Hi Bold Bakers!
When it comes to comfort baking there is just nothing that can be compared to classic, easy Banana Bread recipe. Something about that toasty, sweet smell that fills the house always gets me. Banana Bread tends to be one of those recipes that you need a master recipe for, one that never fails you. If you’re like me you probably have your mum’s or granny’s Banana Bread recipe written on a scrap piece of paper that you occasionally misplace and then freak out when you can’t find it!
Well, freak out no more because I have your go-to, never-fail Best Ever Banana Bread recipe right here.
My Banana Bread Recipe Secrets
I have tried and tested so many Banana Bread recipes throughout my career. After time spent working in pastry and baking in restaurants to working in catering and now for myself, I have taken the best parts of all of the Banana Bread recipes I’ve ever created and combined them into one Best Banana Bread Recipe. Keep reading to find out the secrets to how you can get the best results.
How Do You Make Banana Bread
When I think of Homemade Banana Bread I think of the sweet hearty banana flavor, a brown toasty crust, and a tender cake-like interior. To achieve that result, this recipe perfectly combines wholesome simple ingredients like sweet cinnamon, milk, ripe bananas, and a not so common ingredient: hearty oats.
The rolled oats soak up all the moisture and make for soft and moist banana bread. This recipe contains eggs, but if you don’t eat eggs you can use my egg substitute chart for baking. Once you combine your wet and dry ingredients, make sure you only fold them together so you don’t over mix the batter and make it tough.
Making a Really Moist Banana Bread
In addition to adding oats to this recipe, flavorless oil like vegetable oil helps ensure you’ll get a really moist result. And here’s another secret trick: once you bake your banana bread, and you see a lovely golden brown color on top, take your bread out of the oven and cover it with aluminum foil while it’s still warm. Covering the bread with foil will steam the cake to make it extra soft and delicious, giving you a sticky top like you’d find in a gingerbread.
If you’re craving some serious home-baked comfort food, I have you and your family covered with this recipe. Make sure to cut thick slices and enjoy it simply with butter. Once you give this Best Ever Banana Bread recipe a try, this will be your new go-to recipe.
A lot you may be wondering how to make a banana bread gluten free and a little lower in sugar. Since swapping gluten-free flour for all-purpose can be a bit of a gamble, Bigger Bolder Baking‘s alternative baker Liv created an awesome recipe using alternative ingredients. This is the Best Gluten Free Banana Bread, made with a monkfruit sugar substitute, almond flour, and coconut flour, and this low sugar and low carb banana bread is great for everyone.
This recipe does use eggs, but even the eggs in the bread can be replaced with flax egg making the bread entirely vegan.
You can add chocolate chips to either of the above banana bread recipes, but for those of you that are chocoholics like me, I’ve created a recipe for a true chocolate banana bread! This Healthy Chocolate Banana Bread is not your average, as it has benefits! This bread combines a hefty 1/2 cup of cocoa powder, ground flax, coconut sugar, and coconut oil to make a nourishing and rich bread.
The banana lightly sweetness the bread and the addition of chocolate chips make this the most satisfying breakfast, snack and of course dessert!
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