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{Old fashioned} Banana Nut Bread Recipe with Video

An old fashioned recipe that is tried and true. Delicious to the last bite.
Prep Time10 minutes
Active Time1 hour
Course: bread
Cuisine: American
Yield: 14 servings
Calories: 335cal
Author: Melissa

Materials

  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • ½ cup butter 
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 3 large bananas ripe - mashed
  • 3 cups flour  all-purpose
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, Cream sugar, and butter
  • Add eggs and beat well
  • Add vanilla
  • Mix baking soda with the buttermilk and add this to the bowl
  • Add mashed bananas
  • In a medium bowl, mix flour, and salt
  • Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and mix in
  • Fold in walnuts
  • Mix and pour into 2 greased loaf pans
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour

Notes

*I've had some comments on Pinterest about the amount of sugar used. I do find that the older recipes have a lot more sugar than we are used to. If 2 cups of sugar seems extreme to you, you can cut it back to 1 cup. One pinner even noted that they only used 1/2 cup and it was still sweet. 
 
nutrition facts are only an estimate 

Nutrition

Calories: 335cal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 42mg | Sodium: 304mg | Potassium: 175mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 270IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 2mg