# World's Best Banana Bread

- Servings: 1 standard loaf
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 170 g unsalted butter, softened
- 223 g brown sugar
- 72 g white sugar
- 340 g mashed banana
- 2 whole egg
- 6 g vanilla paste
- 6 g molasses
- 250 g ap flour
- 5 g baking soda
- 5 g salt
- 4 oz buttermilk
- 2 oz grade A maple syrup
- flaky sea salt (optional)

## Instructions

1. Cream softened butter and both sugars together.
2. Add your mashed banana and mix until combined.
3. Add your eggs and vanilla then mix again.
4. Whisk your flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl.
5. Combine your wet and dry ingredients.
6. Add your buttermilk half at a time mixing thoroughly after each addition.
7. Pour into your lightly sprayed and parchment covered loaf pan.
8. Bake at 325 degrees until deeply golden and firm to the touch, or until internal temperature reaches 200-205 degrees.
9. Remove from oven and immediately pour maple syrup on top.
10. Top with flaky sea salt and allow to cool completely before enjoying.

## Equipment

- loaf pan
- pastry brush

## Tips

- This banana bread is even better the next day.
- The banana bread is at its peak if you slice it, wrap each slice in plastic wrap, freeze, and then thaw before enjoying.
- The moisture from thawing gets redistributed within the plastic wrap.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZva78zpQuq/?igsi=bmVnaTI2bHI2bWVj
- Creator: Selena Valentina
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/da84a2d0-7667-4168-8c7c-3b4a053cbb70
- Extracted: 2026-08-24

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