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Buttery Blonde Banana Bread

by Jamie
This recipe is  To. Die. For. I got it from the super great food blog,  My Kitchen Cafe. Melanie has got a TREMENDOUS amount of fabulous food represented there. I had 6 bananas going brown on my counter, so I thought I would give her recipe a try. It’s different from other banana bread recipes I have loved in the past. It’s made with butter and tastes a lot like pound cake. Seriously…..pound cake. It was great the first day, and super fabulous the second day. Try it! You won’t be sorry. (Unless you are counting calories, and then I’m afraid you may be sorry indeed.) I doubled the recipe, and it made 3 regular sized loaves.
 
Buttery Blonde Banana Bread

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes

Note: I generally double the recipe, and it ends up making three large loaves, my pans are 9 1/2 x 5 1/2. If I make a single recipe then I use one large pan and two small pans that are 4 1/2 x 3 1/2.

Ingredients

1/2 C butter, softened
1 1/2 C sugar
2 eggs well beaten
1 C mashed bananas (about 3 ripe bananas)
4 T buttermilk
1 3/4 C flour
1 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1/2 t vanilla
dash baking soda

Instructions

1. Cream butter and sugar together. 
2. Add the eggs, bananas, buttermilk and vanilla.
3. In a separate bowl combine dry ingredients.
4. Add the dry ingredients to the banana mixture.
5. Mix until just combined....don't over mix.
6. Grease loaf pans generously. (I had a bit of trouble getting mine out.) Pour the batter into the pans.
7. Bake for 55 minutes at 350.
8. Cool on a wire rack.
https://jamiecooksitup.net/2009/12/buttery-blonde-banana-bread/
 

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17 comments

ilovemy5kids December 3, 2009 - 1:44 pm

I'm trying this tonight….I have so many brown bananas…it is not even funny! Apparently, I went banana crazy.

Sidenote: if you don't have buttermilk you can make this sub.

For 1 cup of buttermilk do this…
In a 1 cup measuring cup, add 1 TBSP of vinegar or lemon juice and the rest regular milk. This will make the buttermilk.

Lana @ ilovemy5kids

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ilovemy5kids December 6, 2009 - 1:41 am

I made this and my hubs said it was the best he has ever tasted! I think you have a winner!!!

Blessings to you,
lana @ ilovemy5kids

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Rhandi December 6, 2009 - 2:14 am

Ohhhh! Yum! I have never made banana bread with a touch of buttermilk- I will have to incorporate that into my recipe- or give Melanie's recipe a try- you are right she has great recipes and a dynamite blog. I like your bio- you are funny!

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ButterYum March 23, 2010 - 4:32 pm

So which recipe did you like better, this one, or the one you called “best banana bread”?

🙂
ButterYum

PS – I loved the line about counting calories 🙂

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Jamie Cooks It Up! March 24, 2010 - 12:19 am

ButterYum, (how could I not adore that name!)
It does lead to a bit of confusion, these banana bread names I have chosen.
I would have to say that the “Best Banana Bread” recipe is MyHandsomeHusbands very favorite. It has this fabulous crusty exterior and yummy banana taste.
The “Buttery Blonde” tastes a lot like pound cake with not so much of a banana flavor. It is indeed my favorite, and by the sound of your blog name….it might just be your favorite as well. It has a lot of butter.
Have a great night!
Your site is beautiful, by the way. I am following you now.
~Jamie

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Julie Thomson May 18, 2010 - 1:42 am

I tried this and we had it with dinner. It turned out so deliciously! Thanks.

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Hanna May 23, 2010 - 1:22 pm

Mmm… these were tasty. I used the batter to make them as muffins and as waffles. They were really, really awesome as waffles. Let them cool on a plate for 2 minutes or so and the outside gets all crispy and yummy.

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Melisa January 6, 2013 - 2:24 pm

A trick to getting loaves out easy, along with oiling, put some foil on the bottom of the pan and breads and cakes come out so much easier..

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Stephanie June 12, 2013 - 4:14 pm

Have you added an easy print recipe button? I don’t see one. I’m going to try this tonight looks gooooood……
Thanks for sharing Jamie

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Lynette November 11, 2013 - 7:10 pm

I have been wanting to try this for some time, so today was the big day! So sad 🙁 I did it in one loaf pan- because it didn’t say otherwise and I bet you can guess what happened…… Yep- Overflow. So how many loaf pans should I have done?

Thanks

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Jamie November 12, 2013 - 6:55 am

Hi Lynette,
I generally double the recipe, and it ends up making three large loaves, my pans are 9 1/2 x 5 1/2. If I make a single recipe then I use one large pan and two small pans that are 4 1/2 x 3 1/2. So sorry you had trouble! Better luck next time. 🙂
~Jamie

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Dawn March 19, 2014 - 6:32 am

Wow,this is the best banana bread I have ever made!

Thanks for sharing this great recipe,its a keeper.

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Lisa June 3, 2014 - 11:40 am

If I make it the night before, it will still be yummy the next day to give away??? Looks so good!

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Jamie June 3, 2014 - 12:59 pm

Lisa,
This bread is even better the next day! Best of luck to you!
~Jamie

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Lisa Clubb July 26, 2014 - 9:04 am

I have made this bread about 6 times and I am NEVER disappointed. Love giving these loafs away as a thank you -because they are so yummuy! Thank you for sharing with us.

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Banana Streusel Muffins November 13, 2014 - 12:30 am

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Kyle April 12, 2021 - 8:31 pm

We love this banana bread recipe, but we like to add nuts…like chopped walnuts to it for a little crunch!

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