22 min
Prep Time
1 hr 10 min
Cook Time
Medium
Level
10
Servings

My mom has been making this delicious, moist buttermilk banana bread recipe for 30 years; it was a family favorite for breakfast!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour

  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

  • 1 ¼ cups white sugar

  • ½ cup shortening

  • 2 large eggs, beaten

  • 1 cup mashed ripe bananas

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • ½ cup buttermilk

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a loaf pan.

  2. Sift flour, baking soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl; set aside.

  3. Beat sugar and shortening together in a separate large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas and vanilla extract. Slowly beat in buttermilk, continually beating, until smooth. Add flour mixture, continue beating until smooth; pour into the prepared loaf pan.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing from the pan; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.