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!
This is simply the best recipe for the most moist, perfectly sweetened, and easy banana bread. I added walnuts to this recipe, but they are totally optional. This recipe is so easy, you don’t even need a mixer – just mix everything with a big wooden spoon!
- 3 bananas , ripe, smashed
- 1/3 cup butter melted
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup walnuts chopped
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.
Adapted from Simply Recipes.
Love this recipe! Thank you for sharing. I made it in muffin tins and a mini loaf pan. 🙂
This is the best banana bread recipe. It’s the one I always use. If we are in a time crunch I usually dish out the batter into muffin pans. This recipe makes for the perfect banana muffin as well!
I am so happy to hear that!
I have never made banana bread before and I was craving it. I followed this recipe exactly and it’s soooooo good! And was very easy to make too! The bananas I had were a little on the small size, so I used 4.
So glad you enjoyed this recipe! Thank you for stopping by and leaving such a kind comment!
Is baking time the same if you use 9×5 loaf pan?
I LOVE this recipe! My 3.5 year old and I made it together today and it was absolutely delicious- so moist on the inside and a sweet little crisp on the outside. We didn’t have baking soda, so I substituted with 2 tablespoons of baking powder and added a dash of cinnamon. It was perfect!! I would love to add this to my list of treats to give to loved ones during special occasions. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful recipe!
I am so happy you liked this recipe! Thank you for such a kind and thoughtful comment!
I have chosen your recipe
because is more tasty with walnuts
I have added small pieces of my
candied orange peel,
thus reduced sugar to
1/2 cup only and used half cup
Of almond flour and 1 cup of
Semolina flour grinded
to be a little bit finer.
Tastes delicious
Thank you for nice recipe
So glad you liked this recipe! Your changes to the recipe sound so good, especially the addition of candied orange peel!
I have been failing at banana bread for quite some time now and finally a success…yay everyone loged it. Thanks alot Julia.
You’re very welcome, so glad this recipe was useful for you!