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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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I tried this 3 times already and it came out perfect every single time. Love that the recipe is simple and easy to make.
Followed the recipe and it turned out perfect! So moist and tasty! Thanks for the recipe! Greetings from Sweden!
I can’t tell you how many banana bread recipes I have tried, but this is the best I have ever tried! Thank you
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
I’m a beginner and this recipe turned out to be amazing and all my family loved it!
But sometimes it takes longer than 1 hour to cook! I’m not sure what is that I’m doing wrong!
At times I double the recipe and bake it in a round cake pan!
Thank you so much for this easy and yummilicious recipe!
Lots of love from Dubai!
Raman
I've made this recipe about 10 times during lockdown, and have another in the oven now! If i'm feeling extra adventurous I add chopped dates or dark chocolate also. Love it!
Love it thanks so much for the recipe .:)
MAKE THIS RECIPE!! This recipe is EASY and DELICIOUS!!
I’ve tried about 6 different recipes in the past year and this is my absolute favorite, even better that I didn’t have to use my hand blender or mixer. Turned out better than all the previous recipes and I’m saving this one forever! Thank you!
Jenna, your comment made my day! 🙂 So glad you found this recipe useful. Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to share such a positive comment.