Banana Nut Bread is a delicious breakfast or snack option. The whole wheat flour used in this recipe makes it even a better and healthier choice. Look out for the twist… tangy cranberries! Yum!
Ingredients:
Whole Wheat Flour - 2 cups
Ripe Bananas - 3, mashed
Butter - 1/2 stick (2 oz), melted
Egg - 1, well beaten
Sugar - 1/2 cup (1 cup optional)
Applesauce - 4 oz (1/2 cup), plain or flavored
Baking Soda - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Vanilla Extract - 1 tsp
Pecans or Walnuts - 1/2 cup, chopped
Dried Cranberries - 1/4 cup
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. In a large bowl, mix together dry ingredients so there are no lumps: Whole Wheat Flour, Sugar, Salt, Baking Soda
3. Add Butter, Egg, Applesauce, Vanilla Extract, Mashed Bananas and mix well to form batter.
4. Add in chopped Nuts and Cranberries and mix again.
5. Pour batter into a greased bread loaf pan and smooth out the top with a spoon.
6. Bake in 375 degree F oven for 1 hour. (Be sure to keep an eye on the bread as all ovens are different)
7. Allow the bread to cool for 10-15 minutes before slicing.
8. Banana Nut Bread keeps well in the refrigerator for about a week. Toast a slice in your toaster oven and spread a little butter on top before serving.
Tip: Banana Nut Bread freezes well in a ziplock bag - remove air from the bag before freezing.
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July 17th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Hi!
I’m following your recipes but can you suggest eggless banana bread?
would be great!
Thanks,
Shivani
July 18th, 2008 at 1:16 am
Hi Shivani,
Feel free to leave the egg out. The applesauce and bananas add quite a bit of moisture to the bread. You may want to use 1 cup all-purpose flour and 1 cup whole wheat flour as whole wheat tends to be a little on the dry side. Let us know how it comes out.
July 18th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Thanks for the quick reply. I’ll try.
Please try to show us more baking stuff “eggless”.
would be great for purely vegetarian People.
Thanks Hetal
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Hi Hetal & Anuja,
What is the purpose of using apple sauce in this recipe? Is it a must ingredient? Is there any option other than the walnuts or pecans?
Thanks
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Applesauce serves a couple of purposes in this recipe. You use less fat (butter) and sugar. You can leave it out but will probably need to compensate with a little extra butter and sugar. Walnut or pecans add a nice nutty crunch but if you don’t prefer them, you can definitely leave them out.
August 2nd, 2008 at 6:56 am
i was thinking cud u suggest a way i can make the same without using an oven as i don’t have one. I have a fridge and stove and pressure cooker.Do email me ur reply. Btw, this is the first time i am going thru ur site. i really enjoyed going the videos. I particularly like the way u explain every small detail in cooking as i am v bad at cooking…i have not tried anything yet.but i def wil do dat soon!Kudos!
August 2nd, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Thanks Suji!
Regarding baking without an oven…we have never tried this but have heard that you can bake in a pressure cooker. You have to fill the bottom of the pressure cooker with 1 inch of sand. Remove the weight and gasket from the cooker lid. Close the lid and turn your stove on to heat the sand and inside of the cooker. Then, place your pan with the cake/bread batter on top of the sand. Close the lid and “bake”. Let us know if you try it out and how it works.
August 20th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I would like to know if we can use egg beater instead of egg.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Hi Indu,
Yes,you can use egg beaters.
November 11th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Hi Hetal and Anuja
Thanks so much for the wonderful recipes. They are simply superb. Have tried many of them .. inspite of being a person absolutely not interested in cooking. They came out really good except the “Peda”. It came out to be too soft. Could not understand .. whether its because I heated it on the gas .. I don’t have a microwave. Thanks once again.
Bindu