The Best Banana Walnut Bread: Moist, Flavorful, and Packed with Crunch

This truly is the best banana walnut bread recipe—moist, tender, and full of rich banana flavor in every slice. The addition of toasted walnuts adds the perfect crunch and contrast to the soft, buttery crumb.

Whether you're using up overripe bananas or baking for a crowd, this easy and foolproof recipe delivers bakery-quality results every time. Perfect for breakfast or snack or even gift giving! Give this recipe a try and I think you will LOVE me for it!

If you have overripe bananas you must give this recipe a try! However, if you are a cinnamon lover you will absolutely adore my Banana Cinnamon Swirl Bread and for a handheld variety try my The Best Banana Cinnamon Muffins!

Ingredients

• butter
• granulated sugar
• eggs
• flour
• baking soda
• salt
• ripe bananas
• sour cream
• vanilla
• walnuts

See exact quantities in recipe card.

Instructions

Cream the butter, sugar and eggs until light and fluffy

Sift dry ingredients and add to the wet mixture

Mix in those glorious bananas, sour cream and dreamy vanilla

Stir in the TOASTED walnuts and pour into prepared pans

Bake and make your whole kitchen smell like a dream

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Substitutions

• Walnuts - If you just aren't a big walnut fan or maybe don't have any on hand you can either completely eliminate them OR sub in pecans! Pecans are so great in the this recipe!
• Chocolate - What??? I can add chocolate? YES! Take out those walnuts and add the same amount of chocolate chips!
• Sour Cream - If you don't have sour cream on hand plain yogurt is a one to one switch.

Equipment

Hands down I believe good quality kitchen tools will make baking and cooking so much easier and more fun! Here is a LINK to my fav baking supplies! Definitely check out the pans, vanilla and mixer! Trust me!

Storage

Homemade banana bread will stay fresh in an airtight container at room temperature for four days! ENJOY!

Look at THESE!

Banana Walnut Bread - mini loaves

Misty Tannery - www.learneditfrommymom.com

This best-ever banana walnut bread is incredibly moist, tender, and full of rich banana flavor with the perfect crunch from toasted walnuts—an easy, delicious recipe for breakfast, snacks, or gifting.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Snack

Ingredients

  

• ½ cup butter room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup mashed very ripe bananas
• ½ cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans-toasted

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter mini loaves or a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan; set aside. Toast nuts and set aside. In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, and beat to incorporate.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to the butter mixture, and mix until just combined. Add bananas, sour cream, and vanilla; mix to combine. Stir in nuts, and pour into prepared pan.
• Bake until a cake tester inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Let rest in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool.
• Smaller loaves bake about 25-30 min *I personally love the mini loaves. The bread is always more moist this way!

Keyword banana, banana bread, easy banana bread, food gifts, moist banana bread, quick bread, walnuts

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