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, make this banana bread. You won’t be disappointed.
I am always trying to find new uses for brown bananas and buttermilk. I always seem to have an abundance of these two ingredients. Josh doesn’t like bananas, but I still buy them in large bunches. I have good intentions to eat them, but they always turn on me too quickly. I also buy the large container of buttermilk because it is a better deal. I usually use the little bit I bought it for and wait until it is about to expire, then everything we eat involves buttermilk.
Last week, I was thinking of ways to use up bananas and buttermilk and decided to bake Buttermilk Banana Bread. I was able to use up my brown bananas and some buttermilk, WIN!
Bananas & Buttermilk – Yum!
Buttermilk and bananas are meant to be friends. They team up in this recipe to create a very moist loaf of bread. This banana bread is light in flavor and color. Itreminds me of a very moist banana pound cake because of the rich, buttery crumb. It is SO good warm with a little butter. Some say it is the BEST banana bread recipe they have ever made. It is definitely a favorite at our house!
You can make muffins or mini loaves with this banana bread recipe, just reduce the baking time. The bread also freezes well. I always like having a loaf in the freezer for a rainy day…or any day!
If you are pondering what to do with the overripe bananas on your counter and the buttermilk in your refrigerator, make this easy quick bread. Your house will fill with a wonderful aroma and you will have a tasty snack or delicious breakfast. Banana bread is ALWAYS a good idea.
More Banana Bread Recipes
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How to Make Buttermilk Banana Bread
Snack
Buttermilk Banana Bread Recipe
- Prep Time
- 10 minutes
- Cook Time
- 50 minutes
- Total Time
- 1 hour
- Cuisine
- American
- Servings
- 12
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup mashed brown bananas (3 medium sized bananas)
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
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In the bowl of a stand mixer or by using a hand mixer, cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs, mashed bananas, buttermilk, and vanilla until combined.
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Add in the flour, baking powder, salt and soda. Mix until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
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Let bread cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Loosen the bread with a knife and carefully remove from pan. Let the bread cool completely on the cooling rack. Slice and enjoy!
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I tried making this and. . it was a life-changing moment. (I know it sounds exaggerated but.) I thought I had banana bread making down pat but buttermilk was a game changer. thank you for sharing this recipe!
Seriously OMG good banana bread. Best recipe ever and I have tried so many. I did put chocolate chips and a dollop of peanut butter in one loaf for my grandaughter. She and her dad consumed most of it in one sitting. Other loaf had sliced almonds added to it for my hubby, who loved his version. Even without any additions, the results are an outstanding, tasty, and nicely textured loaf that I will make forever after! Thank you.
Glad you loved it!
This is now my go-to, look no further, this is the BEST banana bread!
Amazing recipe! The buttermilk is such a game changer! I prefer the lighter color and the banana bread comes out so moist and delicious! Question though….how long would we have to bake it if we wanted to make these into muffins? Thank you!
You’ll want to halve the time for muffins. Try 20-25 minutes then check to see if you need more time or not.
Over the past three months I have made this so many times. AND, people always want the recipe when I share a picture on Instagram. My tips…add an extra banana and a pinch less sugar.
Love this easy recipe and will continue to use it from now on thx
Excited to try this tonight! Thank you.
Extreamly amazing banana bread. My grandmother has a recipe that is exactly like this one. When she passed away at 73yo I collected her cooking recipes and this one is 98% just like hers. She sometimes added coconut flakes and walnuts. Take away those two things and it’s the same. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
Been making this recipe for a month now. My family loved it!
First time I saw this recipe, I just scribbled the ingredients on a piece of paper and that’s what I’d been using the whole time. Today I searched the recipe again on Google (because a few friends were bugging me to give them the recipe) and I just realized that I missed the 2 eggs on my list. So the whole time I was making it, I wasn’t putting the eggs but the bread still turned out moist. Lol! I guess it was really the buttermilk that contributed to the moisture.