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Best Banana Nut Bread Recipe

My grandma made the best banana nut bread ever.

Here’s her recipe for you to taste for yourself. It’s moist banana bread, just like grandma made.

She used to make it in a bundt pan~  I think it was because the serving sizes come pre-formed on them and it was the easiest way for her to holler at me not to take the whole thing in one slice.

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Best Banana Nut Bread Recipe Ingredients:

Best Banana Bread Ingrients
 

3c sugar

2 tsp vanilla

2 sticks oleo (yes, this recipe is THAT old.  I use real butter.  No margarine for Grandma!)

4 eggs

3 1/2 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 c buttermilk (or try this easy buttermilk substitute*)

6 ripe bananas

1c nuts (if desired- I usually desire chopped pecans)

 

How to Make the Best Banana Nut Bread Recipe:

 
Preheat oven to 325 degrees and spray cooking spray on pan.
Beat sugar, vanilla, oleo butter and eggs

Beat sugar, vanilla, oleo/butter and eggs (one at a time) well…

add baking soda
add flour

Blend in flour, baking soda and salt.

add buttermilk to blender

Pour buttermilk into the blender.

peel bananas and add to buttermilk

Peel and slice bananas into the blender with buttermilk.  

blend until liquid

Blend until liquefied.  

slowly add banana mixture

Slowly add the banana mixture into the batter while beating.  Mix until incorporated.  

 

add nuts
Add nuts.

pour batter into panPour batter into prepared pan(s).  I prefer to use mini-loaf pans.  

Bake until golden brown and the middle is set.  Check every 1/2 hour.  (In my experience, 1 batch of 6 mini loaf pans usually takes about an hour, whereas the same batch will make a bundt-size pan in about an hour and a half…)

Let cool and serve.  

Wrap the remaining bread in foil to preserve freshness. 

You may also want to try the KONA Banana Nut Bread Recipe

best banana bread #recipe

Best Banana Nut Bread Recipe

Yield: 1 loaf or 6 minis, or 1 10"-bundt

Grandma use to make the best banana bread. Here's her recipe for you to taste for yourself.

Ingredients

  • 3c sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 sticks oleo (yes, this recipe is THAT old. I use butter, real butter. No margarine for Grandma!)
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 c buttermilk (or try this easy buttermilk substitute*)
  • 6 ripe bananas
  • 1c nuts (if desired- I usually desire chopped pecans)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees and spray cooking spray on pan.

Beat sugar, vanilla, oleo/butter and eggs (one at a time) well...

Blend in flour, baking soda, and salt.

Pour buttermilk into a blender.

Peel and slice bananas into blender with buttermilk.  

Blend until liquefied.  

Slowly add the banana mixture to the batter while beating.  Mix until incorporated.  

Add nuts.

Pour batter into prepared pan(s).  I prefer to use mini-loaf pans.  

Bake until golden brown and the middle
is set.  Check every 1/2 hour.  (In my experience, 1 batch of 6 mini loaf pans usually takes about an hour, whereas the same batch will make a bundt-size pan in about an hour and a half...)

Let cool and serve.  

Wrap the remaining bread in foil to preserve freshness.



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About Julee: Julee Morrison is an experienced author with 35 years of expertise in parenting and recipes. She is the author of four cookbooks: The Instant Pot College Cookbook, The How-To Cookbook for Teens, The Complete Cookbook for Teens, and The Complete College Cookbook. Julee is passionate about baking, crystals, reading, and family. Her writing has appeared in The LA Times (Bon Jovi Obsession Goes Global), Disney's Family Fun Magazine (August 2010, July 2009, September 2008), and My Family Gave Up Television (page 92, Disney Family Fun August 2010). Her great ideas have been featured in Disney's Family Fun (Page 80, September 2008) and the Write for Charity book From the Heart (May 2010). Julee's work has also been published in Weight Watchers Magazine, All You Magazine (Jan. 2011, February 2011, June 2013), Scholastic Parent and Child Magazine (Oct. 2011), Red River Family Magazine (Jan. 2011), BonAppetit.com, and more. Notably, her article "My Toddler Stood on Elvis' Grave and Scaled Over Boulders to Get to a Dinosaur" made AP News, and "The Sly Way I Cured My Child's Lying Habit" was featured on PopSugar. When she's not writing, Julee enjoys spending time with her family and exploring new baking recipes.
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