Best Easy Moist Banana Bread

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Super moist and perfectly sweet and savory Best Easy Moist Banana Bread made with Greek yogurt, ripened bananas, and just the right amount of sweetness for perfect flavor! 

For more delicious banana recipes, look no further than my popular posts for Banana Bread Pancakes, Banana Nut Smoothie Bowl, and my Greek Yogurt Banana Muffins.

close up top view of greek yogurt banana bread with part of it sliced.

This is it people. This is my absolute favorite, perfect banana bread recipe. The perfect sweetness. The perfect moistness, the perfect texture. I’ve tried other recipes and none of them come close to this beauty. I’ve spent the last couple of weeks perfecting it, making it again and again and again until I reached this perfection. Go ahead and double this recipe because the first loaf will be gone before you know it.

Here’s How You Make This Super Moist Banana Bread

Just four steps and 30 minutes separate you from enjoying the best banana bread around.

  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and prepare a loaf pan by greasing it.
  2. Mix together the mashed banana, Greek yogurt, applesauce, and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Then add the vanilla and egg.
  3. To the banana mixture, add the flour, salt, and baking soda and mix until it’s all just combined, being careful to not overmix. Once you’ve mixed in all the streaks of flour, you’re done mixing. Pour the bread into the prepared pan.
  4. Let this moist banana bread bake for 55-65 minutes or until the top is browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean. Allow the bread to cool completely on a wire rack before turning the banana bread out of the pan and slicing.

Why This Recipe Works

Using up those leftover bananas –We all have those bananas we swore we’d eat by week’s end but never do. Don’t throw them out! Make this moist banana bread recipe instead! Just think, you could have your own delicious, simple banana bread recipe waiting for you to make every weekend!

Easy – You don’t even have to mix this easy banana bread much at all. Just toss everything together, give it a few stirs, and bake. It doesn’t get much simpler than that!

Travels well – Need a hostess gift or have a friend that’s under the weather? I’m always baking up this best banana bread to gift to others. Everyone loves the gift of food. Healthy – Made with fruit, applesauce, and Greek yogurt, this banana bread skips the extra oils and fats you’ll see in most recipes. You can skip the chocolate chips too for even more healthy nutrition.

Customizations and Optional Add-Ins

  • Not a fan of chocolate chips? Leave them out. Alternatively, you could also swap out the semisweet chocolate chips for any that you like. I personally love dark chocolate, but you could also do white chocolate chips or chocolate chunks.
  • Add chopped walnuts to the batter right before baking for a nutty crunch.
  • For some cinnamon goodness, add a teaspoon or two of cinnamon to the batter, plus a mixture of cinnamon sugar to the top of the bread before baking (optional).
  • Add an extra bit of nutrition to this easy banana bread by adding in a tablespoon of flax seeds to the batter before baking or top the bread with instant oats for a nutty texture on top.
close up of slices of greek yogurt banana bread.

Expert Tips and Tricks

  • I’ve made this easy banana bread with and without chocolate chips. Both options are amazing though I think it breaks my husband’s heart every time it doesn’t have chocolate chips in it. However, if you’re going for healthier banana bread, skip ’em. But if you are willing to indulge a little, throw those babies IN.
  • The applesauce. You can swap out the applesauce for oil – vegetable or canola both work fine. The oil does intensify the flavor a bit because hello – fats. That’s what they do. But I love this bread with applesauce OR with the oil. So, if you want lots of moisture and great texture and aren’t afraid to skip on the traditional oil, do yourself a healthy favor and go with the applesauce.
  • Do not – I repeat – DO NOT over mix the batter. Just mix until there are no more streaks of flour and no more than that. If you mix it too much, the end result will be a spongy dense banana bread. When in doubt, mix by hand instead of using a mixer and if you do use an electric mixer (I always do) mix on low speed.
  • You can keep this banana bread in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
  • You can use less sugar if you want for a healthier version of this bread. I you want to use less sugar I recommend making sure to use VERY ripe bananas as the riper the bananas, the sweeter the bread will be.
close up of greek yogurt banana bread with part of it sliced.

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Best Easy Moist Banana Bread

The BEST, super easy banana bread, with just the right amount of sweetness, banana flavor, and of course that super-moist texture! Add a cinnamon swirl or chocolate chips to take it to the next level.
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 1 hour
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Total: 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
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Ingredients 

  • 3 bananas, mashed
  • ½ cup plain fat free Greek yogurt
  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce , (see note)
  • 1 cup sugar , (see note)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ¾ cup flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips , (optional)

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees and grease a 9×5 inch bread pan.
  • In a large bowl mix together mashed banana, Greek yogurt, applesauce, and sugar. Mix in vanilla and eggs.
  • Add flour, salt, baking soda and mix until just combined – DO NOT OVER MIX – just until there are no remaining streaks of flour. Pour into prepared pan.
  • Bake for 55-65 minutes, until top is browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack before turning bread out of pan and slicing. Store in airtight container at room temperature up to 5 days.

Notes

In place of the applesauce you can sub an equal amount of oil (vegetable or canola) oil. The result will be equally moist, and a little more flavorful but also higher in calories – up to you!
You can use less sugar if you want for a healthier version of this bread. I you want to use less sugar I recommend making sure to use VERY ripe bananas – the riper the bananas, the sweeter the bread will be.

Nutrition

Calories: 397kcal | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 306mg | Potassium: 361mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 41g | Vitamin A: 104IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 3mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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128 Comments

  1. Judy says:

    5 stars
    This is our favorite Banana bread – healthy, Moist and delicious! Perfect everytime! Thank you!

    1. Tiffany says:

      You are so welcome! Thank you for your feedback!

  2. Winnie says:

    No need baking powder for this recipe?

  3. Elwood C Adams says:

    5 stars
    I have made this banana loaf several times. Everybody loves it. Thank you.

  4. Denise Ferguson says:

    I’M NOT SURE WHAT WENT WRONG BUT DESPITE BAKING AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES, AND TESTING THE INTERNAL TEMP FOR 200, i WOULD UP WITH A GUMMY STICKY MESS. aNY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT COULD HAVE GONE WRONG? i HAVE NEVER USED YOGURT BEFOREIN MY BANANA BREAD RECIPES

    1. Tiffany says:

      Hi Denise! I have never had that issue using this recipe, ever. I wish I had better advice for what went wrong for you! Sorry.

  5. Peggy S Silvis says:

    I agree with suzie!!! there’s way too much batter for a bread pan. i took out 3/4 cup and it’s going to come up right to the top edge.

  6. Kristina says:

    5 stars
    Moist, thick, and delicious! Love that this uses 3 bananas for a strong banana flavor. tbh i used butter instead of applesauce and the rich flavor is worth it. next time i might mix the dry ingredients separately. Since I didn’t want to overmix the batter, I think some bites were more salty than others.

    1. Tiffany says:

      Thanks for your great feedback, Kristina!

  7. S.Arys says:

    Best recipe for banana bread I’ve used and that’s baking for 40+ years. Very few tweaks, if any, but i have thrown in milk chocolate chips, bittersweet chips and walnuts.

    1. Tiffany says:

      You can’t go wrong tossing any of those in! 😉

  8. Ashley says:

    Is there a glitch on the page? I’m not seeing the recipe here?

    1. Tiffany says:

      So sorry! That was an error with my site at the time that was not allowing recipes to load correctly. Thanks for your patience!

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  10. Suzie says:

    It looks too much batter for a 5×9 pan. What gives? Help please