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
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Preheat the oven to 350 F.
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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.
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Add chopped walnuts to the batter and mix them in to distribute evenly through the batter.
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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.
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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.
My go-to! I’m a brazilian living in US and that’s definitely my favorite american recipe!
Dear Julia,
I have tried so many banana bread recipes , almost every week I bake a banana bread.But nothing comes closes to your recipe.YOURS IS THE BEST!
I did a few variations like increased the number of bananas to 5 , added cinnamon and nutmeg powders, used cane sugar and made them into muffins.
Thanks for sharing this awesome creation of yours!
Can you use foil instead of parchment paper at the bottom? I have wax paper and every time I use it it burns.
This is the best banana bread I’ve ever made!
A couple of notes: I used 2 mashed bananas and only baked for 40 minutes at 350.
It came out perfectly! I also skipped the parchment paper and just buttered and floured the pan.
It could be helpful to say exactly how much mashed banana to use as sizes vary a lot. Maybe it doesn’t really matter. Like I said it’s the best banana bread hands down!
Thank you!
Hi!! I want to try it. Can I make the recipe and bake it in cupcake liners? How long do I cook it for?
I have been using this recipe for YEARS! So easy, so delicious. Always a hit!
With lockdown 3.0 it was inevitable a banana bread would be baked! Thanks for the recipe, mine is baking as we speak 🙂 stay safe