Banana Walnut Buttermilk Bread

kcdelong's Note:

This is a recipe I got off the side of a sugar bag. I haven't made it but it sounds so good.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 8

Yield: 1.0 loaf

• 1 ½ cups sugar
• ½ cup unsalted butter , softened
• 2 large eggs
• 4 very ripe bananas , mashed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄3; cup buttermilk
• 1 ½ cups unbleached flour
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl cream together the sugar and the butter; add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
3. Beat in mashed bananas and vanilla and continue beating until mixture is smooth.
4. In a large measuring cup stir baking soda into the buttermilk and add it to the banana mixture along with the flour and chopped nuts.
5. Stir the batter until it is just combined.
6. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9x5 inch loaf pan and bake for one hour or until tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
7. Transfer the bread to a rack and let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
8. Turn it out onto a rack and let it cool completely.

Reviews

[Butterscotch Baby]

I used whole wheat flour, demerara sugar & added 2 tbls flax seed meal & 1 tbls chai spice blend seasoning, and it is excellent! Next time I will try allspice, but you can take this already excellent recipe & bend it in many directions.

[ieatfoOOod]

This banana bread had a really great flavour with the added buttermilk, I love the idea. My b/f absolutely loved it, but I would have liked it better if it was a little less sweet. It was likely my fault for being over sweet because I added a handful of chocolate chips instead of nuts. I think I would prefer doing half brown sugar and half white next time. I'll give it a try because I will definitely be making this again. It took an extra half hour to bake than the time given. It turned out fantastically moist. Thanks for the recipe!!

[lbandbuggy]

The only reason I am giving this 4 stars is that it rec'd mixed reviews from my household. Even though he liked this, my husband prefers the more bread-y texture of my regular recipe. But I absolutely love this recipe so much more! It is so moist, and very flavorful, the banana taste is excellent. I thought it was going to be too sweet, and it probably could use a little less sugar if you are looking to cut down, but it was very good as is.