How to Make Banana Nut Bread

Banana nut bread is a moist and delicious quick bread, ideal for a lunch time snack, and very easy to make. This recipe makes one 9-inch loaf. Follow these few steps to create a tasty treat.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 c. sugars
• 3 to 5 ripe bananas - crushed
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 c. softened butter
• 2 c. all-purpose flour
• 1/2 c. chopped walnuts
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 3 to 5 ripe bananas - crushed
• 1/2 c. softened butter
• 1/2 c. chopped walnuts
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 c. sugars
• 2 c. all-purpose flour

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Butter a 9-inch loaf pan.

3. Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl and stir together.

4. 

   Mash the bananas and add to the dry ingredients. The bananas don't have to be mashed very smooth.

5. 

   Beat the eggs until frothy, about 1 minute, and add them to the flour.

6. 

   Add all remaining ingredients and stir together well, but don't overmix.

7. 

   Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.

8. Place any remaining batter in a muffin tin and bake for about 20 minutes.

Tips & Warnings

• The bananas for this recipe need to be completely ripe and soft. Let them sit out at room temperature until the skins get almost completely brown. The fruit within will be very soft and sweet.
• Bananas are one of the few fruits that truly ripen once they're off the tree. The longer they sit, the more sugars will develop from their natural starch. This simple recipe depends on bananas with the highest sugar content possible.

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[deeden]

on 12/31/2008 DO I PLACE THE BANANA NUT BREAD PAN ON THE MIDDLE RACK IN THE ELECTRIC OVEN?

[munguialaura]

on 10/14/2008 I tried this recipe because I was making banana nut bread for the first time and it was so easy! I saw other recipes with a lot of other ingredients but this bread came out just the way my mom used to make. Thanks!

[nanabe1]

on 9/21/2008 A hint how to not have over cooked side/bottoms of the Banana Bread.

*Before you pre-heat oven put a flat bake dish, filled 2/3 with water in oven shelf below the Banana Nut pan.

*Your cooking time may increase for complete doneness.
just check the bread until knife comes out clean. I just check every five(5)minutes for doneness.

[MrsHubbell]

on 2/9/2008 This sounds good! but for someone who can't have alot of sugar in fruit is there an alternative? Probably not because this is banana nut bread :)

[MARCUS]

on 4/12/2008 yum