Banana-Walnut Loaf
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- Prep Time 15 minutes
- Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
- Yield Serves 10
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 3 cups mashed medium very ripe bananas (about 6)
- 1 cup chopped toasted walnuts (optional)
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-5-by-3-inch (2-quart) loaf pan; set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda; set aside.
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In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture in three additions, alternating with two additions of banana; mix until just combined. Stir in walnuts, if desired, by hand.
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Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with only a few moist crumbs attached, 60 to 70 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes in pan, then turn out of pan and let cool completely on a wire rack.
Cook's Note
If your loaf looks brown on top before the inside is done cooking, tent it loosely with aluminum foil (so the top is protected yet steam can escape) for the remainder of the cooking time.
Giving this one a try right now. I was baffeled by the web page. It overlaps on the recipe title with images, Maybe its me, maybe not , techy take notice.
Just made this recipe and it's delicious. I didn't get two full loaves, a good-sized one and a shortie. Should have done mini loaves, maybe. Added pumpkin pie spice and one loaf got toasted pecans, the other mini choc chips. Really nice recipe.
Very DISAPPOINTING! Love banana bread, so I am always
trying new recipes. This one was beautiful when it came out of the oven and then 15 minutes later it fell flat.
Don't waste your time or ingredients with this one....
great
I absolutely love this recipe! The first time I made it, I only had 4 bananas, so I added a bit of milk to moisten the batter. The second time, I had the six bananas, but used brown sugar.... YUM! It took about 85 minutes, but so worth the wait. You have to perfectly follow the steps, as I found the next me I made it, or it doesn't turn out good at all.
I made the whole recipe and it fit perfectly in Nordic Ware's banana bread pan.
But I think 3 cups of bananas is a bit too much. It was really really moist. Also, 1 cup of sugar will be more than enough.
The whole thing baked in about 75 minutes.
Over all, it's YUM.
I disagree with Edithe! I thoroughly enjoyed this recipe. Although, I did make a few adjustments. I did not add walnuts, and did 1 cup all-purpose flour and 1 cup whole-wheat flour. It made for really yummy and moist bread.
I was so disappointed in this recipe.
I felt 3 cups of mashed banana was more than the usual recipes for this bread and the suggested pan was too small.
Planned to get a larger pan and make again but when I tasted the "almost" cooked product, decided to not waste time and ingredients. Flavor was so lacking, I ended up putting the bread out for the birds to "enjoy"?
This was very good! I made half the recipe and it's a perfect size. I only had one ripe banana so I added a cup of applesauce. I also added some cinnamon and chocolate chips - very good! It only needed 45 minutes of baking.
Followed the advise and use half of the recipe. It was PERFECT !!! Making the full recipe and using 2 pans. Hopefully, they'll be as delicious as the first time.
I made them successfully two days ago. Must try it is very nice. I followed actually from the above recipes. I made one loaf for my neighbour too. They said it is very nice too.
i added dark chocolate pieces and separated the batter into two loaves. everyone went crazy for it.
After reading your comments, I made it using 2 separate pans. I cooked them for 60 minutes and they came out a bit overbaked. Next time I'll check them at 45-50 minutes and see.
Wow, I agree with other comments. I just made this loaf....my batter spilled over slightly, but the loaf had to be returned to the over after 70 minutes. I agree two pans are probably best, but I'm not sure I will try this recipe again.
I wish I had read the comments before I began. Mine baked over as well. Use two pans!
I just tried this recipe and I think it requires 2 pans. The batter spilled over into the oven.I t has also taken twice as long to bake than it should have.