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The Best Banana Bread Recipe Ever!

The Best Banana Nut Bread Recipe Ever!

Hey friends! 🙂

As fall arrives and the weather cools down, I find myself wanting to bake a lot more. I’ve been meaning to share this recipe for a while now, and a little cooler weather is all the motivation I need! 🙂

The Best Banana Nut Bread Recipe Ever!

This banana bread recipe is adapted from the book How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman. I am a big Bittman fan, and if I could only use one recipe book for the rest of my life, How to Cook Everything would definitely be it.

The only change I made is that I substituted more nuts in lieu of adding coconut flakes. I’m not a big coconut fan when it comes to baked goods, so I tried making this without it and I was extremely happy with the results. Now, Bittman and others say that including the coconut flakes really adds something to the flavor, so I will include how the original recipe was written in case you would like to try it.

Ingredients
  1. 8 tablespoons butter, plus some for greasing the pan
  2. 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  3. 1/2 cup wheat flour
  4. 1 teaspoon salt
  5. 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  6. 3/4 cup sugar
  7. 2 eggs
  8. 3 very ripe bananas, mashed with a fork until smooth
  9. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  10. 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (I used walnuts)
  11. (Original recipe calls for 1/2 nuts instead of 1 cup and 1/2 grated dried unsweetened coconut.)
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
  2. Mix together the dry ingredients. Cream the butter and beat in the eggs and bananas. Stir this mixture into the dry ingredients. Stir in the vanilla and nuts.
  3. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for 45 to 60 minutes, until nicely browned.
  4. A toothpick inserted in the center of the bread will come out fairly clean, but banana bread is very moist compared to other breads.
  5. Cool on a rack for 15 minutes before removing from the pan.

The Best Banana Nut Bread Recipe Ever!

I hope you will try and love this recipe as much as I do! 🙂

Michelle

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  1. Debbie-Dabble says

    October 24, 2014 at 12:08 pm

    Looks so good and banana bread is a favorite of mine…Thanks so much for dropping by and for your kind comment!!

    Hugs,
    Deb

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    • Michelle @ The Painted Hinge says

      October 24, 2014 at 12:11 pm

      You’re welcome, and thank you! 🙂 Have a great weekend!

      Reply

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