Super Easy Bread Machine Banana Bread

I love an easy dump-and-go recipe, and this Super Easy Bread Machine Banana Bread is just that. Just toss your ingredients in, press the button, and walk away.

The bread machine does all the work for you, and in a matter of a few short hours, your home is filled with gorgeous bread baking! Try our Banna Nut Muffnis, Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins, or Carrot Cake Banana Bread, too, for more banana lover recipes.

So you are looking at three ripe bananas on the counter. Grab them, and mash them up. Then add a few other simple ingredients that you probably already have in the pantry and fridge. Within minutes, you have a loaf of delicious banana bread started in the bread machine.

Nuts can be optional in this recipe, but I love them; either chopped walnuts or pecans will work.

How To Make Bread Machine Banana Bread

Once the bananas are mashed, beat up a few eggs. Then pour the ingredients into the bread pan in the sequence listed, leaving the dry ingredients to the last.

Put your machine on the quick bread setting and medium crust setting and start the machine.

In a few short hours, you have a gorgeous loaf like this coming out of your bread machine. Careful when removing the bread pan, then let the loaf rest for 10 minutes, and then remove the loaf from the pan to a rack to fully cool. Nothing can be easier.

Recipe Variations

You can add or omit ingredients in this recipe like nuts, or change them up to walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts or whatever you have on hand or like.

Many people love the addition of chocolate chips, or you can try fruit like blueberries, dried cranberries, and coconut.

Expert Tips

Depending on your bread machine model it may need a little nudge and I stir it after the first mix with a rubber spatula in mine.

Recipe Pro Tips!

Can You Use All-purpose Flour in a Bread Machine Instead of Bread Flour?

You can use all-purpose flour instead of bread machine flour, and that is what I usually use.

Our banana bread recipe was adapted from a traditional loaf recipe to one that will work well in the bread machine. I didn’t want you to have to buy different ingredients for that.

Why is My Bread so Dense in My Bread Machine?

I don’t have a problem with the bread being too dense with using this recipe. One of the culprits can be not putting the ingredients in order, or it may be that you have too much moisture.

Try this recipe, and it should remedy that situation of your bread being too dense.

How do You Know if Banana Bread is Undercooked or Cooked?

The traditional way of doing it is with a cake tester or the touch method to see if it springs back, but that is pretty hard in a bread machine.

One way you can tell is if the top still looks underdone. To fix that, just leave the bread in the machine with the heat that is already there for an additional 10 to 15 minutes. This should finish the baking process for you.

Bread may have differing results if your bread pan is an upright or horizontal pan. Experimentation is your best bet, too, but this loaf has been tried in both.

Storage Instructions

The bread machine banana bread recipe survives on our counter for a few days. We store it in an airtight container or wrap it well in plastic wrap.

For longer storage banana bread does freeze well again wrapped in plastic wrap and stored in an air-tight container.

Kids love having a fresh slice of banana bread from the oven. Make it easier on yourself and bake them a loaf in the bread machine.

Freshly sliced and waiting for you!! Grab your bread machine and make a loaf today. Or try our other lovely Bread Machine Pumpkin Pie Spice Loaf that has been a real hit for fall!

Do you like it with a slather of butter or all on its own? You can choose! Enjoy!!

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Bread Machine Banana Bread Recipe

Tara Noland

This Super Easy Bread Machine Banana Bread is a simple recipe to pull together in a matter of minutes. The bread machine does the rest! In a matter of under two hours, your home will be filled with the wonderful aroma of bread baking, and you will have a lovely banana bread to share.

4.61 from 171 votes

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 40 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 45 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 10 servings

Calories 349 kcal

Ingredients

 

• 1/3 cup milk
• 2 eggs beaten
• 1/2 cup butter melted
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 3 medium-sized bananas very ripe or frozen and thawed, mashed
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 cup pecans chopped

Instructions

 

• Pour the ingredients into the bread pan in the sequence listed. Put the machine on the quick bread setting and medium crust setting and start the machine.
• If the top of the bread still doesn't look done, leave the bread in the bread machine while it is still warm for 10 minutes or until baked.
• Let the pan cool for 10 minutes, and remove the loaf with oven mitts, as it will still be hot. Don't forget to remove the mixing paddle also from the bottom of the loaf.
• Let the bread cool completely on a wire cooling rack. Slice and serve.
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Equipment

Villa Acacia Wooden Cheese Board and Bread Board, Classic Design – 17 x 6 Inch

New Star Foodservice 42917 Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons and Measuring Cups Combo, Set of 8

Hamilton Beach 2 Lb Digital Bread Maker, Programmable, 12 Settings + Gluten Free, Dishwasher Safe Pan + 2 Kneading Paddles, Black (29882)

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Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 349kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 5gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 66mgSodium: 410mgFiber: 2gSugar: 25g

Nutrition calculation is an estimation only. If you need nutritional calculations for medical reasons, please use a source that you trust.

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