Banana Nut Bread

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Ingredients

1/2 cup (1 stick) Crisco or unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups Imperial Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups mashed bananas
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour*
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts)

*Spoon & Sweep method: Use a spoon to fill measuring cup with flour until required amount is obtained. Scooping measuring cup directly into flour bag will firmly pack flour resulting in too much flour required for recipe.

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat pans with cooking spray or shortening; set aside.
Cream Crisco or butter and sugar together. Add eggs, one at a time, followed by the vanilla. Stir in mashed bananas.
In a separate bowl, sift flour with salt and baking soda. Add nuts.
Add dry ingredients to wet and mix just until everything comes together.
Pour mixture into two greased and floured loaf pans.
Bake at 350°F for 1 hour.
Cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Invert banana bread onto wire rack and cool completely before slicing.

Imperial Sugar Insight

Note from Susan: This is my mother’s classic recipe for Banana Nut Bread.

Rate & Review

Sweetalk member

May 13, 2022

Really easy recipe to prepare, traveling across country in an RV so had to handmix the ingredients and baked it on my Req Tec pellet grill. Came out delicious :-)

Sweetalk member

Mar 02, 2022

Sweetalk member

Nov 01, 2021

I initially just added everything into my bread machine and let it do the work. Well it didn’t mix well so when I took it out it kinda just poured out! But it actually came out the consistency of bread pudding. It actually made a delicious banana bread pudding! I think my mistake was a delightful mistake! Now if I can only repeat that again.

Sweetalk member

May 19, 2021

Needed some "pop", less sugar. I substituted brown sugar and maple syrup, for 2/3 of sugar. 1 tsp cinnamon and 1/2 tsp nutmeg. Yum. Moist. Makes me want to let more bananas turn black.