Vintage Banana Nut Bread
Servings 10
Enriched with the goodness of bran, Old Fashioned Banana Nut Bread is an easy, wholesome quick bread recipe that tastes great!
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter
- ½ cup granulated or caster sugar
- 1 well-beaten egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup bran
- 3 tablespoons buttermilk You can use ordinary milk if buttermilk is not available.
- 3 mashed bananas ( about 1½ cups of mashed banana)
- 1½ cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup chopped nuts I use walnuts but pecans work well too.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Grease and flour or line a 9½ x 5¼ x 2¾ inch loaf pan.
- Cream the butter and sugar together.
- Add the egg.
- Now stir in the bran and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Set aside.
- Combine buttermilk and bananas in a medium bowl.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.
- Add the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk and bananas.
- Mix thoroughly.
- Stir in the nuts.
- Transfer the mixture to the lined pan.
- The bread normally takes between 45 and 50 minutes to cook but check after 35 minutes as oven temperatures really can vary. The bread is done when a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Allow to cool completely before slicing.
- The bread will keep for two or three days in a sealed container or wrapped in aluminium foil.
Notes
Adapted from The Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook
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