Banana Bread with Walnuts
A comforting vegetarian built around ripe banana, mashed and walnuts, chopped — roughly 65 minutes start to finish, and rated medium to make. Scroll down for the ingredient checklist, a serving scaler and unit converter, and the method broken into 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and whisk. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 175 C (350 F) and grease and line a 23 by 13 cm loaf tin with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and set aside.
- In a separate large bowl, cream the softened butter with the turbinado sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in the eggs one at a time followed by the vanilla.
- Mix in the mashed banana until well combined; the batter may look slightly curdled, which is fine.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and fold gently with a spatula just until no dry streaks remain, taking care not to overmix, then fold in most of the chopped walnuts.
- Pour the batter into the prepared tin, scatter the reserved walnuts over the top, and bake for 55 to 65 minutes until risen, golden and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Let the loaf cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
You'll use: Oven · Whisk
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
- Eggs
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce (baking) · 1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water per egg
Tips & common questions
How long does Banana Bread with Walnuts take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 10 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Banana Bread with Walnuts vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat or fish, so it's suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheeses for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Banana Bread with Walnuts is an original recipe developed in-house by Consomee. Photo: Julia's Banana and Blueberry Cake with walnuts.jpg by Alpha, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure on top — how we source recipes.