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.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• 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.