Easiest Way to Make Award-winning Banana Nut Bread (or Muffins)

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, banana nut bread (or muffins). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Banana Nut Bread (or Muffins) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Banana Nut Bread (or Muffins) is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook banana nut bread (or muffins) using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Banana Nut Bread (or Muffins):

1. Make ready 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2. Take 3/4 cup brown sugar
3. Take 1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt (or sour cream) at room temperature
4. Take 1 tsp. vanilla extract
5. Prepare 2 large eggs, at room temperature
6. Prepare 4 large spotty bananas, mashed
7. Take 1 cup all purpose flour
8. Get 1 cup whole wheat flour
9. Get 1 tsp. baking soda
10. Prepare 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
11. Take 1/4 tsp. salt
12. Make ready 3/4 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped coarsely (or chocolate chips)

Steps to make Banana Nut Bread (or Muffins):

1. Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 9x5x3 loaf pan (or grease muffin tins or grease 4 mini loaf pans). If making a loaf, then also line the loaf pan with a slip of parchment paper, leaving an overhang on the sides to easily lift out the finished loaf.
2. Cream together butter and sugar until well blended, about 2 minutes. Mix in the vanilla and yogurt. Mix the eggs in one at a time, beating well after each one. Lastly, beat in the banana. Once everything is incorporated, set this aside.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together both cups of flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together. Then add to wet mixture. Mix together until just combined. Fold in the walnuts (or chocolate chips).
4. Bread directions: Pour mixture into loaf pan. Bake 50-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out of center clean. Cool in pan on a cooling rack until completely cooled. Then remove the loaf from the pan and slice using a sharp, serrated knife.
5. Muffin directions: Pour batter into muffin tins about 2/3 of the way full and bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool in muffin tin for about 10 minutes, then remove and allow muffins to cool completely on cooling rack.
6. Mini Loaves (pictured at top): Pour batter into greased mini loaf pans and bake for 33-38 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centers come out clean. Place the loaf pans onto a wire rack to cool completely.

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