Banana bread with walnuts
A delicious bread made with banana, brown sugar, all purpose flour and walnuts for the extra crunch.
Servings: 15 people
Calories: 205kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup all purpose flour
- 2 -3 bananas overripe preferred
- 1 cup brown sugar ½ cup more if you like it sweeter
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ cup butter melted and cooled
- 1 large egg
- ¾ cup low fat milk
- 1 cup walnuts halved
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 deg F
- Grease the baking pan with butter
- Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl and keep aside
- Sprinkle a little flour on the halved walnuts (optional)
- Mash bananas, butter, brown sugar, vanilla and egg in another bowl
- Add half of the flour mixture into the bowl along with half the milk
- Add the remaining flour ,milk , walnuts and stir until it forms a smooth paste
- Pour the batter into the greased pan
- Bake for about 50 minutes until the tooth pick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- You can also alternatively check every 5 minutes after 50 minutes to make sure it cooks well as it took 65 – 70 minutes at another time all depends on the oven!
- Let the bread sit in the pan for about 5 minutes
- Gently move it to cooling rack until it is completely cooled
- Cut into thick slices , banana bread is now ready ! Enjoy
Notes
- This bread has a great texture and is very moist. Make sure the butter, egg, and milk are at room temperature.
- Adding flour to the halved walnuts is optional as the batter is quite heavy the walnuts will not sink to the bottom.
- You can increase the quantity of sugar if you like it sweeter.
- Do not overmix while adding the dry ingredients to the wet.
- You can also use your hands to combine them well if you wish.
- Top some walnuts on the top for decoration.
Nutrition
Serving: 55g | Calories: 205kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 150mg | Potassium: 122mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 142IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 1mg
