Equipment
- 1 Bread Loaf Pan
- 1 Electric Mixer
Ingredients
Banana Nut Loaf
- ¼ cup Salted Butter soften
- ¼ cup Canola Oil
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 whole Bananas smashed
- 2 Large Eggs at room temp
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 ½ cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- ¼ cup Buttermilk
- ¾ cups Walnuts chopped
Cinnamon Sugar
- 3 tbsp Light Brown Sugar packed
- 1 ½ tsp Cinnamon
Crumble
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour plus 2 tbsp All Purpose Flour
- ⅓ cup Granulated Sugar
- ⅓ cup Light Brown Sugar
- ½ cup Unsalted Butter Melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven at to 325. Grease light colored loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside
- Start by making the crumble; Combine the flour, cinnamon, and sugars in a bowl, and mix in the melted butter. The mixture should resemble wet sand. Place the bowl in the refrigerator to chill while making the rest of the loaf is made
- In a large bowl, mix oil, butter, and sugar until well combined, stir in eggs, vanilla and bananas until smooth
- Gently stir dry ingredients and buttermilk until a uniform batter is formed. Scrape sides to ensure no lumps are present. Stir in ½ cup walnuts. Pour into prepared pan
- Mix the cinnamon sugar together, and pour over the batter by taking a toothpick making swirls
- Before adding the loaf pan into the oven add the crumble on top of the banana batter
- Bake for 50-60 minutes in the lower half of the oven, until it is completely baked. Remove from the oven and cool for at least 15 minutes before removing from the pan. Slice and serve
