Best Banana Bread Ever

Best Banana Bread Ever

This banana bread bakes up incredibly moist, tender, and full of sweet banana flavor. With simple pantry ingredients and a straightforward mixing method, it produces a beautiful loaf with a soft crumb, golden exterior, and delicate aroma. Small banana chunks are welcome—they melt into the bread for extra pockets of sweetness. Perfect warm, toasted, or simply sliced as is.

Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 to 4 ripe bananas, mashed — should be about 1¼ cups (anywhere from 1 to 1½ cups will work)
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar (can use a combination of brown sugar and granulated sugar)
• 2 large eggs
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 1/3 cup sour cream (plain Greek yogurt can be used instead)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  

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