Banana Walnut Bread

Our Favorite Banana Walnut Bread

We enjoy a good banana bread. Banana bread became popular back in the 1930s when baking soda and baking powder gained popularity. You can add many things to your banana bread such as blueberries, chocolate chips and different types of nuts. We like walnuts in ours.

This is a wonderful Banana Walnut Bread recipe contributed by our friend Dawn Brockett.

Banana Walnut Bread

Course Bread

Cuisine American

Keyword banana bread

Ingredients

1½ cups whole wheat pastry flour
⅓ cup sugar
⅓ cup brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1 heaping tsp ground cinnamon
⅓ cup olive oil or other neutral oil
2 large eggs
¼ cup buttermilk or plain yogurt
1 tsp vanilla
¾ cup mashed ripe banana (2-3)
½ cup chopped walnuts optional but recommended

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly oil a bread pan.
Combine flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
Combine oil, eggs, buttermilk, vanilla, and mashed bananas.
Pour liquid ingredients into dry ingredients. Stir gently to combine. Add walnuts, if desired. Pour batter into bread pan.
Bake 45-60 minutes. Check for doneness with a toothpick inserted into the center. When it comes out clean, the bread is done. Cool in the pan on a rack. Run a knife around the inside of the pan before removing bread. Tap the bottom if it doesn’t come right out.

Serving Suggestions:
Delicious served as is. Some might prefer it with butter or even sliced and toasted.

Notes:
All I can say is, enjoy! This is tasty yum-yums!
National Banana Bread day is February 23rd. Who new?
Play around with your favorite additions. Pumpkin, carrot, apples, pineapple, extra spices… the list goes on and on. Let us know what your favorite banana bread recipes are.

Dawn Brockett is a writer, yogi and amazing chef. She lives in Boise Idaho with her family and dog Coco. Learn more about Dawn here.