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Easy Banana Walnut Bread Recipe

This Easy Banana Walnut Bread Recipe is a classic. Tender and delicious, we love ours with a slather of butter. These also freeze really well if you make them in individual mini loaves. This batter makes one standard loaf if you would prefer to make it that way.
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 45 mins
Course Bread
Cuisine American
Servings 6 Mini Loaves

Equipment

  • 1 Stand Mixer
  • 1 Mini Loaf Pan
  • 1 Baking Spray

Ingredients
  

  • 1 3/4 c All Purpose Flour
  • 2/3 c Sugar
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 3 medium Ripe Bananas
  • 1/3 c Vegetable Shortening
  • 2 tbsp Milk
  • 2 large Eggs
  • 1/4 c Walnuts finely chopped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray loaf pans with non stick cooking spray.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, add the bananas and beat to mash them. Add the sugar, eggs, milk and shortening. Beat to combine.
  • Whisk together the dry ingredients and add to the mixer.
  • Divide the mixture between the mini loaf pans, or use one standard loaf pan.
  • Stir in the chopped walnuts and bake until golden and a toothpick inserted comes clean. For the mini loaves, this will be about 25 or minutes. For a standard loaf, about and hour.
  • Cool in the pan and then remove to a rack to cool completely.