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Calculated Shard: 30 (from laksa142)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa030.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.southernliving.com/best-ever-banana-bread-review-11851702\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.southernliving.com/best-ever-banana-bread-review-11851702\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/best-ever-banana-bread-review-11851702","crawl_time":1776140554,"first_indexed_time":1763960791,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,southernliving!www,\/best-ever-banana-bread-review-11851702 s443","src_root_hash":"3239763844413174230","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"This Banana Bread Is So Easy, My Husband Made Two Loaves In One Day","meta_descriptions":["I went to Southern Living’s website to find the simplest recipe that would be a cinch to make and didn’t require a trip to the store, and there it was: Our Best-Ever Banana Bread. After making one loaf for our friends, my husband was so impressed with how easy the recipe was that he immediately whipped up another for us to dig into."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Credit:\nCaitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox\nHave you ever watched a recipe video on social media only to find that the comments are all about what was revealed in the split second the person on-screen opened his or her freezer or refrigerator instead of the dish he or she was making? Sometimes, creators will purposefully place a shocking item in the frame to stir up engagement. Other times, it’s accidental, like\nthe comical amount of butter\nin Senior Lifestyle Editor Ivy Odom’s fridge (she\nis\na recipe developer, y’all).\nCredit:\nCaitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox\nIf you open my freezer at any given moment, you are guaranteed to find several overripe bananas waiting for their day in the sun. \"We should make banana bread with those,\" my husband and I would both wistfully say, knowing that it would never come to fruition. Those sad, brown bananas were all headed for the same fate: A trip to the blender for smoothies. For some reason, preparing a batch of banana bread with our freezer stash of fruit seemed like an insurmountable task. Luckily, hopping aboard a meal train for our friends with a newborn baby would change that. \nBreakfast is my\nfavorite thing to bring new parents\nfor several reasons. It’s often forgotten about in a sea of poppy seed chicken and lasagna, but exhausted moms and dads need something hearty in the morning, too. Plus, they\ncan\neat a breakfast casserole at dinnertime. My ideal drop-off meal for this scenario is a savory, filling main like our\nTater Tot Breakfast Casserole\n, a big, fresh fruit salad they can pick on anytime, and a little something sweet they can enjoy at breakfast or dessert after other meals. Normally, I would simply buy a package of muffins to fill that void, but my husband and I decided that this meal train was our chance: We would finally bake homemade banana bread with our lonely freezer bananas. \nI went to\nSouthern Living\n’s website to find the simplest recipe that would be a cinch to make and didn’t require a trip to the store, and there it was:\nOur Best-Ever Banana Bread\n. After making one loaf for our friends, my husband was so impressed with how easy the recipe was that he immediately whipped up another for us to dig into. \nWhat You Need For Our Best-Ever Banana Bread\nCredit:\nCaitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox\nOne of the best aspects of this recipe is that it only calls for seven ingredients, and they are all probably already in your kitchen right now: butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, salt, and bananas. That’s it. \nOf course, you can get fancy with add-ins like chocolate chips, blueberries, or chopped nuts, if you’re feeling it. My husband opted for a dash of cinnamon and a splash of vanilla extract in his second loaf for added flavor, and we’ll definitely include those additions next time.  \nHow To Make Our Best-Ever Banana Bread\nCredit:\nCaitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox\nThe most effort you need to put into this recipe is greasing and flouring your loaf pan. Once that’s done, it’s just mixing, pouring, and baking. Simply cream the butter and sugar together, add the eggs, dry ingredients, and bananas, and pour the batter in the pan. Pop it in the oven, and you’re on your way to a beautifully browned loaf of banana bread. \nWhy I Love This Recipe\nCredit:\nCaitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox\nI went through a baking phase a few years ago, but that ended when we started having babies. Since then, making a home-baked good from scratch has seemed like much too tall a task. However, this Best-Ever Banana Bread Recipe has inspired me and reminded me that baking isn’t always extremely complicated or time consuming. Plus, this banana bread was the perfect snack to have on hand. I could grab a slice to savor in the car with my coffee in the mornings just as easily as I could sneak a bite for a pre-bedtime treat. The best news? There are already several bananas lying in wait in our freezer, and they have a much better future ahead of them than a smoothie.","attrs_markdown":"\n\n[Skip to content](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/best-ever-banana-bread-review-11851702#main)\n\n[Southern Living](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/)\n\n- Please fill out this field.\n- Magazine\n  - [Subscribe](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/best-ever-banana-bread-review-11851702)\n  - [Manage Your Subscription](https:\/\/w1.buysub.com\/pubs\/MR\/SLV\/Login_No_API.jsp?cds_page_id=227169&cds_mag_code=SLV&id=1661290621578&lsid=22351636502027051&vid=2)\n  - [Give a Gift Subscription](https:\/\/www.magazines.com\/southern-living-magazine.html?gift=true&utm_source=southernliving.com&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=i208slr5w2926)\n  - [Get Help](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/about-us-6502349#toc-contact-us)\n- [Newsletters](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/best-ever-banana-bread-review-11851702)\n- [Sweepstakes](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/sweepstakes)\n- [Subscribe](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/best-ever-banana-bread-review-11851702)\n- [My Saves](https:\/\/www.myrecipes.com\/)\n\nPlease fill out this field.\n\n- [Food](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/food)\n  Food\n  \n  - 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She helps run the brand's social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and TikTok, where she's happily behind the scenes. When she's not ruffling feathers with an etiquette poll via Instagram Stories, she's writing content for the website and assisting in various print projects like gift guides and home stories.\n\n[Southern Living's editorial guidelines](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/about-us-6502349#toc-editorial-guidelines)\n\nPublished on November 23, 2025\n\nIn This Article\n\nView All\n\nIn This Article\n\n- [What You Need For Our Best-Ever Banana Bread](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/best-ever-banana-bread-review-11851702#toc-what-you-need-for-our-best-ever-banana-bread)\n- [How To Make Our Best-Ever Banana Bread](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/best-ever-banana-bread-review-11851702#toc-how-to-make-our-best-ever-banana-bread)\n- [Why I Love This Recipe](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/best-ever-banana-bread-review-11851702#toc-why-i-love-this-recipe)\n\nClose\n\n![Southern Living Banana Bread sliced and ready to serve ](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/thmb\/phY6MdvXONxbC4ofy1GAuBisDNY=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale\\(\\):max_bytes\\(150000\\):strip_icc\\(\\)\/Banana_Bread_010-2f325fba1a7541eb9a1eeb0a4d9c9ee9.jpg)\n\n![Southern Living Banana Bread sliced and ready to serve ](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/thmb\/phY6MdvXONxbC4ofy1GAuBisDNY=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale\\(\\):max_bytes\\(150000\\):strip_icc\\(\\)\/Banana_Bread_010-2f325fba1a7541eb9a1eeb0a4d9c9ee9.jpg)\n\nCredit:\n\nCaitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox\n\nHave you ever watched a recipe video on social media only to find that the comments are all about what was revealed in the split second the person on-screen opened his or her freezer or refrigerator instead of the dish he or she was making? Sometimes, creators will purposefully place a shocking item in the frame to stir up engagement. Other times, it’s accidental, like [the comical amount of butter](https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DP64fXdAIdz\/) in Senior Lifestyle Editor Ivy Odom’s fridge (she *is* a recipe developer, y’all).\n\n![Southern Living Banana Bread sliced and ready to serve ]()\n\n![Southern Living Banana Bread sliced and ready to serve ](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/thmb\/phY6MdvXONxbC4ofy1GAuBisDNY=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale\\(\\):max_bytes\\(150000\\):strip_icc\\(\\)\/Banana_Bread_010-2f325fba1a7541eb9a1eeb0a4d9c9ee9.jpg)\n\nCredit:\n\nCaitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox\n\nIf you open my freezer at any given moment, you are guaranteed to find several overripe bananas waiting for their day in the sun. \"We should make banana bread with those,\" my husband and I would both wistfully say, knowing that it would never come to fruition. Those sad, brown bananas were all headed for the same fate: A trip to the blender for smoothies. For some reason, preparing a batch of banana bread with our freezer stash of fruit seemed like an insurmountable task. Luckily, hopping aboard a meal train for our friends with a newborn baby would change that.\n\nBreakfast is my [favorite thing to bring new parents](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/muffins-are-best-gift-for-new-parents-11682053) for several reasons. It’s often forgotten about in a sea of poppy seed chicken and lasagna, but exhausted moms and dads need something hearty in the morning, too. Plus, they *can* eat a breakfast casserole at dinnertime. My ideal drop-off meal for this scenario is a savory, filling main like our [Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/recipes\/tater-tot-breakfast-bake-recipe), a big, fresh fruit salad they can pick on anytime, and a little something sweet they can enjoy at breakfast or dessert after other meals. Normally, I would simply buy a package of muffins to fill that void, but my husband and I decided that this meal train was our chance: We would finally bake homemade banana bread with our lonely freezer bananas.\n\nI went to *Southern Living*’s website to find the simplest recipe that would be a cinch to make and didn’t require a trip to the store, and there it was: [Our Best-Ever Banana Bread](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/banana-bread-6540840). After making one loaf for our friends, my husband was so impressed with how easy the recipe was that he immediately whipped up another for us to dig into.\n\n[Get The Recipe](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/banana-bread-6540840)\n\n## What You Need For Our Best-Ever Banana Bread\n![Southern Living Banana Bread ingredients ]()\n\n![Southern Living Banana Bread ingredients ](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/thmb\/gBRHO5A3l6twR1W2FsnDxJKQttE=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale\\(\\):max_bytes\\(150000\\):strip_icc\\(\\)\/Banana_Bread_001-7fd4199aef064f0590e314cbd7f87747.jpg)\n\nCredit:\n\nCaitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox\n\nOne of the best aspects of this recipe is that it only calls for seven ingredients, and they are all probably already in your kitchen right now: butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, salt, and bananas. That’s it.\n\nOf course, you can get fancy with add-ins like chocolate chips, blueberries, or chopped nuts, if you’re feeling it. My husband opted for a dash of cinnamon and a splash of vanilla extract in his second loaf for added flavor, and we’ll definitely include those additions next time.\n\n## How To Make Our Best-Ever Banana Bread\n![Southern Living Banana Bread adding the batter to the pan]()\n\n![Southern Living Banana Bread adding the batter to the pan](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/thmb\/KdfWPCLQ2x_FECXSrygf2Mq8NE4=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale\\(\\):max_bytes\\(150000\\):strip_icc\\(\\)\/Banana_Bread_007-230f18b92f1d4b7fa8ed5b802f4a371a.jpg)\n\nCredit:\n\nCaitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox\n\nThe most effort you need to put into this recipe is greasing and flouring your loaf pan. Once that’s done, it’s just mixing, pouring, and baking. Simply cream the butter and sugar together, add the eggs, dry ingredients, and bananas, and pour the batter in the pan. Pop it in the oven, and you’re on your way to a beautifully browned loaf of banana bread.\n\n[Get The Recipe](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/banana-bread-6540840)\n\n## Why I Love This Recipe\n![Southern Living Banana Bread cooling on a cooling rack ]()\n\n![Southern Living Banana Bread cooling on a cooling rack ](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/thmb\/sjdTEWJQsvqb1EIpDoCiFDhgixY=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale\\(\\):max_bytes\\(150000\\):strip_icc\\(\\)\/Banana_Bread_009-8a554e44ef7e4250a85847c618ab1b5b.jpg)\n\nCredit:\n\nCaitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox\n\nI went through a baking phase a few years ago, but that ended when we started having babies. Since then, making a home-baked good from scratch has seemed like much too tall a task. However, this Best-Ever Banana Bread Recipe has inspired me and reminded me that baking isn’t always extremely complicated or time consuming. Plus, this banana bread was the perfect snack to have on hand. I could grab a slice to savor in the car with my coffee in the mornings just as easily as I could sneak a bite for a pre-bedtime treat. The best news? There are already several bananas lying in wait in our freezer, and they have a much better future ahead of them than a smoothie.\n\nExplore more:\n\n- [Food and Recipes](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/food)\n- [Bread](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/food\/bread)\n- [Quick Breads](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/food\/bread\/quick-breads)\n\nWas this page helpful?\n\nThanks for your feedback\\!\n\nTell us why\\!\n\nOther\n\n## Related Articles\n[![Southern Living Blueberry Banana Bread]() ![Southern Living Blueberry Banana Bread](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/thmb\/NdI78DUCZJeDLK3tJuJwx1fBQKY=\/282x188\/filters:no_upscale\\(\\):max_bytes\\(150000\\):strip_icc\\(\\)\/Southern-Living-Blueberry_Banana_bread_021-bca2f6fb99ea4a81819081fb4e66b723.jpg) Blueberry Banana Bread](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/blueberry-banana-bread-7111159)\n\n[![Southern Living One Bowl Banana Bread sliced on a plate to serve with a cup of tea]() ![Southern Living One Bowl Banana Bread sliced on a 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on-screen opened his or her freezer or refrigerator instead of the dish he or she was making? Sometimes, creators will purposefully place a shocking item in the frame to stir up engagement. Other times, it’s accidental, like [the comical amount of butter](https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DP64fXdAIdz\/) in Senior Lifestyle Editor Ivy Odom’s fridge (she *is* a recipe developer, y’all).\n\nCredit:\n\nCaitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox\n\nIf you open my freezer at any given moment, you are guaranteed to find several overripe bananas waiting for their day in the sun. \"We should make banana bread with those,\" my husband and I would both wistfully say, knowing that it would never come to fruition. Those sad, brown bananas were all headed for the same fate: A trip to the blender for smoothies. For some reason, preparing a batch of banana bread with our freezer stash of fruit seemed like an insurmountable task. Luckily, hopping aboard a meal train for our friends with a newborn baby would change that.\n\nBreakfast is my [favorite thing to bring new parents](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/muffins-are-best-gift-for-new-parents-11682053) for several reasons. It’s often forgotten about in a sea of poppy seed chicken and lasagna, but exhausted moms and dads need something hearty in the morning, too. Plus, they *can* eat a breakfast casserole at dinnertime. My ideal drop-off meal for this scenario is a savory, filling main like our [Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/recipes\/tater-tot-breakfast-bake-recipe), a big, fresh fruit salad they can pick on anytime, and a little something sweet they can enjoy at breakfast or dessert after other meals. Normally, I would simply buy a package of muffins to fill that void, but my husband and I decided that this meal train was our chance: We would finally bake homemade banana bread with our lonely freezer bananas.\n\nI went to *Southern Living*’s website to find the simplest recipe that would be a cinch to make and didn’t require a trip to the store, and there it was: [Our Best-Ever Banana Bread](https:\/\/www.southernliving.com\/banana-bread-6540840). After making one loaf for our friends, my husband was so impressed with how easy the recipe was that he immediately whipped up another for us to dig into.\n\n## What You Need For Our Best-Ever Banana Bread\nCredit:\n\nCaitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox\n\nOne of the best aspects of this recipe is that it only calls for seven ingredients, and they are all probably already in your kitchen right now: butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, salt, and bananas. That’s it.\n\nOf course, you can get fancy with add-ins like chocolate chips, blueberries, or chopped nuts, if you’re feeling it. My husband opted for a dash of cinnamon and a splash of vanilla extract in his second loaf for added flavor, and we’ll definitely include those additions next time.\n\n## How To Make Our Best-Ever Banana Bread\nCredit:\n\nCaitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox\n\nThe most effort you need to put into this recipe is greasing and flouring your loaf pan. Once that’s done, it’s just mixing, pouring, and baking. Simply cream the butter and sugar together, add the eggs, dry ingredients, and bananas, and pour the batter in the pan. Pop it in the oven, and you’re on your way to a beautifully browned loaf of banana bread.\n\n## Why I Love This Recipe\nCredit:\n\nCaitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox\n\nI went through a baking phase a few years ago, but that ended when we started having babies. Since then, making a home-baked good from scratch has seemed like much too tall a task. However, this Best-Ever Banana Bread Recipe has inspired me and reminded me that baking isn’t always extremely complicated or time consuming. Plus, this banana bread was the perfect snack to have on hand. I could grab a slice to savor in the car with my coffee in the mornings just as easily as I could sneak a bite for a pre-bedtime treat. The best news? There are already several bananas lying in wait in our freezer, and they have a much better future ahead of them than a smoothie.","meta_canonical":null}

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Boilerpipe Text	Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox Have you ever watched a recipe video on social media only to find that the comments are all about what was revealed in the split second the person on-screen opened his or her freezer or refrigerator instead of the dish he or she was making? Sometimes, creators will purposefully place a shocking item in the frame to stir up engagement. Other times, it’s accidental, like the comical amount of butter in Senior Lifestyle Editor Ivy Odom’s fridge (she is a recipe developer, y’all). Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox If you open my freezer at any given moment, you are guaranteed to find several overripe bananas waiting for their day in the sun. "We should make banana bread with those," my husband and I would both wistfully say, knowing that it would never come to fruition. Those sad, brown bananas were all headed for the same fate: A trip to the blender for smoothies. For some reason, preparing a batch of banana bread with our freezer stash of fruit seemed like an insurmountable task. Luckily, hopping aboard a meal train for our friends with a newborn baby would change that. Breakfast is my favorite thing to bring new parents for several reasons. It’s often forgotten about in a sea of poppy seed chicken and lasagna, but exhausted moms and dads need something hearty in the morning, too. Plus, they can eat a breakfast casserole at dinnertime. My ideal drop-off meal for this scenario is a savory, filling main like our Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole , a big, fresh fruit salad they can pick on anytime, and a little something sweet they can enjoy at breakfast or dessert after other meals. Normally, I would simply buy a package of muffins to fill that void, but my husband and I decided that this meal train was our chance: We would finally bake homemade banana bread with our lonely freezer bananas. I went to Southern Living ’s website to find the simplest recipe that would be a cinch to make and didn’t require a trip to the store, and there it was: Our Best-Ever Banana Bread . After making one loaf for our friends, my husband was so impressed with how easy the recipe was that he immediately whipped up another for us to dig into. What You Need For Our Best-Ever Banana Bread Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox One of the best aspects of this recipe is that it only calls for seven ingredients, and they are all probably already in your kitchen right now: butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, salt, and bananas. That’s it. Of course, you can get fancy with add-ins like chocolate chips, blueberries, or chopped nuts, if you’re feeling it. My husband opted for a dash of cinnamon and a splash of vanilla extract in his second loaf for added flavor, and we’ll definitely include those additions next time. How To Make Our Best-Ever Banana Bread Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox The most effort you need to put into this recipe is greasing and flouring your loaf pan. Once that’s done, it’s just mixing, pouring, and baking. Simply cream the butter and sugar together, add the eggs, dry ingredients, and bananas, and pour the batter in the pan. Pop it in the oven, and you’re on your way to a beautifully browned loaf of banana bread. Why I Love This Recipe Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox I went through a baking phase a few years ago, but that ended when we started having babies. Since then, making a home-baked good from scratch has seemed like much too tall a task. However, this Best-Ever Banana Bread Recipe has inspired me and reminded me that baking isn’t always extremely complicated or time consuming. Plus, this banana bread was the perfect snack to have on hand. I could grab a slice to savor in the car with my coffee in the mornings just as easily as I could sneak a bite for a pre-bedtime treat. The best news? There are already several bananas lying in wait in our freezer, and they have a much better future ahead of them than a smoothie.
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By [Mary Shannon Wells](https://www.southernliving.com/author/mary-shannon-wells) ![Mary Shannon Hodes, Associate Digital Editor at Southern Living]() ![Mary Shannon Hodes, Associate Digital Editor at Southern Living](https://www.southernliving.com/thmb/ZTlIb73X433u7lAZBX7MOy7NYvU=/200x200/filters:no_upscale\(\):max_bytes\(150000\):strip_icc\(\)/Mary-Shannon-Hodes-0086df22b4e3454aa899581ef678225d.jpg) [Mary Shannon Wells](https://www.southernliving.com/author/mary-shannon-wells) Mary Shannon is a Digital Editor and has been on the Southern Living team since 2017. She helps run the brand's social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and TikTok, where she's happily behind the scenes. When she's not ruffling feathers with an etiquette poll via Instagram Stories, she's writing content for the website and assisting in various print projects like gift guides and home stories. [Southern Living's editorial guidelines](https://www.southernliving.com/about-us-6502349#toc-editorial-guidelines) Published on November 23, 2025 In This Article View All In This Article - [What You Need For Our Best-Ever Banana Bread](https://www.southernliving.com/best-ever-banana-bread-review-11851702#toc-what-you-need-for-our-best-ever-banana-bread) - [How To Make Our Best-Ever Banana Bread](https://www.southernliving.com/best-ever-banana-bread-review-11851702#toc-how-to-make-our-best-ever-banana-bread) - [Why I Love This Recipe](https://www.southernliving.com/best-ever-banana-bread-review-11851702#toc-why-i-love-this-recipe) Close ![Southern Living Banana Bread sliced and ready to serve ](https://www.southernliving.com/thmb/phY6MdvXONxbC4ofy1GAuBisDNY=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale\(\):max_bytes\(150000\):strip_icc\(\)/Banana_Bread_010-2f325fba1a7541eb9a1eeb0a4d9c9ee9.jpg) ![Southern Living Banana Bread sliced and ready to serve ](https://www.southernliving.com/thmb/phY6MdvXONxbC4ofy1GAuBisDNY=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale\(\):max_bytes\(150000\):strip_icc\(\)/Banana_Bread_010-2f325fba1a7541eb9a1eeb0a4d9c9ee9.jpg) Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox Have you ever watched a recipe video on social media only to find that the comments are all about what was revealed in the split second the person on-screen opened his or her freezer or refrigerator instead of the dish he or she was making? Sometimes, creators will purposefully place a shocking item in the frame to stir up engagement. Other times, it’s accidental, like [the comical amount of butter](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP64fXdAIdz/) in Senior Lifestyle Editor Ivy Odom’s fridge (she is a recipe developer, y’all). ![Southern Living Banana Bread sliced and ready to serve ]() ![Southern Living Banana Bread sliced and ready to serve ](https://www.southernliving.com/thmb/phY6MdvXONxbC4ofy1GAuBisDNY=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale\(\):max_bytes\(150000\):strip_icc\(\)/Banana_Bread_010-2f325fba1a7541eb9a1eeb0a4d9c9ee9.jpg) Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox If you open my freezer at any given moment, you are guaranteed to find several overripe bananas waiting for their day in the sun. "We should make banana bread with those," my husband and I would both wistfully say, knowing that it would never come to fruition. Those sad, brown bananas were all headed for the same fate: A trip to the blender for smoothies. For some reason, preparing a batch of banana bread with our freezer stash of fruit seemed like an insurmountable task. Luckily, hopping aboard a meal train for our friends with a newborn baby would change that. Breakfast is my [favorite thing to bring new parents](https://www.southernliving.com/muffins-are-best-gift-for-new-parents-11682053) for several reasons. It’s often forgotten about in a sea of poppy seed chicken and lasagna, but exhausted moms and dads need something hearty in the morning, too. Plus, they can eat a breakfast casserole at dinnertime. My ideal drop-off meal for this scenario is a savory, filling main like our [Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole](https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/tater-tot-breakfast-bake-recipe), a big, fresh fruit salad they can pick on anytime, and a little something sweet they can enjoy at breakfast or dessert after other meals. Normally, I would simply buy a package of muffins to fill that void, but my husband and I decided that this meal train was our chance: We would finally bake homemade banana bread with our lonely freezer bananas. I went to Southern Living’s website to find the simplest recipe that would be a cinch to make and didn’t require a trip to the store, and there it was: [Our Best-Ever Banana Bread](https://www.southernliving.com/banana-bread-6540840). After making one loaf for our friends, my husband was so impressed with how easy the recipe was that he immediately whipped up another for us to dig into. [Get The Recipe](https://www.southernliving.com/banana-bread-6540840) ## What You Need For Our Best-Ever Banana Bread ![Southern Living Banana Bread ingredients ]() ![Southern Living Banana Bread ingredients ](https://www.southernliving.com/thmb/gBRHO5A3l6twR1W2FsnDxJKQttE=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale\(\):max_bytes\(150000\):strip_icc\(\)/Banana_Bread_001-7fd4199aef064f0590e314cbd7f87747.jpg) Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox One of the best aspects of this recipe is that it only calls for seven ingredients, and they are all probably already in your kitchen right now: butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, salt, and bananas. That’s it. Of course, you can get fancy with add-ins like chocolate chips, blueberries, or chopped nuts, if you’re feeling it. My husband opted for a dash of cinnamon and a splash of vanilla extract in his second loaf for added flavor, and we’ll definitely include those additions next time. ## How To Make Our Best-Ever Banana Bread ![Southern Living Banana Bread adding the batter to the pan]() ![Southern Living Banana Bread adding the batter to the pan](https://www.southernliving.com/thmb/KdfWPCLQ2x_FECXSrygf2Mq8NE4=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale\(\):max_bytes\(150000\):strip_icc\(\)/Banana_Bread_007-230f18b92f1d4b7fa8ed5b802f4a371a.jpg) Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox The most effort you need to put into this recipe is greasing and flouring your loaf pan. Once that’s done, it’s just mixing, pouring, and baking. Simply cream the butter and sugar together, add the eggs, dry ingredients, and bananas, and pour the batter in the pan. Pop it in the oven, and you’re on your way to a beautifully browned loaf of banana bread. [Get The Recipe](https://www.southernliving.com/banana-bread-6540840) ## Why I Love This Recipe ![Southern Living Banana Bread cooling on a cooling rack ]() ![Southern Living Banana Bread cooling on a cooling rack ](https://www.southernliving.com/thmb/sjdTEWJQsvqb1EIpDoCiFDhgixY=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale\(\):max_bytes\(150000\):strip_icc\(\)/Banana_Bread_009-8a554e44ef7e4250a85847c618ab1b5b.jpg) Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox I went through a baking phase a few years ago, but that ended when we started having babies. Since then, making a home-baked good from scratch has seemed like much too tall a task. However, this Best-Ever Banana Bread Recipe has inspired me and reminded me that baking isn’t always extremely complicated or time consuming. Plus, this banana bread was the perfect snack to have on hand. I could grab a slice to savor in the car with my coffee in the mornings just as easily as I could sneak a bite for a pre-bedtime treat. The best news? There are already several bananas lying in wait in our freezer, and they have a much better future ahead of them than a smoothie. Explore more: - [Food and Recipes](https://www.southernliving.com/food) - [Bread](https://www.southernliving.com/food/bread) - [Quick Breads](https://www.southernliving.com/food/bread/quick-breads) Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback\! Tell us why\! 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Readable Markdown	Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox Have you ever watched a recipe video on social media only to find that the comments are all about what was revealed in the split second the person on-screen opened his or her freezer or refrigerator instead of the dish he or she was making? Sometimes, creators will purposefully place a shocking item in the frame to stir up engagement. Other times, it’s accidental, like [the comical amount of butter](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP64fXdAIdz/) in Senior Lifestyle Editor Ivy Odom’s fridge (she is a recipe developer, y’all). Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox If you open my freezer at any given moment, you are guaranteed to find several overripe bananas waiting for their day in the sun. "We should make banana bread with those," my husband and I would both wistfully say, knowing that it would never come to fruition. Those sad, brown bananas were all headed for the same fate: A trip to the blender for smoothies. For some reason, preparing a batch of banana bread with our freezer stash of fruit seemed like an insurmountable task. Luckily, hopping aboard a meal train for our friends with a newborn baby would change that. Breakfast is my [favorite thing to bring new parents](https://www.southernliving.com/muffins-are-best-gift-for-new-parents-11682053) for several reasons. It’s often forgotten about in a sea of poppy seed chicken and lasagna, but exhausted moms and dads need something hearty in the morning, too. Plus, they can eat a breakfast casserole at dinnertime. My ideal drop-off meal for this scenario is a savory, filling main like our [Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole](https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/tater-tot-breakfast-bake-recipe), a big, fresh fruit salad they can pick on anytime, and a little something sweet they can enjoy at breakfast or dessert after other meals. Normally, I would simply buy a package of muffins to fill that void, but my husband and I decided that this meal train was our chance: We would finally bake homemade banana bread with our lonely freezer bananas. I went to Southern Living’s website to find the simplest recipe that would be a cinch to make and didn’t require a trip to the store, and there it was: [Our Best-Ever Banana Bread](https://www.southernliving.com/banana-bread-6540840). After making one loaf for our friends, my husband was so impressed with how easy the recipe was that he immediately whipped up another for us to dig into. ## What You Need For Our Best-Ever Banana Bread Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox One of the best aspects of this recipe is that it only calls for seven ingredients, and they are all probably already in your kitchen right now: butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, salt, and bananas. That’s it. Of course, you can get fancy with add-ins like chocolate chips, blueberries, or chopped nuts, if you’re feeling it. My husband opted for a dash of cinnamon and a splash of vanilla extract in his second loaf for added flavor, and we’ll definitely include those additions next time. ## How To Make Our Best-Ever Banana Bread Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox The most effort you need to put into this recipe is greasing and flouring your loaf pan. Once that’s done, it’s just mixing, pouring, and baking. Simply cream the butter and sugar together, add the eggs, dry ingredients, and bananas, and pour the batter in the pan. Pop it in the oven, and you’re on your way to a beautifully browned loaf of banana bread. ## Why I Love This Recipe Credit: Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox I went through a baking phase a few years ago, but that ended when we started having babies. Since then, making a home-baked good from scratch has seemed like much too tall a task. However, this Best-Ever Banana Bread Recipe has inspired me and reminded me that baking isn’t always extremely complicated or time consuming. Plus, this banana bread was the perfect snack to have on hand. I could grab a slice to savor in the car with my coffee in the mornings just as easily as I could sneak a bite for a pre-bedtime treat. The best news? There are already several bananas lying in wait in our freezer, and they have a much better future ahead of them than a smoothie.
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