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Banana bread with walnuts on wood

Best Banana Bread Recipe

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (or 1/4 tsp table salt)
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 2 1/2 cups mashed overripe bananas (about 4 bananas)
  • 1/2 cup walnuts chopped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture with the walnuts. Stir until well combined.
  • Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
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