Banana Bread with Raisins and Walnuts
This banana bread with raisins and walnuts is super quick to put together! It’s full of banana flavour and has a great texture.
Ingredients
- 85 g walnut pieces roughly chopped
- 250 g all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon optional
- 85 g unsalted butter melted
- 240 g bananas very ripe
- 130 g soft brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 125 g plain yoghurt or sour cream
- 80 g raisins
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C. Grease or line an 8.5×4.5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper
- In a small dry pan, toast the walnut pieces over medium heat for 3-5 minutes until lightly toasted. Set aside to cool.
- In small bowl, whisk the flour, salt, cinnamon and baking soda. Set aside.
- Mash the bananas with a fork in a large mixing bowl. Add in melted butter, brown sugar, eggs, yoghurt and vanilla. Whisk it well until combined.
- Tip in the dry ingredients and fold it together with a rubber spatula until combined.
- Fold through the raisins and toasted walnuts.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle the top with a little coarse sugar.
- Bake in the oven for approximately 50-60 minutes until the top of the bread springs back when touched and a skewer inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
- Remove the bread from the pan and let it cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes before slicing.
Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 325kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 6gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 57mgSodium: 253mgPotassium: 269mgFiber: 2gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 296IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 49mgIron: 2mg
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