Description
Creamy Paula Deen banana nut bread brings Southern comfort to classic quick bread. Moist banana-studded loaf delivers rich nutty flavor that delights home bakers with simple ingredients and straightforward preparation.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 medium ripe bananas, mashed (about 1⅓ cups or 303 g)
- 2 cups (240 g) all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup (198 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (99 g) vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tsps baking soda
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 cup (113 g) coarsely chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Oven Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°F and grease two 8×4-inch loaf pans with a light coating to prevent sticking.
- Dry Ingredient Blend: Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl, ensuring uniform distribution of dry components.
- Wet Ingredient Fusion: Whisk sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla extract in a large bowl until the mixture achieves a smooth, cohesive consistency.
- Banana Integration: Fold mashed bananas into the wet ingredients, stirring gently to create a homogeneous mixture.
- Batter Composition: Delicately incorporate the dry ingredient mixture into the banana base using sweeping motions, avoiding overmixing to maintain a light texture.
- Walnut Distribution: Gently fold chopped walnuts throughout the batter, ensuring even spread without deflating the mixture.
- Pan Filling and Baking: Divide batter evenly between prepared pans, creating smooth surfaces, and bake for 35-45 minutes until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Browning Prevention: If bread surface darkens too quickly, loosely tent with aluminum foil to protect from excessive browning.
- Cooling Process: Allow loaves to rest in pans for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, preserving the bread’s delicate structure.
Notes
- Banana Ripeness Matters: Select overripe bananas with dark brown or black spots for maximum natural sweetness and deeper flavor profile.
- Prevent Dense Texture: Avoid overmixing the batter to maintain a light, tender crumb structure that allows bread to rise properly.
- Nut Distribution Technique: Lightly coat chopped walnuts in a sprinkle of flour before adding to prevent them from sinking to the bottom during baking.
- Moisture Check Trick: Use the knife test carefully – when inserted into the center, it should come out with just a few moist crumbs, not completely clean or wet.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 11
- Calories: 306
- Sugar: 31 g
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 47 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 37 mg