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Banana Nut Bread
Comforting and satisfying...and super easy to make!
Course
Snack
Cuisine
American
Prep Time
20
minutes
Cook Time
1
hour
Total Time
1
hour
20
minutes
Ingredients
1
C
sugar
1/3
C
unsalted butter
softened
2
eggs
room temperature
1 1/2
C
mashed ripe bananas
~3-4 medium
2/3
C
water
1
tsp
pure vanilla
1 2/3
C
all-purpose flour
1
tsp
baking soda
1/4
tsp
baking powder
1/4
tsp
nutmeg
1/2
tsp
cinnamon
1/2
tsp
salt
1/2
C
walnuts
chopped
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 350°
Spray or butter bottom only of an 8.5" x 4.5" loaf pan
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the sugar and the butter with a fork
Stir in the eggs until well-blended
Add in the bananas,vanilla and water to the bowl and blender together with a hand mixer until all large pieces of banana are broken down
Add in the remaining dry ingredients, except for the nuts, stirring to completely incorporate
Lastly stir in ½ C of the chopped walnuts
Pour mixture into pan and sprinkle with chopped walnuts, if desired
Start checking bread at 50 minutes
Continue checking every 8 minutes until a wooden pick or cake tester comes out of the center of the bread clean
Let bread sit for at least 15 minutes before trying to remove from pan - good luck with that!!