A Simple Banana Nut Bread Recipe

Is an easy banana bread recipe, perfect for those last minute guests or lazy weekend breakfasts. Made with ripe bananas, pecans, and cinnamon this homemade bread is so airy and moist. 

Banana Bread can be made with or without nuts, or made into banana nut crunch muffins. Either way, it will be a family favorite for years to come!

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Bananas: You’ll want bananas that are spotty and brown with a little bit of yellow. Ripe bananas have more sugars and are sweeter, the perfect addition to this bread.

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Butter & Shortening: This banana nut bread uses a combination of shortening and butter. Shortening has a higher fat content (and melting point) so it makes a more tender bread. The addition of butter is for flavor. You can use all butter in this recipe if you prefer but I would suggest trying it with shortening too, the results are great!

Banana nut bread is considered a ‘quick bread’ because there is no yeast.To keep it moist, here are a few tips and tricks:

Banana nut bread will last at room temperature about 4 or 5 days. Keep it wrapped tightly in a cooler space on the counter.

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This banana nut bread recipe is a champion for freezing and can be frozen, thawed, and served (without anyone noticing!) for about 2 to 3 months.

Wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and then seal in a freezer bag with the date on it. To save freezer space, slice in 1 inch slices and layer in a zippered bag and place the bags flat in the freezer. Once they are frozen, stack them neatly. This also allows you to thaw only the portions you need.

Calories: 253 | Carbohydrates: 28 g | Protein: 3 g | Fat: 15 g | Saturated Fat: 4 g | Cholesterol: 38 mg | Sodium: 236 mg | Potassium: 103 mg | Fiber: 2 g | Sugar: 13 g | Vitamin A: 176 IU | Vitamin C: 1 mg | Calcium: 13 mg | Iron: 1 mg

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Holly is a wine and cheese lover, recipe creator, shopping enthusiast and self appointed foodie. Her greatest passion is creating in the kitchen and making deliciously comforting recipes for the everyday home cook!Moist, dense, and delicious banana nut bread to brighten your day! This simple banana bread is filled with chopped walnuts and is the perfect non-yeast bread recipe to make all year long.

A variation of our famous banana bread, this recipe is filled with nuts and is so moist and delicious. Be sure to check out some of our other recipes including cream cheese banana bread and chocolate banana bread.

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Baking banana bread makes me happy. I can’t be in a bad mood when I know banana bread is cooking in the oven. The aroma’s of the nut bread fill up my entire house and everyone knows something yummy is coming. It’s moist, and perfectly flavored, with a little crunch from the toasted walnuts. I could eat an entire loaf if I’m not careful. 😉

We love having delicious quick bread (no-yeast) recipes on hand (like our Snickerdoodle Bread and Glazed Lemon Zucchini Bread), and will be adding this recipe to that list.

I love having a slice with my breakfast or as a little pick-me-up in the afternoon. Sometimes my family even eats it for dessert – just heat it up for 10 seconds in the microwave and serve it with vanilla ice cream. SO yummy!

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If you don’t have sour cream, you can substitute with greek yogurt. Sometimes I will mash my bananas separately and add them into the mixture. Very ripe bananas work best – they need to be soft with at least some black because they make the bread moist and more flavorful.

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COMBINE. Then add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix well. Feel free to add chocolate chips to the batter! You could even add it to half the batter so you have one plain loaf and one with chocolate chips.

BAKE. After you’ve poured the batter into the pans, bake the bread in the oven for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

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How to store and freeze Banana Nut bread? Store your banana bread in an airtight container, a zip plastic bag, or wrap it in tinfoil. You can keep it in the fridge, on the counter at room temperature, or freeze it for up to 4 months.

What nuts are best in this recipe? Walnuts are our nut of choice to add to banana bread. We like to toast them before adding them, but they’re great not toasted as well. Chopped pecans are our second choice.

Can you use this recipe for Muffins? Of course, you can! Just follow our Banana Muffins Recipe for cooking times and temps to turn this recipe into banana nut muffins – that are perfect for school lunches and morning snacks.

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This simple banana nut bread is filled with chopped walnuts and is the perfect non-yeast bread recipe to make all year long.

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If you have three ripe bananas, you can bake this easy, delicious loaf of banana bread. Don't let the simple list of ingredients fool you—the flavors are well-balanced and the bread is wonderfully moist. If you're looking for a basic, delicious loaf for your friends, family, or a bake sale, look no further. In fact, you may want to make two loaves and freeze one for another day.

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There are so many ways to make banana bread, including dairy-free and gluten-free loaves. This recipe is for a banana nut bread with pecans, but you can use walnuts or skip the nuts altogether. Or consider adding chocolate chips for a bit of extra sweetness.

As with most quick bread recipes, the dry ingredients should be mixed into the wet mixture gently for the best texture; as with muffins, overmixing the batter can make it dense. The leavening begins working as soon as the mixtures are combined, so make sure your oven is preheated and the pan is ready before you do the final mix.

After it's baked, you can keep your banana bread moist by storing it properly. This means keeping it wrapped in plastic or aluminum foil. If you think it's going to be eaten in a couple of days, a plastic zip-close bag should be sufficient to keep it moist.

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Banana bread recipes are typically adaptable and forgiving, and experimenting with the number of bananas you use can impact the moisture level, too. If you're using three small bananas on a regular basis, the bread might be a little drier than if you'd used three to four medium-to-large ones.

If you're finding your bread bakes through but often comes out too dry, your oven could be running a little hot. Keeping a thermometer in the oven is often helpful. You might also find experimenting with the temperature and timing is helpful; you could always bake it at 325 F instead and let it go for an additional 10 to 15 minutes or so.

Banana bread will keep at room temperature for several days before it starts to dry out. When it does, it's great toasted with some butter or a drizzle of honey. Alternatively, you can freeze your loaf by wrapping it in wax paper or aluminum foil and putting it in a zip-close bag in the freezer for up to

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