Grandma's EASY Banana Walnut Bread Recipe (2024)

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Banana Walnut Bread

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Banana walnut bread Recipe

All you need to whip up a loaf of homemade banana bread are a couple simple ingredients you probabaly already have on hand:

ripe bananas
salted butter, melted
baking soda
salt
white sugar
large egg, beaten
vanilla extract
all-purpose flour
walnuts – optional
optional– more walnuts and/or chocolate chips

Banana and walnut loaf

Preheat the oven to 350 and butter an 8×4 loaf pan. Start by mashing your ripe bananas. You should have about 1 1/4 – 1 1/2 cups.

banana and walnut bread

Now add the melted butter and sugar to the mashed bananas and stir. Add remaining ingredients.

Banana walnut loaf

Pour the banana bread mixture in the prepared pan and sprinkle with additional walnuts and/or chocolate chips. This not only looks really pretty, but is adds a lovely crunch at the top and visual interest to your lovely breakfast dish.

banana and walnut bread recipe

Bake 60 minutes.

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I know it is tempting to dig in when it is warm and smelling so yummy, but don’t!

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Slice the loaf and set-out for breakfast along with a fruit salad or as a quick grab and go school day breakfast.

Recipe for banana nut bread with walnuts

Your family will go nuts for this warm, cinnamon tasy bread that is so heartwarming!

You can eat this moist, flavorful bread as is or smear some butter on it for a lovely breakfast idea.

Easy banana walnut bread

Got brown bananas? You are in luck! Make this yummy, super moistbanana walnut bread! This loaf is super EASYto whip up for breakfast.

This tried and true banana bread recipe is easy to make from scratch for a delicious, filling breakfast meal on the go!

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Grandma's Banana Walnut Bread

Beth Gorden

Whether you are makingbanana walnut bread because you have brown bananas to use up or because you have a craving for moist, flavorfulbanana and walnut loaf - you are going to love this EASYbreakfast recipe! This is seriously thebest banana walnut bread recipeI've made, and it is so simple to throw together!

4.54 from 13 votes

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Course bread, Breakfast

Cuisine American

Ingredients

3 ripe ripe bananas about 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 cup mashed
1/3 cup butter, salted melted
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
1 large egg, beaten
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated white sugar
3/4 cup walnuts plus extra for the toppint
chocolate chips optional

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Butter an 8x4 loaf pan.
Mash three, medium ripe bananas. Add in the melted butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, sugar, and mix well. Stir in the flour, walnuts, salt, and baking soda.
Pour in prepared pan and sprinkle with additional walnuts and/or chocolate chips for an extra pretty and yummy breakfast bread! .
Bake 60 minutes. Cool completely for the easiest slicing!

Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! She has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids ABCs, science, English grammar, history, math, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables - www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!

Grandma's EASY Banana Walnut Bread Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What happens if you put too much baking soda in banana nut bread? ›

Bitter Taste: Excessive baking soda can leave a bitter taste in the bread. Baking soda is alkaline, and an excessive amount of it can result in an unpleasant flavor. Unpleasant Texture: Too much baking soda can lead to a coarse and crumbly texture in the bread.

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Why is my banana bread dense and not fluffy? ›

You Over-Mix the Batter

For soft and tender banana bread, gently stir the wet ingredients into the dry — don't overmix! The more you stir, the more gluten will develop. The result will be a tough, rubbery banana bread. Simply stir until moist, and then do no more.

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What does too much flour do to banana bread? ›

If you use too much flour, you'll end up with really dry banana bread, and If you don't use enough flour, your banana bread will be way too wet. The secret lies in how you measure the flour. The scoop out of the bag method could be packing way too much flour.

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What does it mean when my banana bread sinks in the middle? ›

There are a variety of reasons why yours may be sinking on cooling but it is most likely that it isn't quite fully baked. Banana bread tends to form a firmish crust on the outside, so even if it looks baked it may not quite be done which means that it will sink as it cools.

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Is baking soda or powder better for banana bread? ›

Baking soda works best in conjunction with an acidic ingredient. In the case of banana bread, this may be buttermilk, brown sugar, molasses or the bananas themselves. Recipes generally include just enough baking soda to balance the acidity in the batter.

Is it better to use bread flour or all purpose flour for banana bread? ›

Though it is called banana bread,it is not actually a bread . It is more of a cakey loaf made by the addition of soda bi carbonate as a leavening agent. The is no requirement of developing gluten in these kind of loaves and so even all purpose flour with a low content of gluten is good enough.

Why do you not put baking powder in banana bread? ›

If you are using regular milk, you would normally use baking powder. Banana bread normally calls for sour milk, sour cream or buttermilk; all of these are acidic, so in this case what you need is baking soda.

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What happens if you put too much salt in banana bread? ›

If you add too much salt, Curtis recommends using a splash of vinegar. This provides a counterbalancing punch of acid that will lessen the salty taste.

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How do you keep raisins from going to the bottom of a cake? ›

The best way to avoid sinking fruit is to toss the fruit in a couple of tablespoons of the flour (just use some from the measured amount for the recipe) to coat it lightly. Once added to the cake mixture the flour coating will thicken the batter immediately surrounding the fruit and help suspend the fruit.