Banana Walnut Bread

Okay, I know that I am going bananas these days. There's been a lot of banana recipes here lately, this banana smoothie and that banana bread pudding and then the eggless chocolate banana bread and now again another banana bread. I am bananas over bananas (the fruit). In one word, I love them. However over-ripe, smushy bananas makes me go yuck. And so I get them baked ~ a great way to use leftover over-ripe bananas. And it makes for a great breakfast bite ~ anything but the regular dosas/idlis is always a yes for me. I love to have a few slices with my cup of milk while the huss smears softened salted butter all over and takes a big bite.

Bananas and walnuts are an iconic combo and these days they are named the dynamic duo. Anything that calls for bananas need a silent addition of a handful of chopped walnuts. The nutty flavor that the walnuts add to a banana bread is unbeatable. To summarize "Banana breads are never complete without the crunch from walnuts". Toss in more nuts if you are feeding a kid as this is a great way to incorporate nuts in their diet.

I adapted this from 4thsensecooking which is actually an eggless bake. I added an egg and reduced the amount of oil to 2 tbsp. I also reduced the sugar to 1/4 cup as 1)my bananas were too ripe and too sweet on their own 2)I made this as a breakfast loaf and didnt want to send us to an early morning sugar-coma. You can go with the original recipe here.

~*What U Need*~ Ripe Banana - 2, large Wheat flour - 1/2 cup All purpose flour - 3/4 cup Dermerara sugar - 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp Milk - 1/4 cup Oil - 2 tbsp Egg - 1 Curd - 2 tbsp Baking soda - 1/2 tsp Baking powder - 1 tsp Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp Salt - a pinch Chopped Walnuts - 1/4 cup

How I Made it:
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a bread tin with butter. Sieve all purpose flour, wheat flour, baking soda and baking powder thrice and set aside. Blend bananas with sugar and milk into a smooth paste.

In a large mixing bowl, add oil, vanilla essence and curd and mix well. Tip in the ground banana mixture and mix well. Fold in the sifted flour mixture without lumps. Toss the chopped walnuts with some flour and fold this into the batter.

Pour the batter into the greased bread tin and bake at 180°C for 50 mins. Remove from oven and allow the bread to cool on a wire rack completely before cutting out slices.

Serve with a glass of hot nutella!!!

So thats it Folks...
With Love,

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