Buttermilk Banana Bread

This quick-bread recipe, Buttermilk Banana Bread, leans on butter, to 1 1/2 cups sugar and eggs. It makes 12 Servings (1 large loaf) and takes about 70 minutes.

• Yield 12 Servings (1 large loaf)
• Ready in 70 minutes
• Prep 20 minutes
• Cook 50 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 to 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 to 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (about 3 medium bananas) -
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9X5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, with a handheld electric mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, cream butter and sugar together until light and creamy, 1 to 2 minutes.
3. Add the eggs, bananas, buttermilk and vanilla and mix until well-combined.
4. Add the flour, baking powder, salt and soda. Mix until no dry streaks remain; it's ok if the batter is slightly lumpy. Don't over mix.
5. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan and bake bake for 55 to 60 minutes, until the top lightly springs back to the touch and a thin knife or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs. Add time as needed until the bread is baked fully.
6. Turn the bread out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.

Cool the bake on a rack until the crumb sets, then slice.