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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 made it as muffins , but reduced the flour to 1 cup and I was not having walnuts .
It turned out to be very soft and nice.
I love the banana bread, it was so good need to make some more it went so fast in this house... Again Thank You
I made this bread and it came out EXACTLY like the photos. It taste AMAZING! Thank you 🙂
In the oven now. I could eat the batter. So creamy and yummy. Can't wait until it's done. Thanks for the easy recipe.
I just made this and it was absolutely fabulous I replaced the butter with coconut oil and the vanilla extract with almond extract. Sooooooo good!
This recipe is so easy ! It turned out yummy!
My coworkers loved it! I do cut down baking time to 45 min tho =)
I make this bread all the time!!
This recipe is delicious! My family loves it however I would like to bake it in a muffin pan instead so that I can individually wrap each yummy muffin. How long would I need to bake this recipe on 350 in a muffin pan?
Julia, banana bread is always my jam. You just made it even more brilliant by adding walnuts. Couldn't believe this baby is even real! Thank for this amazing recipe.
I'm not sure why mine turned out a little tough. It didn't rise very much maybe that's why. Not sure what I did wrong; the taste was good but not real flavorful. I followed the recipe exactly except my oven cooks hot so it was done in 45 minutes.
Hi
Is all purpose flour a "plain flour"
Please
Is there anyway to use not so ripe bananas?
These turned out SO good! I added chocolate chips and did muffins instead. It made exactly 12 and took about 30-35 minutes to cook!
I made this bread yesterday, it's gone. It's wonderful! Only makes one loaf so I'll make 2 next time so I get some. And I used coconut oil instead of butter, I just melted it in a sauce pan on very low heat.
Are these still as good as muffins? How long should i cook them for? Thanks (: