Classic Banana Walnut Bread
Our Classic Banana Walnut Bread is no fuss and easy to make. Simple ingredients made from scratch, just like how my mom used to make!
Classic Banana Walnut Bread! Everyone loves a classic right? You don’t get the term ‘classic’ without being worthy. And that’s what this banana bread is. Worthy. It’s a no fuss, no frills sweet quick bread, that’s just downright delicious. A true classic, that’s easy to make and a great way to use up those overripe bananas!
Ingredients Needed
- All Purpose Flour – A gluten free flour would also work with this recipe!
- Baking Soda – The leavening agent.
- Bananas – The browner and mushier the better!
- Butter – This recipe calls for unsalted, but if all you have is salted, that’s totally fine. Just cut a little bit of the salt in the recipe. See recipe notes.
- Sugar – White granulated is best but you could also use natural cane sugar.
- Vanilla Extract – Have you made your own yet?
- Toasted Walnuts – Pecans or almonds would also be nice, or you could just leave them out entirely. Totally up to you.
- Eggs and salt
Easy to Make
As with many classic recipes, this recipe is easy to make.
- Step 1: Sift flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Step 2: Whisk Eggs and vanilla.
- Step 3: Cream butter and sugar then add eggs and vanilla and the bananas.
- Step 4: Add sifted flour and fold in chopped walnuts.
- Step 5: Add it all to a loaf pan.
- Step 6: Bake!
And done!! Here you are, friends. A classic Banana Walnut Bread. Just the way your mama likes it, or at least my mama! 😉
Other Sweet Brunch Treats
- Easy Homemade Apple Fritters
- Easy Homemade Peach Fritters
- Banana Maple Munchkins (Donut Holes)
- Healthy Banana and Strawberry Oat Pancakes
- Glazed Chocolate Munchkins
- Blueberry Lemon Ricotta Pancakes
- Banana Waffles
- Easy Strawberry Compote
- Banana Pecan Muffins
Other Favorite Quick Breads
Enjoy! As always, if you make this recipe or any of my others, I love to hear what you think! Leave a comment below, email me, or you can find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest!
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Classic Banana Walnut Bread
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour 175 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda 6 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature plus more for greasing loaf pan
- 1 cup white granulated sugar 200 g
- 3 overripe bananas about 1 1/4 cup
- 1/2 cup walnuts toasted and chopped
Instructions
- Toast Walnuts: In a small sauté pan, heat on medium and give walnuts a quick toast, for 2-3 minutes turning often to prevent burning. Optional: You could also add raw chopped walnuts.
- Preheat: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and lightly grease a loaf pan with some butter (I usually use a butter wrapper or cooking spray).
- Prep Dough: Sift flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium-sized bowl. In another small bowl, whisk the eggs and vanilla together. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar either using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or a hand mixer.
- Create Dough: Add the egg and vanilla mixture to the butter mixture and mix with mixer. Add the mashed banana and mix (the mixture will appear to be curdled, but don't worry!).With a rubber spatula, gently mix in the flour mixture to the creamed butter and sugar and with eggs. Fold in the toasted walnuts.
- Bake: Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan and bake in the center rack of the oven for 50 minutes. Check with a cake tester, toothpick, or a knife for doneness. If it doesn't come clean, bake for another 5 minutes until it does.
- Cool: Gently turn the banana bread out of the pan and let it cool on a wire rack.
- Enjoy: Serve warm with fresh butter or once cooled.
Notes
Nutrition
Love, Love, Love this recipe it’s a staple in my life and now when I see brown bananas I’m overjoyed!
Yaaayyy! Thanks so much for sharing!! <3
Is that raspy mean a cup and a half of butter
Hi Cheryl! Sorry, that was a little confusing so I just edited it. It’s 1/2 cup of butter PLUS a little more for just greasing your loaf pan. I hope that helps. Enjoy!!
No one. No one doesn’t love a classic. And YES, we too love bananas – and rarely do they go overripe, but I will make a point of it next trip to the grocery. 😉 Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Thank you, Sandra Lynn! Right? Classics are classics for a reason! 😉
Yes I do like a Classic Banana Walnut Bread. The other recipes look good also.
Thanks, Linda! 🙂
Looks delish.. Yum
Thank you!
I gotta agree – ” banana bread is Worthy” indeed!!! I love it and usually, my neighbor a few houses down brings me a couple loaves – this one time I tried making my own, I had to add beets to it and I wanna say thanks for linking it up here! 🙂 xx
Thank you! What a great neighbor to have 😉