Ultimate Banana Nut Bread (Printable Version)

Moist banana bread loaded with toasted walnuts, perfect for breakfast or snacking.

# What You Need:

→ Wet Ingredients

01 - 3 large ripe bananas (about 1 ¼ cups mashed)
02 - 2 large eggs
03 - ½ cup vegetable oil or melted unsalted butter
04 - ⅔ cup granulated sugar
05 - ¼ cup whole milk
06 - 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

→ Dry Ingredients

07 - 2 cups all-purpose flour
08 - 1 tsp baking soda
09 - ½ tsp ground cinnamon
10 - ¼ tsp salt

→ Nuts

11 - 1 cup walnuts, toasted and coarsely chopped

# How-To:

01 - Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan or line with parchment paper.
02 - In a large mixing bowl, mash the bananas until smooth. Whisk in eggs, oil, sugar, milk, and vanilla until well combined.
03 - In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
04 - Gradually fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until just combined—do not overmix.
05 - Gently fold in the chopped walnuts, reserving a few for sprinkling on top if desired.
06 - Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle with reserved walnuts.
07 - Bake for 55–65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
08 - Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.

# Expert Tips:

01 -
  • The toasted walnuts create these incredible crunchy pockets throughout the moist tender crumb
  • It comes together faster than you can preheat the oven, perfect for lazy weekend baking
  • The recipe is forgiving enough that even your baking experiments turn out beautifully
02 -
  • Overmixing the batter once the flour is added will make your bread dense and tough instead of tender
  • The toothpick test should show a few moist crumbs but no wet batter, as the bread continues cooking while cooling
  • Room temperature ingredients blend together more smoothly and create a more even texture throughout
03 -
  • Toast your walnuts in a dry skillet over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes, shaking frequently until fragrant
  • Use the lightest colored pan you have, as dark metal pans can cause the edges to overbake before the center is done

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