When the bananas in the fruit bowl go a bit brown, I know that it’s time to make some banana bread. Walnuts are in season at the moment and they make a great addition to banana bread, making it a great way to get some fruit and nuts into your kids.
If you don’t have time to make anything with the bananas, just peel them and put them in a ziplock bag and put them into the freezer. You can use them when it suits you, just thaw them for about 15 minutes before you use them.
What I love about this recipe, is that it’s mixed in one bowl, so it’s really quick to mix up for a tea time treat. It keeps well too, so send any left overs to school or the office for a great lunchbox addition.
Banana and Walnut Bread
250ml brown sugar
4 bananas
60g roughly chopped walnuts
1 egg
125ml oil
5ml vanilla extract
500ml flour
5ml cinnamon
5ml baking powder
5ml bicarbonate of soda
3ml salt
Crunchy Topping
125ml flour
125ml brown sugar
40g walnuts
60g butter
Crunchy Topping
Place walnuts into a food processor and blitz until finely ground.
Add flour, sugar and butter and process until well combined.
Set aside.
Banana and Walnut bread
Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Grease a loaf tin.
In a large bowl, mash the bananas with the sugar. Add the oil, vanilla and egg and mix well.
Sift the flour, salt, cinnamon and baking powder into the banana mixture and add the walnuts. Mix until all ingredients are incorporated.
Spoon batter into loaf tin and top with prepared topping.
Bake for 50 to 60 minutes until a tester comes out clean.
Allow to cool for 5 minutes in the tin, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool before cutting and serving.
Banana and Walnut Bread
- 250ml brown sugar
- 4 bananas
- 60g chopped walnuts
- 1 egg
- 125ml oil
- 5ml vanilla extract
- 500ml flour
- 5ml cinnamon
- 5ml baking powder
- 5ml bicarb
- 3ml salt
Crunchy Topping
- 125ml flour
- 125ml brown sugar
- 40g walnuts
- 60g butter
Crunchy Topping
- Place walnuts into a food processor and blitz until finely ground.
- Add flour, sugar and butter and process until well combined.
- Set aside.
Banana and Walnut bread
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Grease a loaf tin.
- In a large bowl, mash the bananas with the sugar. Add the oil, vanilla and egg and mix well.
- Sift the flour, salt, cinnamon and baking powder into the banana mixture and add the walnuts. Mix until all ingredients are incorporated.
- Spoon batter into loaf tin and top with prepared topping.
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes until a tester comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for 5 minutes in the tin, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool before cutting and serving.
