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). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

If making bread, prepare the bread pan by spraying with Pam or buttering the pan. Banana Nut Bread Loaves or Muffins This was my Mama's recipe. I loved helping her make it as I grew older.

Banana Nut Bread (or Muffins) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Banana Nut Bread (or Muffins) is something that I have loved my entire life.

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

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

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

If time and waistline permitted, I could wake up every morning to these banana nut muffins! This quick and easy muffin recipe is based on our favorite banana bread, with the addition of a cup of chopped nuts and a dash of coffee. I always roast the bananas as well as the walnuts, it makes an amazing difference in flavor. These easy banana bread muffins are a delicious way to start your day and they also make a sweet afternoon pick me up.

Instructions 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.

While I left the nuts out of these due to nut allergies in my family, I think these would be spectacular with walnuts or pecans folded in. Banana Nut Bread is one of my favorite quick breads, and trust me, this recipe will not disappoint! In my family, we call this the "Best Ever Banana Over-mixing can cause breads to be tough or gummy. You can halve the ingredients to make one loaf. You can turn this bread into banana muffins by.

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