The Very Best Banana Nut Bread – CRAZY good! butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, buttermilk, ripe bananas and pecans – SO easy to make. Tastes amazing. Great for breakfast or an afternoon snack.
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Pin This RecipeMy Mom suggested this recipe for the blog. It comes from one of our favorite cookbooks, Candlelight and Wisteria. She said it was THE VERY BEST banana nut bread recipe. How could I not give it a try with a name like that?!?!
Well, she was right. This was really, really good banana nut bread. So easy to make and it tasted fantastic. I love to eat a slice of this for breakfast or an afternoon pick me up. Actually, it is really good any time of the day. LOL!
As I said, this bread is very easy to make with only a few simple ingredients. Start with mashing some ripe bananas. Next, mix together butter and sugar until fluffy. Mix in the eggs. Slowly add the flour, baking soda, salt, mashed bananas, and pecans. Pour the batter into a loaf pan and bake.
The Very Best Banana Nut Bread
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1½ cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas, about 2 bananas
- ½ cup chopped pecans
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan, set aside.
- Pour baking soda into buttermilk. Set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, mix together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, mixing well. Add flour and salt. Add buttermilk mixture and beat. Mix in bananas and pecans. Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for 1 hour.
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Hi, I had tried many banana bread recipe but they all had a peak dome after baking . Yours looks quite flat . What’s the secret to that?
Will be trying your recipe next . Thanks for sharing .
It was the best one ever !
Big help for my morning breakfast. I am still enjoying it and getting ready to do it again .
The best ! Thank you .
can you use splendor for the sugar?
First time making this, Just came out of the oven 10 minutes ago. Having a small piece and must say it’s deliciously moist. Baked according to easy directions and highly recommend to anyone who hasn’t tried this yet. YUMMY
I made this today and it was delicious. I only used 1 cup of sugar and walnuts instead of pecans because that’s what was in the pantry. I used a muffin pan (6 large) and they were ready in 45 minutes. Thank you!!!😋
I lost my favorite Banana bread recipe. This was almost like it. I made it last week…now I’m making it again! Yum! It’s perfect I think!
made over the weekend. Delicious and so moist. Do you know nutrition on it.
Have you ever made this recipe using coco powder
I have not, but it sounds delicious.
Would I add/change anything to make this recipe into muffins?
The cooking time won’t be as long.
I love this recipe!!! For a pan coating, I use baker’s joy spray with flour. Also you can let the bread cook in the loaf pan and it comes out perfectly… just a few tips.
Thanks for the tips!
Is this made with all purpose flour or self rising?
all-purpose flour
Good day, I was wondering if I,m able to use whole wheat or almond flour in this recepie?
I have only made this with all-purpose flour, so I can not say with certainty how whole wheat or almond flour would work. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.
Can I use almond flour instead
What kind of buttermilk should I use? Powdered or liquid? Thank you.
Liquid unless otherwise noted.
Do I use salted or unsalted butter?
Either is fine. I always use unsalted butter.
Can I use regular milk instead of buttermilk?
Ok, thanks for the info!
Thx for the recipe. It’s delicious.
BUT – I also cut sugar to 1 C. And may try with 3/4 C next time. My bananas were sweet enough.
Next time – I’ll bake in a smaller pan, maybe 8 x 4.5 or so. Yummmy!!!
Mine goes flat in the middle after baking. I want it to look as pretty as it takes. Any suggestions? Thanks!
I’ve searched many on-line recipes for Banana nut bread and chose yours for my first dive into homemade bread. I am about to make your Best Banana Nut Bread recipe. I’m going to try it with bread flour. Wish me luck!
Hope you enjoy it~
Every time I make this, the flavor is fabulous, but it sticks to the bottom of my pan…HELP!!!!
Try spraying your pan with Pam with Flour Baking Spray or Bakers Magic. You can also line the pan with some parchment paper. I have a Williams-Sonoma Goldtouch Bread Pan that is amazing. Nothing ever sticks to it. I highly recommend it!
Thank you so much for your quick reply! I love this recipe and want to take it to family/church functions, but couldn't because by the time I got it out of the pan, it looked awful! I'll check into that pan. Thank you again!