Light Buttermilk Banana Bread

This is a basic recipe of a banana bread; a Light Buttermilk Banana Bread and it does not disappoint. Everybody needs a good recipe of a banana bread; full of flavor, moist and not too dense are required qualifications. This recipe ticks all these boxes.

You will like this banana bread. It is simple to make and it will get better over time. You can store banana bread in the fridge or in the freezer. I very much enjoy eating a slice of banana bread when it is just ready to cut; slightly warm, mmm delicious. But after storing it in the fridge, the flavor is actually better; more complete. As if the ingredients had time to find each other and complete the circle.

Key Ingredients in This Recipe

You’ll find the complete list of ingredients and exact quantities in the recipe below.

• Butter
• Sugar
• Eggs
• Bananas – make sure they are ripe. Don’t use the bananas, with a nice clean yellow peel, use the ones you would consider ‘over the top’. The ones that are brown. They have the flavor and they mash easily. Fresh bananas can sometimes stay a little clumpy.
• Vanilla extract
• All-purpose flour
• Baking powder
• Baking soda
• Buttermilk

Basic ingredients for a banana bread, except may be for the buttermilk. Many recipes call for normal milk. Buttermilk adds air to the dough and flavor that normal milk cannot give.

How to Make Light Buttermilk Banana Bread

• Step 1 – Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. and grease a 9×5-inch cake pan with cooking spray or line a cake pan with parchment paper.
• Step 2 – Cream butter and sugar in a bowl until light. Don’t skip this step; it will bring air into the batter and will make the banana bread light. Add eggs, mashed bananas and vanilla extract.
• Step 3 – In another bowl, mix flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
• Step 4 – Now add the banana mix and the buttermilk to the dry mix, alternating. Mix until just combined.
• Step 5 – Pour batter in the prepared pan and bake for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Step 6– Place the cake pan on a rack and cool the banana bread in the pan. After about 20 minutes remove the bread from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.

Other Banana Breads to Try

• Cinnamon Sugar Banana Bread
• Whole Wheat Banana Bread
• Chocolate Banana Pumpkin Bread
• Light and Fluffy Cardamom Banana Bread