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+[[!meta title="Banana Walnut Bread"]]
+
+Adapted from Food Network
+
+3015 cal/recipe
+
+## Ingredients
+
++ 1/2 c unsalted butter
++ 1/2 c walnut pieces, toasted
++ 1 1/4 c all-purpose flour
++ 1 tsp baking soda
++ 1/2 tsp salt
++ 2 large eggs, at room temperature
++ 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
++ 1 c granulated sugar
++ 3 very ripe bananas, peeled
+
+## Directions
+
++ Brown butter in small pan on stovetop and allow to cool to room temperature.
++ Turn on oven to 350 F.
++ Toast walnuts on small silicon mat and baking sheet for about 2 minutes then allow to cool to room temperature.
++ Grease 2 loaf pans (about 9 inches by 5 inches).
++ Sift flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl.
++ Whisk eggs and vanilla in a small bowl.
++ Cream butter and sugar in an electric mixer.
++ Slowly add egg mixture to butter mixture while beating.
++ Beat bananas into butter mixture.
++ Mix dry ingredients and walnuts into butter mixture on low speed or by hand until just incorporated.
++ Divide batter among the 2 loaf pans.
++ Cook loaf pans on same rack in oven for about 55 minuts, until a toothpick in the middle is very clean.
++ Remove pans from oven and cool on wire rack for 5 minutes.
++ Remove bread from pans and cool bread completely before storing in fridge.
+
+## Note
+This recipe works well with slightly green to brown bananas.
+The riper the banana, the more the bread will taste of banana.
+However, if the banana has some bad spots in the flesh, remove the spots so they don't harm the flavor.
+
+[[!tag banana bread walnut]]