Moist Banana Bread Recipes

1. Only purchase a few bananas at a time. Grocery stores will allow you to break off what you want from the bunch. You can even select several different bananas from several different bunches that are different shades of green so that you'll have one for tomorrow, one for the day after, and one for next week.

2. Break your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected they ripen faster.

3. Store your bananas at room temperature until they reach the ripeness you want, then you can store them in the refrigerator. The peel will turn dark in the refrigerator but the banana inside will remain firm.

4. If you need your bananas even longer peel and wrap them tightly in saran wrap. Then you can freeze them. De-thawed bananas are great in smoothies, banana breads or sliced on cereal.

5. To ripen a banana faster put it in a brown paper bag with an apple or tomato overnight.