There is nothing like the smell of baking banana bread!
Especially when then end result is as delicious as this recipe.
Banana bread was something I used to make out of necessity at my house. When we first got married, my husband would buy big bunches of bananas and then pretend like he was going to eat them…so of course we always had big bunches of black bananas on the counter. After a while I did wise up, because I did (finally) figure out he was just doing that so I’d make my banana bread recipe for him. It worked out, as I had the perfect excuse to refine my banana bread recipe over all those years–19 if you’re counting.
Banana bread is something I also like to make up for little gifts. The craft stores make it so easy now with all the paper baking dishes, a cello bags, and a personalized tags they’ve made available. The little personalized touches make these edible presents a thoughtful gift worth receiving.
This recipe is a little different–it’s a banana bread recipe with sour milk. Don’t worry, I’ll show you just how to make sour milk for banana bread without having to truly spoil anything.
Best Banana Bread with Sour Milk Recipe Ever
This banana bread recipe is very straightforward and easy. The only thing that might might be a little strange is the buttermilk; most people don’t tend to have that on hand and don’t really want to but a whole container for just a 1/2 cup in a recipe. The alternative is to make the banana bread with sour milk. Not hard, you just add a tablespoon of vinegar to your measuring cup, then fill the rest of the way with milk and let it curdle for a few minutes. But more on the sour milk in a minute!
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I do read your comments, dear readers! The wonderful part about this recipe is that it’s flexible. Add some cinnamon, a handful of cranberries (my mother loves to do this), chocolate chips, or whatever else excites you. You can actually split this into two smaller loaves if you like; I just think it’s best baked in one giant loaf. We’ve made it in cake pans and as muffins and mini muffins, too. Go crazy! But be sure to adjust the baking time if you change the pan size.
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Amazingly moist and full of flavor banana bread! There is a way around buying a whole quart of buttermilk for one use in this recipe. Pour a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar into a measuring cup then fill up to the half-cup mark before starting the recipe. The vinegar sours the milk, and is a great substitution for buttermilk.
Best Banana Bread with Sour Milk Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
If you love this banana bread, my ZUCCHINI BREAD is another must-try!
Packaging Banana Bread for Gift Giving
Materials:
- 4 inch Paper loaf pans
- 5 inch wide cellophane bags
- Cardstock
- Baker’s twine
- Heart Punch
- Edge Punch
- Expressionery.com personalized stamp
There are so many different loaf pan varieties out there; and lots with pretty print on the sides for whatever holiday you’re gift giving at! You’ll just want to bake your bread in a container the recipient doesn’t feel like they have to return. I made that mistake once–sending little mini loaves out into the world in pretty little porcelain loaf pans. Every one of them came back!
I like to slip the loaf pans into a cellophane bag and add a little tag to them. With a pretty loaf pan, the decorating the gift part is easy!
For my tag, I really just had a lot of fun going through my box of scrapbook punches. You don’t have to take all these steps; leaving out one or two details won’t deter from your pretty package!
Bread Gift Tag Instructions
Cut two 1×4 pieces of cardstock. Punch one edge with an edge puncher; punch the other with a hole puncher. Punch or cut a heart out of your choice of colors of cardstock, and punch a hole near the middle of the heart.
Layer the two 1×4 pieces of stock on top of each other and add the heart, lining up all the holes. String through with baker’s twine.
Use your Expressionery.com stamp to put your name on the 1×4 paper, then tie around the neck of your cello bag. It’s the perfect little decoration for a loving little gift!
Don’t forget to pin the banana bread recipe for later!
Thank you toExpressionery.com for sponsoring this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own, and I adore the high quality of their products!
I have several bags of bananas taking up space in my freezer that need attention. And boy does your bread look moist! Baking as often as I do I try to give away as much as I can so investing in the paper baking dishes makes sense. Love the personalized stamp also and I’m off to check out ExpressStationary.com.
Is it self rising flour or plain flour
It’ll work–you just might not have the full flavor and moisture as using more bananas in this banana bread. Also make sure the two bananas you DO have are good and ripe (like black!!) so they impart a lot of flavor in your two bananas.
Yum, those look amazing! Pinning the recipe to try for my family! Thank you for sharing this with us at the #HomeMattersParty
All-purpose flour. 🙂
This banana bread looks delicious and your packaging is adorable! Thanks for sharing with us on the Monday Funday Party!
I am currently at that same point. My husband just bought a huge bunch of bananas and has only eaten one and they’re already turning brown. Banana bread it is! Thanks for the recipe! Thanks for linking up with delicious dishes recipe party!
Do I use softened butter or melted butter?
You left out where to add the vanilla in this recipe. I put it in with the milk. It’s in the oven now. We’ll see how it turns out.
I soften the butter in this recipe.
Can you make mini loaves and what would the time be to cook
How much bean paste do you us? Also, what kind of bean paste?. I saw where it said to (buy it here) but never saw a place to buy it.
I’m so glad you loved it and were able to make it your own!
Great banana bread recipe. I have many coffee shop customers who are allergic to nuts, and I have been searching for a bread that delivers major banana flavor with nothing “missing.” This is it. Yum.
Hi!!! Absolutely love your recipe and your funny story!!! And very nice to meet you!!!
Quick question…..
Can I double the recipe and make two equally as good? Also….
I tried baking small and large loaves together—-> major fail!!!! Lololololooo!!
Any advice?
Thanks!! ;oD
Do you use plain flour or self rising flour?
What time fot mimipans
Gracias por laceta pero no veo la cantidad de bicarbonato de sodio ni de harina de trigo, gracias
Thank you for that! I am thrilled to hear you are using it like this! It’s a family favorite, here, and glad it will be making your customers happy as well.
you would add it to the wet ingredients then the dry ones.
After the eggs
Hi Paula,
I’ve been looking for a good banana bread recipe! Thanks for sharing this.
Dennis
Hello, Paula.
Is it necessary to grease the loaf pan?
Kat
Plain flour works best, as we’re putting in baking soda to the mix which makes it rise.
How much vinegar to the milk to sour it
This makes delicious banana bread, the texture is really great! Tossing all other banana bread recipes!
My translation on this was spotty–2 cups flour, 1 tsp baking soda and ½ tsp salt. You add these dry ingredients to the mixed up wet ingredients.
Hi Paula, This banana bread sounds so good! I just happen to have some bananas I need to use up right now! Thanks for sharing your recipe! Blessings, Janet
I used powdered buttermilk that you add water to. It is the best I ever made and I am 78 and have made plenty. Thanks
I would like to be able to print the recipes.
This was the step I was curious about. Thanks for clarifying.
Mileage may very on the flavor. Why? It really depends on the ripeness of your bananas…the riper they are (super black) the stronger the flavor is likely to be!
One tablespoon.
I’ve never doubled this one myself, but I do recall my mom trying to and not having a lot of success. You can make one large loaf from this recipe or two smaller loaves that are just half as tall using a regular bread pan. The cinnamon and blueberries sound like wonderful additions!
Hi Paula, is the banana flavor very strong in this recipe?
These look so delicious and I can’t wait to try making these with buttermilk. Thanks for sharing at SYS.
I don’t have the buttermilk would out dated milk be equivalent?
Great recipe! Super Moist! I added blueberries, yum. made the house smell good as well. Thank you so much.
Super rico!!!!
Acabo de hacer este pan de banana y en vez de ponerles nueces le puse chispas de chocolate!!! No.luedo explicarles lo rico que es!!!! Es el mejor pan de guineo que he provado en mi vida!!!
Gracias por.compartirlo!
It sounds like buttermilk powder needs to be reconstituted with water then it can be used like regular milk and added with the wet ingredients.
I had a recipe very similar to this, that was my grandmothers. I lost it and was searching for a replacement. Yours sounds the same but grandma always let the batter sit for 30 minutes, in the pan, before putting it in the hot oven. Made it lighter- so she claimed. So I didn’t start the oven until the loaf is ready to go. We’ll see!
I just found this on Pinterest today as I had 6 overly ripe bananas about to be trashed. So I made two batches. I used 2 4×6 silicone bread pans for each batch of batter. I baked for 40 minutes. I read through the posts above and one lady said her grandma said the batter should sit for 30 minutes before baking. My 2nd batch I did this with while the first batch was finishing up. I would definitely recommend doing this going forward. My 2nd batch was a little fluffier than the first. Overall this recipe was AMAZING and will be my go to recipe from now on. Thank you!
How long do I cook them in a mini loaf pan? 7x4x2. They are also paper, could i cook it at 250? Or will 350 be fine with the oven safe paper bake trays?
Mmm, looks amazing. Just made it can’t wait to try it out in the morning! I’m sure my husband will beat me to the first piece.
The best recipe for banana bread I make in muffin pan and they come out moist and delicious. THANK YOU
I made this in mini loaf pans but they came out white on top still but tasted great what could I have done wrong
Is amazi same as buttermilk? As our shops sell more of that here in SA
I made this and was so delicious … I added brown sugar and 1 thee spoon of cinnamon … was perfect.
Thank you …
Since the material of the baking pan (like paper) and the size of the mini loaf will all really change the time the bread needs to cook for you, my best advice is to bake for 25 minutes or so, then check the bread. If a toothpick comes out clean, you’re done. If it does not, bake and check every 5 minutes until it’s ready!
Can I substitute for coconut flour?
Hi Paula!
I’m interested in trying this recipe, although, when I go to make quicker breads, I always make at least double the recipe. I read in an earlier post where someone asked if this could be doubled. There was no reply from you so could you please tell us if it can be doubled or tripled? This is how I make mine, and I always add cinnamon, sometimes blueberries, and if the bananas are almost ready but not quite, I add a touch of banana extract.
I am going to try to make this recipe, seems like the best one I see from all the other banana bread recipes in Pinterest. I only have one question though, termed to read the other comments but you haven’t replied to this question above yet. How long do you cook this if you are using the mini pans? Would it still be the same temperature? You’re mini loaves looks beautiful and delicious!
I was looking for a banana bread recipe and come across to this one , we have a bake off contest tomorrow at my workplace.. is in the oven now, I hope they like it .
Since the material of the baking pan (like paper) and the size of the mini loaf will all really change the time the bread needs to cook for you, my best advice is to bake for 25 minutes or so, then check the bread. If a toothpick comes out clean, you’re done. If it does not, bake and check every 5 minutes until it’s ready!
Not really. I do quite a bit of gluten-free baking, and to get the proper fluffy consistency for bread like this you can’t do an even exchange of flour for coconut flour. It would be extremely dense. You’d need to also add leaveners, extra eggs and almond flour. I haven’t done the testing on how much of each, so couldn’t tell you the exact amounts!
I hope you loved it!! And that there was some left for you 🙂
I made this bread this afternoon, and unfortunately it came oout a bit dry. As I was making it I wondered if I should ad add some oil for moisture. Anyway just my opinion.
I have made banana nut bread for years, but never with buttermilk. I was leary but I’ve made 4 large loaves and will be making 4 more tomorrow to give as gifts. It is awesome. Thank you for sharing.
Sharal M
Northern California
Trying this recipe as it looks ssuperbly moist. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Excellent recipe. Added some raspberries. It turned out beautiful and yummy. Thanks
You are quite welcome.
Just discovered this recipe on pinterest! So glad I did. Moist and delish! Just made a few tweaks. Added 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and allspice, one more banana and used half dark brown sugar/half granulated sugar. This will be my only banana bread recipe!
I love this recipe! I had a bilateral mastectomy a week ago and feeling a little down. Took out my recipes and had the energy to bake and felt so much better afterwards. Thank you! I needed something easy and this was perfect.
This was the first time making this Banana Bread. It was moist Excellent. I made. It in one loaf pan . Mine baked in 55 minutes.
Hi! This recipe sounds delicious, and I happen to have buttermilk leftover from another dish I just made. I only have 2 ripe bananas unfortunately though, would this recipe still work with 2 bananas versus 3?
Thanks so much!
-Lauren
So glad you liked it! 🙂 Thanks for the feedback!
Hope you feel better soon–and I’m glad a little banana bread making helped!
Will this work if I only use 1 egg? That’s all I have on hand and can’t go to the store tomorrow. Thanks.