Walnut Banana Bread Recipes

EASY BANANA NUT BREAD (WALNUT BANANA BREAD)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Mash bananas with a fork.
• Soften butter in a microwave.
• Stir eggs, bananas and butter together.
• Mix in remaining ingredients (except the chopped walnuts). Stir until the batter is fully mixed.
• Add 3/4 cup of chopped walnuts to the batter (and save the remaining 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts for later). Make sure the chopped walnuts are evenly spread throughout the batter.
• Pour finished batter into a nonstick bread pan. Smooth out the top of the batter within the bread pan.
• Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts on top of the batter before placing into the oven.
• Bake in the oven for 65-70 minutes.
• Take out of oven and let the banana bread cool down in the bread pan for 10 minutes. Do not remove the banana bread from the bread pan during this 10 minute cool down period. Use oven mitts as the bread pan will be very hot coming out of the oven.
• After 10 minutes, remove the banana bread from the bread pan. Place the banana bread on a cooling rack in order to completely cool. This cool down may take 1-2 hours. Gently slide a silicon spatula between the banana bread and the bread pan walls if the banana bread is stuck in the pan.

WALNUT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas and milk. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture just until moistened. Fold in nuts., Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 325° for 65-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

BANANA WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium mixing bowl. Whisk together egg, bananas, oil and vanilla. Add to flour mixture and stir until flour is moistened. Fold in walnuts. Spray 8-1/2 x 4-1/2 loaf pan with cooking spray. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. A wooden pick inserted in the center should come out clean. Transfer loaf pan to a rack to cool for 10 minutes before turning out of pan. Serve warm or store in an air-tight container.

CHOCOLATE WALNUT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the granulated sugar, molasses, oil, eggs, bananas and vanilla until well combined. Set aside.
• In a small glass measuring cup, stir together the milk and vinegar and set aside.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in the walnuts and chocolate.
• Add about a third of the dry ingredients into the banana mixture and stir gently until almost combined. Add half the milk mixture and stir just to combine. Stir in another third of the dry ingredients followed by the remaining milk mixture and finally the remaining dry ingredients.
• Transfer into the prepared pan and sprinkle with the turbinado sugar.
• Bake for 55 minutes to 1 hour, or until deeply golden brown and a cake tester or skewer inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool for 20 minutes before turning it out of the pan onto a wire rack to cool to room temperature.

BANANA & WALNUT LOAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease a 2lb loaf tin with some butter and line the base with baking parchment, then grease this as well.
• In a large bowl, mix together the butter, sugar and egg, then slowly mix in flour and baking powder. Peel, then mash the bananas. Now mix everything together, including the nuts.
• Pour your mixture into the tin and bake for 1 hr, or until a skewer comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool on a wire rack before removing from the loaf tin. The loaf can now be wrapped tightly in cling film and kept for up to 2 days, or frozen for up to 1 month. Defrost and warm through before serving. Serve in thick slices topped with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with a little Easy chocolate sauce (see recipe, below).

MOIST BANANA WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Grease and flour a loaf pan.
• Cream the butter and sugar thoroughly.
• Add the bananas, eggs and vanilla; beat well.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Stir flour mixture into the banana mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
• Add walnuts and mix well.
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake at 325°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Let the bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning it out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.