The BEST Banana Bread!

Here is my ultimate favorite banana bread recipe. Super moist, super sweet...and really easy!

You Will Need

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

3/4 cup granulated sugar (I use Splenda)

1 Tbsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

2 large ripe bananas

3/4 cup melted butter

3 large eggs

3/4 cup milk

1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar (I use Splenda brown sugar)

Okay...

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.

In your mixer, combine flours, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

In another bowl, mash bananas with a fork. (Make sure the bananas are nice and ripe. They are the sweetest that way and you get better flavor out of them. If your bananas aren't ripe enough, you can speed the process along by keeping them in a brown paper bag with the top closed for a few days.)

Add butter, eggs, milk and brown sugar to bananas and mix well.

Add banana mixture to flour mixture and stir until moistened. Don't over beat!

Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake for about one hour. I check after about 45 minutes to see how it's doing. Depending on your oven, you may need to adjust time, or temperature slightly. If the top or corners of your bread is browning too quickly, cover it lightly with aluminum foil.

Ashlee side note: If you like pecans or chocolate chips in your banana bread stir 1/2 cup of either into the dry ingredients at the beginning. I've also used this recipe to make banana bread cupcakes. Super good! Especially with chocolate chips in them! :0) Bake these for 25-30 minutes instead using a regular muffin pan. And...even better....stock up on it! You'll want to after you try it! Wrap the bread in plastic wrap, and then aluminum foil and you can freeze it for up to 3 months! It thaws in the refrigerator overnight...easy!

One final thought...you can actually use this bread for a twist on the old banana split recipe. Put a slice of bread on a plate, a scoop of vanilla on top, and pour chocolate syrup over the top. Tah dah! Good stuff.

I hope you enjoy it! My favorite part about this recipe is that I get to indulge, but knowing that didn't use sugar or oil makes me feel better about it. And using part whole wheat flour is even better! (Tried using all wheat...not as good! Bread doesn't work out as well)

Happy eating!