Everybody loves good banana bread. While I am partial to my other Banana Bread Recipe, this Buttermilk Banana Bread comes a close second. Don't be fooled by the buttermilk in this recipe though. Buttermilk is what makes this Banana Bread absolutely delicious!
As I've mentioned before in some of the other Banana Bread recipes on this site, the riper the bananas the better. To be honest, I never realized how many different ways there were to make Banana Bread. The good thing is it's pretty hard to find a "bad" banana bread recipe.
🥛 Buttermilk Substitution
If you don't have Buttermilk on hand, you can use this trick as a substitute: Add one tablespoon of lemon juice to a measuring cup. Add milk and fill to the 1 cup measurement line. Stir the mixture together and let sit for 5 minutes.
🍌 How to pick the right Bananas
The best bananas for banana bread are when they are overripe, not yellow but black. Or they're at least streaked with black/brown. The darker the better. If you can't find overripe bananas, you can speed up the process by putting the bananas in a paper bag along with an apple and loosely fold down the top. The bananas should ripen in just a day or two using this method.
🥜 Nut Allergies
This recipe may contain peanuts or other nuts and seeds as one of its ingredients. Please take the appropriate precautions.
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📋 What Ingredients do I need
You will need the following ingredients to make this Buttermilk Banana bread recipe (see recipe card for quantities): Unsalted Butter, White Sugar, Eggs, Vanilla Extract, Bananas, Buttermilk, All Purpose Flour, Baking Soda, Salt and Nuts.
🥣 How to Make Buttermilk Banana Bread
Preheat Oven to 350°F.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar using an electric mixer.
Add eggs and mix well. Add buttermilk, vanilla extract, and mashed bananas to the creamed butter mixture.
Put all the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix well. Optionally you can fold in chopped nuts at this point.
Pour mixture into greased loaf pan and bake for 70 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Buttermilk Banana Bread
Equipment
- Loaf Pan
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Unsalted Butter, Softened
- 1 Cup White Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 3 Bananas, Mashed
- ½ Cup Buttermilk
- 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ Cup Nuts, Chopped
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 350°F.
- In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar using an electric mixer.
- Add eggs and mix well. Add buttermilk, vanilla extract and mashed bananas to the creamed butter mixture.
- Add all the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix well. Optionally you can fold in chopped nuts at this point.
- Pour mixture into greased loaf pan and bake for 70 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information provided for this recipe is based on 1 serving. This information is an estimate and may vary based on several factors. If nutritional information is important to you and your diet, please verify this recipe with a Registered Dietitian.
Terry
What size of loaf pan?
Chef Rodney
A standard 8x4 loaf pan is what I use.