JB’s Banana Bread – RecipeTin Eats

3 de March de 2026

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The wait is lastly over! After weeks of testing, tweaking and loads of tasting, my banana bread recipe is lastly able to share. Crispy golden prime, caramelised sides, and a gentle crumb with massive banana flavours that slices like a dream. Let’s go!

JB’s Banana Bread has landed! I’ve revealed over 2,000 recipes and that is the one and solely I haven’t tasted – as a result of bananas and I usually are not mates. 🙈 However I do know that is the banana bread to finish all banana breads – as a result of it’s JB’s. The suggestions has been off the charts, together with an enormous tick from the hardest critic on our group, my brother Goh. In the event you love banana bread, that is the one that each one others aspire to be. Take pleasure in!

JB’s Banana Bread

“Now we will publish banana bread!” These have been Nagi’s phrases after we agreed that I used to be going to begin publishing recipes beneath my title. So, my mates, now’s the time! These spotty, forgotten bananas in your bench are about to be put to good use.

I have to admit, earlier than beginning engaged on this recipe, I didn’t have a go-to banana bread recipe. However I’ve eaten loads of them, so I knew precisely what I used to be after. I had a transparent thought of the flavour, the feel and the substances I needed, after that, it was only a matter of testing, tweaking and baking once more (and once more!) till it was good. The RecipeTin Eats manner.

My first assessments turned out nicely, and I used to be proud of the outcomes. However then we determined that it needs to be a taller loaf. That’s once I bumped into few difficulties ending the recipe. The centre of the loaf was taking longer to prepare dinner, which meant the perimeters have been beginning to dry out. And the extra you check, the extra questions you create. Can we make it higher? What occurs if we modify this? Abruptly the checklist of iterations grows. Completely different sugars, completely different spices, extra eggs, much less flour, no butter, extra oil, baking powder as a substitute of baking soda, shorter bake, longer bake, lined, uncovered. As we all the time say, the final 5% is all the time the toughest. That’s the half that makes it good. However 30 one thing banana breads later, right here we’re with an awesome recipe I’m able to share. 😊

Substances

Let’s speak concerning the bananas! They don’t should be very overripe. Spotty or largely brown bananas work the very best as a result of they’re sweeter, however I’ve additionally examined this recipe with just-ripe ones, yellow, with no brown in any respect, and the end result was simply nearly as good.

1. Bananas

Bananas – The primary character right here. Use the common bananas you see at your retailer day-after-day. As I stated above, I’ve examined this recipe with bananas at each stage, just-ripe and yellow, evenly noticed, closely dotted and totally overripe, even blacker than the one proven above. All of them labored nicely. The riper the banana, the sweeter and stronger the flavour, however even agency yellow bananas offers you a gentle loaf with nice banana style.

2. Dry substances

Flour – Plain flour / all-purpose flour – Provides the bread its construction.
Baking soda – Often known as bi-carbonate of soda, it makes the loaf rise and retains it gentle. Baking powder doesn’t work as nicely. The banana bread wouldn’t rise as a lot and its texture can be completely different.
Cinnamon and allspice powder – My favorite spice combine for this recipe. Cinnamon brings heat sweetness, whereas allspice provides a mild depth and a touch of clove and nutmeg flavour.
Salt – cooking salt / kosher salt. It brings out the flavours of the opposite substances.

3. Moist Substances

Brown sugar – I take advantage of solely brown sugar for its gentle caramel flavour and further moisture. It offers the bread a deeper style and helps maintain the crumb gentle and tender. I did additionally check with a mixture of white and brown sugar however discovered the feel and color of the banana bread wasn’t nearly as good.
Eggs – 2 complete + 1 yolk, the entire eggs act as a binder and the yolk brings slightly richness which was wanted to present the crumb additional moisture with out making it heavy. Use room temperature ones, giant dimension (55g/2 ounces every).
Butter – Provides the wealthy, buttery flavour all of us love.
Oil – Retains the bread gentle longer. It might be drier if we solely use butter. Any impartial flavour oil can be utilized.
Bitter cream – As with the oil, the fats in bitter cream helps create a gentle crumb and stop the bread from drying out. Extra importantly, its delicate acidity is the important thing aspect wanted for the baking soda to react and create the gorgeous banana bread rise. Yoghurt is a superb substitute. Keep away from milk or buttermilk, they’re thinner and might change the batter consistency, resulting in a looser construction.
Vanilla – rounds out and enhances the flavour.

How To Make Banana Bread

The strategy right here is straightforward and easy, no particular tools wanted. Simply combine the dry and moist substances individually and mix them collectively gently. The secret’s to not overmix the batter, so the loaf stays gentle and tender. As soon as it’s within the oven, all that’s left to do is let the odor of banana bread fill your kitchen and revel in. Until your title is Nagi The Banana Hater.

1. Lining the pan

Scrunch a 40 cm / 16″ lengthy sheet of baking / parchment paper, it turns into softer and makes it simpler to press and keep within the pan.
Match the paper right into a loaf pan (21.5 x 11.5 x 7 cm / 4.5 x 8.5 x 2.75″). There’s no must grease the pan to make the paper stick, simply match it in, the batter will weight it down. Depart overhang on the perimeters for straightforward lifting.

2. Making the batter and bake

Dry – Whisk the dry substances in a bowl (flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and allspice).
Mash bananas – In a big mixing bowl, mash the bananas with a potato masher till largely clean.

Moist – Then add all of the moist substances (brown sugar, eggs, melted butter, oil, bitter cream, vanilla) and whisk till mixed. Pour the dry substances into the moist substances.
Mix – Use a rubber spatula to combine till the flour is simply included. Having just a few little flour lumps is okay, it’s higher than overmixing which can make your banana bread firmer somewhat than gentle.

Fill pan – Pour the batter into the ready pan and clean the floor.
Bake – Put the banana bread into the oven preheated to 180°C/350°F (160°C fan-forced). Then bake for 70 minutes, till a skewer inserted within the centre comes out clear (turning the pan round midway by way of cooking).

Cool for 10 minutes within the pan. The loaf needs to be properly risen with a well-browned prime and a crack alongside the centre.
Raise out and place on a wire rack. Let it cool for at the least an hour earlier than slicing. In the event you plan storing it for later, you have to to let the banana bread cool fully, this could take as much as 6 hours. In the event you don’t, the residual warmth will make the crust soggy and create extra moisture that may have an effect on texture and shorten the shelf life. That stated, when you urgently want a slice whereas it’s nonetheless heat, I fully perceive! Simply count on it to be slightly softer and extra delicate. 😊

How To Serve Banana Bread

This banana bread is scrumptious barely warmed or at room temperature. However the commonest manner and nonetheless the easiest way is evenly toasted with slightly butter on prime. It really works completely for breakfast, afternoon tea, or a fast snack through the day. If you wish to flip it right into a dessert, serve it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, a dollop of Chantilly cream and a few chocolate sauce.

This recipe took plenty of testing, however I’m proud of the end result, a gentle, tender loaf with nice banana flavour that works each time. Easy substances, easy technique, and a banana bread you may depend on.

I hope you get pleasure from baking and consuming this one as a lot as I did. In the event you make it, please let me know the way it seems. Comfortable baking and bon appétit! – JB

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