This homemade banana bread truly is the best banana nut bread recipe out there. It uses melted butter to make it truly unique (and moist!)
THE BEST HOMEMADE BANANA BREAD RECIPE
This really is the best banana nut bread recipe I have ever made. And I usually make it when I have some over-ripe bananas that are just begging to be used. If I catch them before they become too ripe then I will usually make SOUTHERN BANANA PUDDING. Those overripe bananas help make this bread so moist!
WHAT COLOR SHOULD THE BANANAS BE?
They should have black spots or streaks on the peel. The more dark spots on the banana, the more ripe (and therefore, sweeter) the banana. You don't want green or all yellow bananas.
TIPS FOR MAKING THIS SWEET BREAD
This really is a fairly simple bread to throw together. You can make it with or without the streusel topping. I do like to add some banana extract to the batter because I like a really strong banana flavor but if you don't have it on hand, just substitute with vanilla extract. 
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
For the bread:
very ripe bananas
large egg
unsalted butter
sugar
vanilla extract
all-purpose flour
baking powder
salt
cinnamon
walnuts
flour
softened butter
sugar
HOW TO MAKE THE BEST BANANA BREAD:
Enjoy!
Originally published: January 2011
Updated and republished: April 2019
THE BEST BANANA BREAD
Ingredients
For the bread:
- 3 very ripe bananas mashed
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup melted unsalted butter
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon banana extract optional
- 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 ¾ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
For the (optional) Streusel Topping:
- ¼ cup flour
- 2 tablespoons softened unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325F degrees.
- Spray loaf baking dish with nonstick spray.
- In a medium bowl, combine mashed bananas, eggs, butter and sugar and extract.
- Mix thoroughly, then add dry ingredients; flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
- Mix until combined then stir in chopped walnuts.
- Pour batter into baking dish.
- Make streusel topping.
- Combine flour, butter and sugar until crumbly.
- Sprinkle on top of batter.
- Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes.
- Allow to cool before slicing.
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This looks yummy!
Try this for increased flavor; sub coconut oil for 1/3 of butter, increase to 1/2 cup, use pumpkin pie spice instead of cinnamon, increase walnuts to 3/4 cup (toast lightly before adding......Yummy
Beautiful!
Looks great! Jon is a banana nut! Have to give it a whirl for him 🙂
I love banana nut bread! Never would have thought of putting struesel on top. Ingenius!
Delicious! I love this recipe!
I adore Streusel topping on anything! Add banana bread and this is perfect.
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Yum! Banana bread is a favorite in our house, but I've never made it with a topping. Might have to do that next time! 🙂
I love Farmers Market, it is so much fun! Your Banana Bread looks so good...We are going to really enjoy it here at Full Plate Thursday. Thank you so much for bringing it today and please come back!
Stopping by from Full Plate Thursday, I have made a lot of banana bread, but never with a topping. Looks great and I can't to make this version. Thanks.
I love bananas in any form and bread is one of my most favourite ones 🙂 Yours looks so exquisite! It's a great idea to sprinkle the bread with streusel (haven't thought of that before) - I'll have to try it next time when making bread 🙂
Yum, I love banana bread and I love streusel. I can't imagine why I never thought of making one with the other. Thanks for linking this up to Sweets for a Saturday.
I love everything about this! I am going to make this today and post it on my blog and link it back to you! I bet this streusel would be awesome on zucchini bread. I have some to use!
I'm going to get up early in the morning and pop this in the oven. My family will be blessed with the wonderful smells when it is baking. What a nice way to wake up!!
Thanks for sharing!! Donna
I made this last night - it was amazing! thanks for sharing the recipe!! I want to post it on my facebook (with your link) to share
This looks wonderful!! Im wondering, when a recipe calls for All-purpose flour, is there any way to use Self-Rising rather than A.P.? Thanks for the suggestions-
Love all of your recipes, Brandi!! You make executing them so much easier than any other blog Ive read-
Thank you for that! Youre the best!! 🙂
I always make 2 batches, never thought about cinnamon before! hubby will like it even better! 🙂
I just made this without the nuts. The streusel topping was to die for! This is definitely going to be my new go-to when I have old bananas.
I made this tonight without the topping. DELISH!!
SOOO GOOD. I opted to leave out the nuts and add chocolate chips. Nice and light and fluffy. Would definitely make again!
Banana cake is always yummy. When bananas are starting to go black and you don't have time or have the energy to make a cake, they can be peeled and frozen. When you are ready to make a cake, just take them out of the freezer and within 10 minutes they are ready to use for baking.
You can freeze your bananas just in their skins as well. 🙂
I did that and now I can't get the skins off very easily. Ill have to soak them in warm water i guess.
Thanks for the tip; ours tend to go bad before we get to them. 🙁
Just made these but i used a muffin pan and only left them in for about 35-40 mins. They came out perfect and perfect for on the go! 🙂
I've made this recipe 4 times and I can't even keep it in the house. It's so good!
Hello all and thanks for the tasty recipe. I have started my Sunday with your recipe and it came out so good. My Sunday coffee was excellent. It leaves a nice smell in the all house. Enjoy your day.
Sooo good! For my son I had to make a glutenfree banana bread. It was my first banana bread and it turned out delicous. To compensate the glutenfree flour, I took 4 Bananas and about 2,5 cups of flour. My son loves it which is thebest compliment. Thanks for the recipe.