed to a way. This easy Buttermilk Banana Bread is one of my oldest and most favorite recipes! We are big banana fans around here.

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