Banana Walnut Bread is a soft, moist, and flavorful bread recipe, packed with the sweetness of ripe bananas and a nutty crunch from roasted walnuts. This bread is ideal for breakfast, a tea-time snack, or a wholesome snack.
Banana walnut cake
If you have extra overripe bananas sitting at your kitchen counter, then this bread recipe is for you. This banana bread with walnuts is soft and moist with perfect banana flavor and a nutty crunch from walnuts in every bite. One bowl recipe, freezer-friendly, and stays moist for days.
Also, this banana walnut bread is one of the best thoughtful, homemade gift ideas for the holidays.
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Ingredients
Banana: Overripe bananas for the best taste, texture, and flavor.
Butter: for a richer version. You can use neutral oil for a lighter version.
Sugar: Sweetener used. You can try honey, jaggery, or brown sugar for a deeper flavor.
Flour: All-purpose flour (maida) is used.
Eggs: act as a binding agent. Holds everything together.
Baking soda: Helps bread rise.
Check out the recipe card for the full list of ingredients.
Step-by-step instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a bread loaf pan or line it with parchment paper, and set it aside.
- Roast the walnuts in a skillet, stirring continuously to prevent burning. Keep this aside.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
- To this add mashed bananas, eggs, vanilla extract, and mix until blended.
- Add flour, baking soda, and salt, and mix until combined.
- Add the chopped walnuts to the batter and mix until combined.
- Pour into a bread loaf pan.
- Bake for about 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Let this sit for 10-15 minutes before transferring it to the wire rack to cool.
- Serve for breakfast, as a midday snack, or as dessert, and enjoy.
Tips
- Store any leftover in an airtight conatiner at room temperature for 3 days.
- You can refrigerate for up to a week or freeze the slices for up to 2 months—reheat before serving.
- Ripe bananas with more black spots make your bread sweeter and moister.
- Don't miss toasting the walnuts. It makes a lot of difference.
- You can add raisins, chocolate chips, or other nuts and coconut flakes, especially during the holidays, to make banana nut bread.
Serving suggestions
- Best served with morning tea or coffee.
- Serve warm with butter or honey.
- Spread cream cheese frosting and serve for a dessert-style treat.
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Recipe card
Moist Banana Walnut Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup Banana ripe mashed
- ½ cup Butter unsalted, room temperature
- ¾ cup Sugar
- 2 Eggs lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups All-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Walnuts chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a bread loaf pan or line it with parchment paper, and set it aside.
- Roast the walnuts in a skillet, stirring continuously to prevent burning. Keep this aside.1 cup Walnuts
- In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar.½ cup Butter, ¾ cup Sugar
- To this add mashed bananas, eggs, vanilla extract, and mix until blended.1 cup Banana, 2 Eggs, 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- Add flour, baking soda, and salt, and mix until combined.1 ½ cups All-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon Baking soda, ½ teaspoon Salt
- Add the chopped walnuts to the batter and mix until combined.
- Pour into a bread loaf pan.
- Bake for about 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Let this sit for 10-15 minutes before transferring it to the wire rack to cool.
- Serve for breakfast, as a midday snack, or as dessert, and enjoy.
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Notes
- Store any leftover in an airtight conatiner at room temperature for 3 days.
- You can refrigerate for up to a week or freeze the slices for up to 2 months—reheat before serving.
- Ripe bananas with more black spots make your bread sweeter and moister.
- Don't miss toasting the walnuts. It makes a lot of difference.
- You can add raisins, chocolate chips, or other nuts and coconut flakes, especially during the holidays, to make banana nut bread.
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Jen
I love this banana bread! It's quick and easy and the walnuts make it a bit more interesting than regular banana bread.
CLaire
I made this yesterday to use up some old bananas and it was so moist!!! I loved the crunch of the walnuts as well.
It was so easy to make I think because of your photos. I don't see many people putting pictures of the recipe stages on their website and I think it helps so much when you are a terrible cook like me!
Thank you