Ingredients
- 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 8 very ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 1/2 cups roughly chopped walnuts
Make the Batter
First, preheat your oven to 350 F. Grease two 9×5 inch loaf pans.
Next, brown the butter. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Let it cook, swirling the pan occasionally, until it foams up and you see little brown bits forming at the bottom. It should smell nutty. Set it aside to cool slightly.
In a large bowl, whisk together the dark brown sugar and granulated sugar. Whisk in the slightly cooled brown butter.
Add the eggs, one at a time, whisking well after each addition. Then, whisk in the vanilla extract, oil, and buttermilk.
Stir in the mashed bananas.
In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and kosher salt.
Combine and Bake
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and fold with a spatula until everything is just combined. Be careful not to overmix; a few streaks of flour are fine.
Fold in the chopped walnuts.
Divide the batter evenly between your two prepared loaf pans.
Bake for ~50-60 minutes. The bread is done when the top is a deep golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached.
Let the loaves cool in the pans for at least ~20 minutes before turning them out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Banana Walnut Bread
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter 3/4 cup
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup dark brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 8 very ripe bananas mashed
- 1 1/2 cups roughly chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and grease two 9×5 inch loaf pans.
- Brown butter in saucepan over medium heat until nutty and golden; set aside to cool.
- Whisk brown and granulated sugars in large bowl, then whisk in cooled brown butter.
- Whisk in eggs one at a time, then vanilla, oil, and buttermilk.
- Stir in mashed bananas.
- Whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in separate bowl.
- Fold dry ingredients into wet mixture until just combined.
- Fold in walnuts.
- Divide batter between prepared pans.
- Bake 50-60 minutes until golden brown and toothpick comes out with few moist crumbs.
- Cool in pans 20 minutes, then remove to wire rack to cool completely.
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