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Banana bread with walnuts - perfect breakfast and dessert recipe!
This is simply the best recipe I've found so far for the most moist, perfectly sweetened, and easy banana bread. I added walnuts to this recipe, but they are totally optional, even though I love my banana bread with walnuts. This recipe is so easy, you don't even need a mixer - just mix everything with a big wooden spoon!
I've been eating this walnut banana bread for both breakfast and dessert for the past week and just love it!
Try this delicious banana bread with walnuts and you'll love it as much as I do!
Banana Bread with Walnuts
Ingredients
- 3 bananas , ripe, smashed
- ⅓ cup butter melted
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup walnuts chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- In a large bowl, mix butter into the mashed bananas, using wooden spoon. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix just enough to blend the ingredients; do not over0mix, the lumps will work themselves out.
- Add chopped walnuts to the batter and mix them in to distribute evenly through the batter.
- Butter a 4×8 inch loaf pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper, butter the parchment paper too. Pour the batter in the pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.
- Note: lining the bottom of the pan with parchment paper ensures that the bottom of the bread will not get stuck.
Notes
Nutrition
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Great recipe and wonderful flavour. Very easy to follow. Didn’t rise and much as I would have liked so might add a small amount of baking powder for next time.
Hi Char! so glad you loved the flavor!! If it didn’t rise quite enough, yes, a little baking powder (like ½ to 1 tsp) can definitely give it that extra lift. Make sure your baking soda is fresh too, since that can make a big difference.
Been making this recipe for years. I have changed it to using 1/2 cup of sugar, and using 3/4 cups of flour and 3/4 cups of whole wheat flour instead. It's still the best ever. Thanks.
Thank you so much for the wonderful feedback, Mary. I appreciate you sharing your experience with substitutes. I think many will find this helpful. 🙂
What is the IP quarantine....how does it affect this recipe....
That's just a security measure that might temporarily blocks access—usually to prevent suspicious activity. Sometimes it misfires. It’s nothing to worry about—just try again after a bit and it should work! Let me know if it persists!
I love the simplicity of the recipe, however, the baking time for 45 minutes in my oven. I would recommend this recipe.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with the recipe and your review, Von! 🙂
Tasty, moist and just fabulous
Thank you for your review, Patricia! 🙂
the worst banana bread I've ever tasted and made, was dry, not moist. I made it 2x in a row...it was just as bad as the 1st one.
Oh no, I’m so sorry to hear it didn’t turn out for you—especially after giving it two tries! This recipe has worked well for many, but I know baking can be tricky, especially depending on oven temp, banana ripeness, or measuring methods. If you’d ever like to troubleshoot together, I’m more than happy to help!
My go to banana bread recipe I’ve been making for years!
Is the butter salted or unsalted?
Quick and easy to prepare and bake, absolutely delicious.
Julia!
This banana bread tastes AMAZING! Thank you for sharing it.
I had to substitute baking soda to 3 tsp. baking powder, didn't properly whisk the egg the recipe called for, I added one additional egg because directions for me are more of a suggestion (whoopsie!). I also used about 1/4 cup + a half 1/4 cup of sugar as one of my bananas was brown and I was afraid it would be too sweet. It actually tastes super amazing!
I am definitely going to try a lunch/dinner recipe soon.
Thanks again for sharing!
Thank you, Khadijah, for your thoughtful and detailed review—and I really appreciate your enthusiasm! ❤️
I can't believe such an easy recipe was so delicious! Very moist & flavorful.
Wonderful recipe! Thank you so much! Everyone who tried it fell in love with the banana bread I made thanks to you 🙂 greetings from Bulgaria