Lucky me! All of my bananas went soft and the skins were starting to turn brown and as I was about to throw them out my hubs ran into the kitchen in slow motion screaming “NOOOOO MAKE BANANA BREAD!!”… ok maybe it wasn’t that dramatic.
I really just wanted to lay in bed and finish dying from this flu, but I pulled out the old recipe book and whipped this up. It’s so good with a lot of butter * I also put cheese on mine, don’t judge me, I love cheese <3* Man am I glad I thought to make this 😉
INGREDIENTS
- 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
- 1⁄2cup butter or 1⁄2 cupmargarine, softened
- 2 eggs
- 1 1⁄2 cups mashed very ripe bananas (3-4 medium)
- 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped walnuts, if desired
DIRECTIONS
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottoms only of 2 (8X4 inch) loaf pans.
- In large bowl, mix sugar and butter. Add eggs, bananas, buttermilk and vanilla; beat with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
- Stir in flour, baking soda, salt and nuts (if using) just until moistened. Pour batter into pans.
- Bake for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool about 1 hour before slicing.
TIP : If you don’t have buttermilk, you can add 1 tbsp of lemon juice or white vinegar to 1 cup of milk and let it sit for 10 minutes before using in your recipe 🙂
I’m bringing this yummy warm bread toFiesta Friday, a party by Angie of the Novice Gardener. This week it’s co-hosted by the lovely Julianna @Foodie On Board and Hilda @Along The Grapevine
This looks delicious! I love banana but bread!
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No banana butts were used in this recipe LOL 😂😂😂😂😂
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Hahaha 🙂
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😂😂 still dying over here!
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Looks great – and thanks for the useful tip on a substitute for buttermilk!
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You’re very welcome! I hope you try it 😊
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I love anything banana!! 🙂
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Me too!! ❤
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This banana bread looks heavenly, but sadly I don’t have an oven at home. BTW, thanks for your delicious recipe! 😉
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You’re very welcome!
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🙂
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Thanks for bringing this great banana bread Natasha! And cheese with it sounds great!!! There’s a thing in the UK about having cheese with fruitcake. Hope you feel better soon and happy FF! 🙂
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Thank you Lili! You have restored my faith in humanity! Cheese does belong on sweet breads and cakes 😂😂 Happy FF to you as well 💕
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You’re welcome!!! I’ve got a real craving for that combination now… Thank you! 🙂
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*mumbling* sorry my mouth is full of cheese and banana *mumbles* bread 😂
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!!!!! aarrrghgh!!! 🙂 x
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*passes Lili a slice* 🍻 cheers mate!
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Thank you Natasha…! yum yum yum… munch…
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🍞 I’m so glad you like it! Now how about those crumpets? 😁
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🙂 yum
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Lovely looking banana walnut bread! 🙂 Yumyum.. thanks for sharing 🙂
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Oh thank you! I’m having the last piece right now 😊🍞
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This is just lovely and one of my all-time favourites. Hopefully there will be some left by the time that I get to your table. I suspect that the other FF guests will be hoping for a big piece too! 😀
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You better hurry Julianna! Angie has her eye on the last bit of crust 😂
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It’s hard just staying alive when you have the flu let alone bake up a beautiful loaf of banana bread! This bread is beautiful and has me craving a piece or two!
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I would invite you over but I don’t want to make you sick as well! So I’ll FedEx you a loaf 💕
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Ha! We’ll wait until you recover. I hope you are feeling better! 🙂
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Thanks for waiting, this may take awhile 😷😦😁
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That banana bread is making me drool! One of my favorites! Yours looks amazing!
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Thank you so much! 💕
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Nothing like banana bread with walnuts when one is feeling ill. I hope it’s made you feel better :). Love the addition of walnuts too 🙂
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Thank you! I’m almost back to 100% I’m glad you liked the recipe, I hope you try it 😊
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“NOOO, MAKE BANANA BREAD!!!” … haha I have a visual of it going down in my head. He was running with his hands in the air… probably not exactly how it went down, especially since you warned us that it wasn’t actually that dramatic but it’s still funny. haha!! This looks delicious, I LOVE banana bread!
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Ok so maybe he didn’t have his hands in the air, he just looked up from his paper and said “uhhh banana bread?”…see…not that interesting. He’s so boring it’s killing me 😂😂😂 I loveee banana bread too 💜
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AHHHAHAA… ahh that is awesome, hey, we all have to embellish now and then right!? Way more fun that way 😉
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I agree! Way more fun 😁😁
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I can’t wait to make this Sunday morning. Looks so delicious! Thanks for the recipe 🙏🏻
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You’re so welcome! Hope you like it! 💕
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Reblogged this on chadisrad1405's Blog.
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I made it on Sunday minus the walnuts! Loved it 🙂
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Excellent! So glad you liked it! I hope you put a ton of butter on it hehehe
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Gonna have it with butter today 😀 😀
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Very good choice! I put cheese on mine too. The hubs thinks I’m weird 😂
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Hey Natasha! Amazing recipe! 🙂 Love how your Banana Walnut Bread has turned out. Looks absolutely delicious. Walnut must be giving the bread a nice crunch.
As a token of appreciation, I will be sharing this recipe link tomorrow as the Recipe of the Day on our Facebook group ‘Recipe Repertoire’ (a group uniting food bloggers and food lovers). Congrats and do join and have a look at https://www.facebook.com/groups/703073099864104/
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Thank you so much! What an honor! 🙂 I’ll be over to check out your group now, thanks again !
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Complete pleasure! 🙂 See you there!
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