Friday, February 17, 2023

Classic Banana Bread from Vicki Delany

 Overripe bananas. What to do with them? If there’s one thing likely to be in every cook’s repertoire, it’s banana bread. Because, after all, we don’t want to throw out those fast-expiring bananas, do we.

I like nuts in my banana bread and thus this is my go-to recipe when those bananas are threatening to take over the kitchen.



Banana Bread with Walnuts

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon fine salt

2 large eggs, at room temperature

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 cup sugar

3 very ripe bananas, peeled, and mashed with a fork

1/2 cup toasted walnut pieces

Directions

Prepare a 9 * 5 * 3 inch loaf pan. I used a silicone loaf pan, but if you're using a regular pan,  lightly coat it with butter. 

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. 

Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl, set aside. Whisk the eggs and vanilla together in a small bowl.  

Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually pour the egg mixture into the butter while mixing until incorporated. Add the mashed bananas.  

With a rubber spatula, mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in the nuts and transfer the batter to the prepared pan.

Bake for 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean. Cool the bread in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes  Turn the bread out of the pan and let cool completely on the rack.









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5 comments:

  1. Thank you for the recipe! We put nuts in our banana nut bread too, but we've always used pecans and never thought about toasting them first, which I'm sure intensifies the flavor.
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  2. Nothing better than a piece of warm banana bread just out of the oven. Thank you for sharing sounds wonderful. peggy clayton ptclayton2 @ aol.com

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  3. Sounds like a winner/
    I like nuts in most things. Oddly, my daughter does not.

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  4. I love banana bread but usually leave out the nuts. It's great for a cold day's breakfast.

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  5. I made this yesterday. Today there Isn't a crumb left. Lovely and moist. I used half rice flour and mixed nuts. So good. Thank you.

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