Do you have over-ripe bananas in your home that won’t get eaten? Make Banana Bread with Pecans and Walnuts using the bananas instead of throwing them out!
Banana bread is a great little snack to enjoy with coffee in the morning. It’s sweet, but not too sweet. It’s also a great way to use those bananas that didn’t get eaten. It’s a family friendly dessert that I like to get my children get involved with.
This recipe involves smashing bananas, measuring carefully, and then of course the pay-off of enjoying it later.
My wife was the one who brought this banana bread to our family. I had eaten banana bread before I was married, but it was often given as a gift by a family friend.
She started making banana bread about 10 years ago, mostly because we couldn’t eat all of the bananas we had in the house to feed our young children. It’s a lot of fun to make too!
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Walnuts or pecans in banana bread?
This is your choice! You can add walnuts or pecans or add both to your banana bread based on your preference! Both provide an additional tasty crunch to your recipe.
Pecans are a bit sweeter and provide more of a crunch. Walnuts are a bit more ‘earthy’ tasting.
This recipe includes pecans and walnuts.
Banana Bread with Pecans and Walnuts
Ingredients:
- 3 ripe bananas
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp. half and half
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ¼ tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. salt
- ¼ cup of pecans
- ½ cup of walnuts
Directions:
Pre heat an oven to 375 degrees.
First, combine the sugar and butter into a large mixing bowl.
Mix well.
Add the 2 eggs.
Using an electric hand mixer, mix eggs into the butter and sugar mixture.
Next, mash up the 3 bananas.
Once well mashed, add the cinnamon, milk, and vanilla.
Mix well.
Then, add the banana mixture with the sugar, butter, and egg mixture.
Mix well.
Add all dry ingredients.
Mix the batter just enough until you don’t see any more raw flour. Do not over mix the batter!
Finally, fold in ¼ cup of pecans and ¼ cup of walnuts (save the other ¼ cup of walnuts for a topping).
Pour the batter into a 9.25 X 5.25-inch non stick loaf pan, and sprinkle the other ¼ cup of walnuts over the banana bread batter.
Place on the center rack of the oven for 40-50 minutes or until the bread is baked through.
Place on a wire rack for cooling.
Then, cut into slices and serve!
Banana Bread with Pecans and Walnuts
Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp of half and half
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ cup of pecans
- ½ cup of walnuts
Instructions
Pre heat an oven to 375 degrees.
First, combine the sugar and butter into a large mixing bowl.
Mix well, then add the 2 eggs, mix into the butter and sugar mixture.
Next, mash up the 3 bananas.
Once well mashed, add the cinnamon, milk, and vanilla. Mix well.
Then, add the banana mixture with the sugar, butter, and egg mixture.
Once well combined, add all dry ingredients.
Mix the batter just enough until you don’t see any more raw flour.
Finally, fold in ¼ cup of pecans and ¼ cup of walnuts (save the other ¼ cup of walnuts for a topping).
Pour the batter into a 9.25 X 5.25-inch bread loaf pan, and sprinkle the other ¼ cup of walnuts over the banana bread batter.
Place on the center rack of the oven for 40-50 minutes or until the bread is baked through.
