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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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Oh...I did NOT make the drawing on my Easter post. It's cute, I know, but from another site; I use several of her drawings for holiday posts.
Beautiful loaf, Julia. I prefer pecans for their sweetness, but either would work here. Wish I had some over ripe bananas in my kitchen!
gorgeous bake... 🙂
Its been a while since I last make anything with banana, it is a commodity (pricey) here in Oz 🙁
You're right that banana bread works so well for both breakfast and dessert. Not to mention snacks. 😉 I really like the idea of the walnuts - they add flavor, plus extra nutrition. Good stuff - thanks.
That looks moist and delicious - I do love banana bread. I will have to work on a gluten-free option.
What a beautiful banana bread. I can see why you love it so much! I'd love a big slice slathered in butter.
I find myself making banana bread more often than anything else since I always seem to have bananas needing to be used!! This one looks really great - I love that you don't need a mixer for it. Makes for easy cleanup!
It looks perfect! Now "I" want it for breakfast and dessert, too!!!
YUM! I wish I wasn't allergic to walnuts now, I used to gobble banana walnut bread up before!
This looks so soft and delicious Julia!! I want a big slice riiiight now!
Your loaf looks incredibly enticing and moist!!
Moist and loaded with walnuts...absolutely right up my alley.
Beautiful bread! For me, walnuts are not optional, the flavor and texture they add is just part of great banana bread. All it needs now is a smear of butter and a cup of coffee. 🙂
Great idea Judy! Bread with coffee!. Wonderful!
Give, give all this yummy bread loaf to me!!!! This is all that I need for breakfast and afternoon snack!!!! Mmmmmmmmmm...
It looks good and I like the fact that there is not too much butter:)