Banana Bread with Hugh
Martha and Hugh Jackman bake banana bread, one of his favorite things to accompany a morning coffee.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan; set aside. In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, and beat to incorporate.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to the butter mixture, and mix until just combined. Add bananas, sour cream, and vanilla; mix to combine. Stir in nuts, and pour into prepared pan.
Bake until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Let rest in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool.
To make the cream cheese frosting-filled banana bread as featured on "The Martha Stewart Show," in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together 6 ounces cream cheese, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract until smooth. Once bread is baked and cooled, halve horizontally. Using an offset spatula, spread cream cheese frosting evenly over bottom half. Top with remaining half; slice and serve.
WOW... this is one of the best banana breads I have made and tried.SUPER MOIST, more like a cake. It was so good that I went ahead and made a second batch and put the batter in paper lined muffin tins. Now I will freeze up all my over ripe bananas, but will mash them first and put in 1 cup serving containers for the freezer with the date and what it is. THANK YOU MARTHA.
thank you for giving us this great recipe.it must be delicious.
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Great recipe. Omitted the nuts (allergy), and added about 3/4 cup of chocolate chips. Lovely!
I've been making this recipe for years and it's simply the best! I always get great compliments for it - thanks to the sour cream!
Just made this with some slight modifications and delicious results! Cut sugar to 3/4 cup, substituted flour with 3/4 c. whole wheat flour, 1/4 c flax seed meal, and 1/2 c white flour... Having made the original recipe, I can attest to the fact that the modifications don't change the texture or taste. It's fabulous and slightly healthier!
This was a great recipe! A very moist bread. This is now my favorite banana bread recipe. I just added cinnamon to mine. Thank you!!!
Amazing recipe! I've made this as a blueberry banana bread as suggested by "Meghan," and also as a regular banana bread with the addition of 2 tsp cinnamon and a pinch of nutmeg and allspice. Both ways have come out wonderful!
Yum! This was hands-down the best Blueberry.Banana Bread ever. I was out of sour cream so I used a half cup of vanilla super yogurt instead. I also added a cupof fresh, ripe blueberries. Baked for 50 minutes at 350 degrees in a fluted pan dusted with cinnamon sugar. This is definitely my new favorite banana bread recipe. Next time I will try chocolate glaze.
This is the best Banana Bread ever!! Don't bother making anything else!!
Love it!!
Delicious! Sub sour cream for plain yogourt and added choco chips instead of nuts. My best banana bread yet.
love it.
love it.
Used whole wheat flour, reduced the sugar to 3/4 C (1/2 granulated, 1/2 brown sugar) and added one shredded carrot, moist and very nice :) Didn't add walnuts or pecans.
I'll try it again with some rolled oats to make some morning muffins.
@seedsower Check this site: http://www.cooks.com /rec/view/0,1923,145 167-243192,00.html (take out the spaces)
Could honey replace the sugar in the filled variation?
***MUST ADD SUGAR TO FILLING!*** @ TMiddlebrooks - Yes, you definitely wanna add sugar to the filling! I made it as posted here and it was GROSS! I can't believe it's been posted here with a typo for so long! I was able to salvage it by scraping it off once it set in the fridge (rolled off into one big piece), adding sugar and spreading it back on. I doubled the recipe and ended up adding 1 1/4 cups sugar, so I'd imagine a single recipe would take 1/2 to 3/4 cups. Also added 1 cup choc chips. =)
where is the sugar? On the show she used sugar, cream cheese, salt and vanilla; but she never said how much of each. I log on to get the recipe. there is no sugar listed for the cream cheese filling for the banana bread. Can some one help with this.
thanks
For Rovisuri: I use Plain Yogurt in place of Sour Cream, and it turns out great!
For Rovisuri: I use Plain Yogurt in place of Sour Cream, and it turns out great!
For Rovisuri: I use Plain Yogurt in place of Sour Cream, and it turns out great!
I'm from Spain and I can't find sour cream over here to make this banana bread. What can I use instead?Thanks
Since this was the first time making this recipe, I followed it exactly (minus the nuts) & it is great. Used extremely ripe bananas & all natural sour cream. Very moist, good crust. Might add some cinnamon next time or substitute half the white sugar for brown. Definitely a keeper. Thanks, Martha, as always.
My go-to banana bread recipe. It's perfect just the way it's written! I usually make muffins, which consistently turn out amazing.
Awesome recipe! I made it again today but vegan. I substituted the sour cream for soft tofu and used an egg replacement powder. I also used earth balance "butter" sticks instead of real butter. Very tasty!
this is a great banana bread. My family loves it. Instead of the sour cream, i use a low fat vanilla yogurt, any will do. The grand kids love the sprinkle of chocolate chips in it . (psst. i even add a little grated carrot to it a few times.) I do it to the zucchini nut bread as well. Very good and very healthy.
I absolutely love this recipe. I add an additional 1/2 cup of chocolate chips......everything is better with chocolate.
This recipe was great! I substituted plain yogurt for the sour cream listed in the recipe, it worked beautifully. Also, I used 1 half cup brown sugar, and 1 half cup white sugar, and a package of vanilla instant pudding. It came out just a bit too sweet for my liking.
The sour cream ensures that your banana bread will be moist with a wonderful texture. You can opt to replace the nuts with chocolate chips or have it plain... I have made this recipe countless times and received rave reviews.
This was such an easy recipe and it turned out GREAT! I love the addition of sour cream. I'm going to make it again and maybe add mini chocolate chips.
I forgot to add that I use plain yogurt every time I make this. No sour cream in France! It's super moist and delicious thanks to the yogurt. AND... you really can't screw it up. I can get it done really fast and so it's become my go-to food to bring when I go to someone's house.
Soooooo delicious!!!With whipped cream,it's come to FANTASTIC! ymmm... I made it with 1/2cup brown sugar and about 2/3tsp. salt.As I didn't have sour cream and walnuts,I used yogurt and chocolate chips:)
with 1 tsp walt, my banana bread is way too salty.... :( i'd only use 1/2 tsp next time.
Amazing recipe... so moist and flavorful! I baked it without nuts and it was done in under an hour. Perfect!
Not only does it smell amazing, it is tastes fabulous! I omitted the nuts; used just over a cup of mashed banana; a splash of vanilla; and swopped out the sugar for 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup granulated sugar. The bread took about an hour to bake to perfection so it does indeed vary oven to oven.
Truly the best banana bread - I doubled the recipe , used a little extra banana, used only 1
Almost FOOLPROOF for wonderful moist banana bread!!! :) I've made it with walnuts, pecans, small chocolate chips, and by itself and each time EACH piece is evenly moist!!! (including the end pieces!)
This is by far the best banana bread recipe I've ever tried. The recipe was in one of Martha's early books, and I couldn't find it anywhere. I forgot what made such a difference and it's the sour cream (or yogurt
I made this last week with walnuts and last night without. It is declicious both ways and incredibly moist. I took another poster's advice and reduced the cooking time by about 15/20 minutes.
This is by far the best Banana Bread I have ever made! Simple to make and delicious every time! (I would recommend you start checking for doneness after one hour - I reduce cooking time by 10 minutes, but this can depend on your oven).
Very good! I've made this several times and it seems to hold up well with substitutions. I've used yogurt when I didn't have sour cream and tried substituting part or all of the white flour with whole wheat flour. Works great every time! I usually add chocolate chips, which works well. Thanks, Martha!
Holy crow this is the bestest banana bread recipe EVER! I havent made banana bread in a while cuz they never turn out quite right but this was awsome. Changes were: brown sugar and I used only half sugar (1/2 cup instead of 1 cup and glad I did!) 50% whole wheat flour and no salt cuz I used salted butter (didnt have unsulted on hand). I will look no more for another banana bread recipe! Thanks Martha!
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Martha Stewart's recipes are always simple and delicious; my wife uses them all the time. Banana bread is a real favorite in our household, and the sour cream in this recipe is just the perfect touch to make it really moist and delicious. My wife also found some really good recipes at banananutbreadrecipe.net -- some of them are a little more exotic than this, but they're all really good.
This is by far the best banana bread recipe I've made. I toasted the walnuts before adding it to the batter.
I have tried several different banana bread recipes. This is the bests, and better the nest day.
This was my first time baking bread of any kind and this recipe was easy and delicious! My hubs says the key was the extremely ripe bananas and my bread baked in an hour.
This is absolutely delicious. One of the best I've ever made! However, I would warn people to make sure they check the bread periodically for doneness. I followed the directions to a tee, but found that my loaf was done in 45 minutes. If I would have let it go longer, I would be serving brick to my family. (I don't have this problem with other recipes made in my oven.)
This is absolutely delicious. One of the best I've ever made! However, I would warn people to make sure they check the bread periodically for doneness. I followed the directions to a tee, but found that my loaf was done in 45 minutes. If I would have let it go longer, I would be serving brick to my family. (I don't have this problem with other recipes made in my oven.)
I just made this recipe today, but made a few changes: I used half cake flour half all purpose flour, made muffins instead of a loaf, and used plain nonfat yogurt instead of sour cream. They came out delicious! I already ate two and my roommates keep going back for more! The only thing was that after I took them out of the oven they deflated. They aren't sunk in, but they were peaked when I first took them out and now they are completely flat across the top and I'm not sure why..
I accidentally put an extra half cup of banana into this, and used yoghurt instead of sour cream as one user suggested. I didn't have any plain so I used peach yoghurt! I was a little worried it would be a flop, but it actually was fantastic! It was sooo moist! I did overflow the loaf pan though. :)
I make this bread all the time and it is delicious !
I rarely have sour cream in the house,
so I use cream cheese instead, and it turns out perfectly moist.
I reduced the oven time by 10 minuets for it to be spot on !
Delicious! I made a loaf today, and it turned out wonderfully. As was reccomended by FlowerOrange, I used plain yogurt as an alternative (great tip :), though I only used 3/4 cup. I also mixed in 1/4 cup of ground flax, and did not add nuts. I have an electric oven which tends to get hot, so I baked at 325 for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Everything came out perfect. Love it!
I baked these in the form of muffins and they came out beautifully! I reduced the bake time to about 22 minutes. Also did a batch where I swirled a little melted semi-sweet chocolate in the bread for a marbled effect. It's an idea I took from my favorite banana bread recipe.
This bread is sooooo delicious!!!!! When I make this bread I put a tsp of cinnimon in the batter and also, before I put it in the oven I mix together some cinnimon, brown sugar, and some crushed nuts in a baggy and sprinkle some on top right before it goes into the oven. THANK BOD FOR MARTHA STEWART!!! (teeheee)
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I love this recipes. It is so simple yet delicious. I substituted plain yogurt for sour cream (1 cup instead of 1/2) and used wheat flour instead of white. I also used almond for the nuts, sprinkled extra on top in the last 30 minutes. It was so tasty.
This is the best banana bread recipe ever! I throw my overripe bananas in the freezer until I am ready to bake. Usually I bake bread for my coworkers at the hospital, and of course, when my bff craves for it. The original recipe is my fave with extra walnuts, but I have substituted chocolate chips, cranberries, blueberries, and even shredded coconut. It is a no fail recipe. Everyone loves it!
This is my all time favorite banana bread recipe! I have sometimes substituted plain nonfat Greek yogurt for the sour cream and did not detect any difference. I like to add pecans, but I prefer more than 1/2 cup.
I love this recipe! I used banana/strawberry yogurt instead of the sour cream and added fresh blueberries. I baked it for 1 hour only. Our family agrees it is the best they have ever tasted!
I always make this this bread when my banana's get too ripe. I have used yogurt instead of the sour cream (plain and vanilla) and it comes out great. It is such a small ammount that you can't taste the difference, but it is still super moist!
Is it ok if I don't use sour cream? They don't sell sour cream where I live!
One of the best banana bread recipies I've ever made. And I've made a lot!
had previously tried other banana bread recipes, but certainly this recipe has been that most have liked my family. liked the smoothness and flavor. mmmmhhh.
Riquisimo!!!
This is my favorite recipe for banana bread! I usually make muffins and I sub whole-wheat pastry flour and mini-chocolate chips for the nuts. Kids LOVE them. I even cut the sugar by 1/4 cup. Today, I actually subbed pumpkin puree for the bananas and added 3/4tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. of nutmeg and 1/4 tsp. of ginger and cloves. They are awesome!
This is my favorite recipe for banana bread! I usually make muffins and I sub whole-wheat pastry flour and mini-chocolate chips for the nuts. Kids LOVE them. I even cut the sugar by 1/4 cup. Today, I actually subbed pumpkin puree for the bananas and added 3/4tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. of nutmeg and 1/4 tsp. of ginger and cloves. They are awesome!
this is the BEST Banana Bread I have ever tasted
i am at some place other than home, and had to get this recipe off of martha's website....i have used this recipe for years...and there is no better. it is simply the best ever, and i am a professional pastry chef.
DELICIOUS!!! But definitely needs adjustment for high altitude. I'm at 8500ft and the middle didn't rise!
This was the best banana bread ever, so easy and simple, never paying for it agian in the shop!!!
Family favorite. I substitute chocolate chips for walnuts and make as cupcakes. Makes 12 cupcakes, 35 minutes at 350. Great as an after-school snack. They freeze well if you can get them into the freezer before they are all gone!
"Next time I think I'll try throwing in some blueberries..." I tried it with fresh blueberries. It didn't work out so well. They all sank to the bottom and caused the bottom of the bread to stick to the pan. I'll stick with just plain banana. This recipe is so good, why mess with it?
I leave out the salt, because I don't like the taste in baked goods. Is the salt necessary?
Best banana bread ever.. Loooooove the sour cream bursting on my mouth
I was afraid that the bread might be a little bland without any spices, but it was so delicious and moist. I love that this recipe is so simple and easy. I made it without nuts, and it was excellent. Next time I think I'll try throwing in some blueberries...
This is the best banana bread I've ever eaten! I substituted plain yogurt for the sour cream with no problems. I also used an 8x8 glass pan and baked for ~40-45 minutes. A great time saver in a pinch!
This is one of my favorite banana bread recipes, it came out very moist and flavorful! And it looked very pretty compared to the usually caky looking ones I make.
best ever!
Great recipe! Made it with my 2 year old took the suggestion of adding milk chocolate chips instead of nuts and its a hit! Light and moist, and the addition of chocolate chips makes it a real treat.
This is the best banana bread recipe I've tried so far. the bread was so moist!
I love this recipe! Instead of putting the nuts in it I put half a cup of milk chocolate chips in it and my 4 year old son loves it with peanut butter too. Very moist.
I love this recipe! It was my first time making banana bread, and I am floored by the results!
I made this a week ago and just enjoyed the last piece. It was still as moist today as it was when I first took it out of the oven. So good!
I just made this today and it's probably the BEST banana bread I have ever had. I think the sour cream really makes it moist. I added some chocolate chips to it too. It is super easy and I would recommend it to anyone.
I've made this many many times and it's always a hit. I rarely have sour cream in the house, but I always have plain yogurt and use it as a substitute. It turns out perfectly.
WOW! 104 RATINGS AND 43 COMMENTS AND I READ THEM ALL. THANKS GALS FOR REASSURING ME THAT THERE ARE STILL SKINNY PEOPLE OUT THERE. ME I'M SOMERSIZING AND STILL ON LEVEL ONE, WHICH MEANS NO BANANAS (WHICH I LOVE) BUT SOON, I WILL KEEP THIS RECIPE AND WHEN ITS TIME I'LL GIVE IT A TRY.
What a great banana bread this is! I know everyone has been saying that is the best one they've made but this is my very first so I have nothing to compare it to.
My mother gave me a bag full of bananas and I was sure I was going to trash them in a few days because I don't eat that much of them, but now I did the banana bread and I'm very happy! :)
Wow! I tried this recipe in an attempt to use up old bananas one night. My family raved about it for days. The sour cream is the secret ingredient--it gives an unexpected moistness that is missing from many quick breads. Give it a try!
Very yummy. I didn't have walnuts, so I omited them, and bake it as a small muffin. Everybody who tried them loved them!. A recipe to keep.
This recipe is perfect as is. I make it all the time and it is the very best, and I have tried hundreds of recipes.
The bread is fantastic. I would reduce the sour cream by half because it is a very prominent flavor. I also added mini chocolate chips and an extra banana (1 cup is usually 2), and it was great! A very flexible recipe, and one of the best banana breads I have every made.
this recipe is amazing. i added a bit extra vanilla and a 1/2 cup of golden raisins - its so moist and delicious!
This is absolutely the best banana bread! I made 5 different recipes and had all my friends try them and 6/7 chose Martha's! Everything I have made off this website and cookbooks have been amazing! Thank you so much for making my family and friends satisified!
This is the best banana bread I've ever tried!!! it is delicious.
This bread is great! We added chocolate chips instead of nuts. It came out perfect! Delicious! Thanks Martha!
I am so impressed with this recipe. So perfectly sweet and delicious. I added about a 1/2 cup of oats at the end and it was wonderful! Really good as a muffin too.
Perfectly moist and delicious and not overly sweet. This banana bread is easy to prepare and is a hit with everyone who tries it. My loaf pan was a little larger than what the recipe calls for but the bread filled it perfectly.
first time baking banana bread, turned out great! my loaf pan wasn't big enough so i baked the left over batter in a small cupcake pan, and they were great too! nice bite size pieces
great banana bread very moist and delecious I used splenda and low fat sour cream, every calorie helps It was amazing can't tell there was no sugar. This recipe is a keeper for sure!!!
best banana bread. so moist and delecious!! I used splenda instead of sugar and low fat sour cream and it came out amazing. Ever calorie helps I will add chocolate chips next time although it was PERFECT the way it was I will file it in my keeper file !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
loved the recipe. best moist banana bread. i didn't have sour cream and used yogurt instead and it was still moist and delicious.
This is the best banana bread recipe ever!! I noticed that it was similar to a Fannie Farmer Recipe, but the sour cream makes this recipe extra moist and delicious! I opted to use mini loaf pans (8-loaf) and the cutting time is reduced to 22 minutes!! FABULOUS!!
I have used one banana bread recipe for over 30 years...not any more! From now this will my signature recipe. Shhh.....don't tell anybody i got it from Martha.
I made this for our guests and they LOVED it! It is sooooo good!
really the best bread ive ever done..thanks martha.
From now on this is the only banana bread recipe I'll use!
This banana bread is really easy to make, my family always gets so excited when i make it. I substituted 1/2 cup of the sugar with 1/2 cup golden brown sugar and add chocolate chips. Also I add crushed pecans on top of the loaf and it makes it extra yummy. If you make mini muffins, its really great for little kids, they are not as messy.
I made this while my 2 and 4 year old's were ripping up the house.
I forgot the sour cream, when I realized it I cut down the cooking time and it still tasted great!
I subbed in a tbsp of ground flax seed and 3 tbs of water for one of the eggs since I realized I was out, and it was very good!
This is the most delicious banana bread that I have ever made and tasted! This is my go to recipe and everyone seems to enjoy it. Very moist!
i loved it, however the Dh said he could taste the baking soda (and i didn't even tell him there was any in it). I used organic whole wheat flour, but followed the rest of the recipe. i love sour cream quick breads! they're always so rich <333
This recipe was AMAZING! I am no longer invited to my sister's house unless I bring a loaf over with me!
This is the best Banana Bread recipe EVER!! I made this for my husband to take to work and everyone loved it. It is moist and easy to make. It is one of my favorite no-fail recipes. I don't ususally measure the nuts or the banana but it always turns out great.
SO GOOD! I didn't use nuts and used chocolate chips instead. I also had an extra banana so I sliced it and placed it across the top - both excellent additions!
Seriously the best banana bread EVER. It is a never fail recipe. I always burned any recipe I tried prior - and there were a lot!! This one comes out perfect every time.
I really liked this recipe because it's deliciously moist and easy to make but also really easy to add to. Instead of adding the nuts I add chocolate chips which works really well and also tastes really good too.
Really Good! Dense and moist and fragrant. Will make this one again, it was very easy to do. I doubled the recipe and left out the nuts and it turned out great!
Best banana bread I've ever tried, and the recipe was incredibly easy. Will definitely make this time and time again!
I have had many banana bread recipes, but this one tops them all. Must be the addition of the sour cream, just great.
I loved this banana bread! It's not just delicious and moist, but also extremely easy to make. Prep time just takes a few mins. Great Recipe highly recomended!
I loved this banana bread! It's not just delicious and moist, but also extremely easy to make. Prep time just takes a few mins. Great Recipe highly recomended!
Delicious. First banana bread I have ever made. It was easy.
I love this recipe. I added some extra banana and chocolate chips as well and it was definitely the best banana bread I've ever had!
I was very hesitant on making this due to the sour cream, but I tried it any way. I added and extra 1/2cup of banana and substituted the nuts for chocolate chips and it was the best banana bread I have ever had. So moist, great flavor, great texture not to dense not to fluffy(for a bread). It was wonderful, I now have to make 4 at a time.
Great Banana Bread! My new favorite. It is very moist!
Yummy......This is the most moist banana bread I have ever made (and I have made a lot)! It doesn't last through a whole day. Sometimes I buy extra bananas so that I'll have ripe ones left at the end of the week!
If the top of your bread gets brown before the inside is done, put a foil tent over the top of it.
This is delicious! The best banana bread recipe I've ever made, and I've made a lot! Very moist. I always make it as a side for breakfast when we have guests and everyone always takes seconds.
I have been making this for years. It is the best banana bread I have tasted! Very moist.
yummy - and simple! I made my husband make this with me and we had fun! He finally (after 8 years) used the Kitchen Aid for the first time.
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I added raisins instead of nuts because of my kids preferences, but will add nuts next time when I make one to freeze.