banana bread
noun
plural banana breads
: a quick bread made with mashed ripe bananas mixed into the batter
Banana bread is the unsung hero of cutting back on kitchen waste. What other decadent treat could you make that uses up all your nearly-expired breakfast fruit?—
Kaitlyn McInnis
Kaitlyn McInnisA lot of us are moving from one "comfort food" meal to the next (think of all the lasagnas and banana breads on Instagram).—Michael J. Breus
Michael J. BreusExamples of banana bread in a Sentence
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Dishes include banana bread pudding or spinach frittata with goat's cheese for breakfast and pork shoulder with figs, or Orecchiette with spicy vodka sauce for lunch and dinner.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
That provides a nice hit of spice to balance the bourbon’s inherent sweetness, and the palate is layered and complex with notes of maple, brown sugar, vanilla pudding, banana bread, ripe plum, tobacco, and tannic oak.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
And in the morning, there was a banana bread.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
The base is a soft, buttery banana bread made with real bananas for a natural, fragrant flavor.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
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Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
That provides a nice hit of spice to balance the bourbon’s inherent sweetness, and the palate is layered and complex with notes of maple, brown sugar, vanilla pudding, banana bread, ripe plum, tobacco, and tannic oak.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
And in the morning, there was a banana bread.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
The base is a soft, buttery banana bread made with real bananas for a natural, fragrant flavor.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for banana bread
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“Banana bread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banana%20bread. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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