The perfect Banana bread with pecans and raisins recipe

This scrumptious banana bread recipe is made higher with the inclusion of pecan nuts and golden sultanas. Reaching the right banana flavour is vital, so make sure you use overripe bananas right here. Don’t overlook to high it off with the combination of pecans, sugar and sea salt flakes, offering a scrumptious crunchy texture that elevates this banana bread. That is the right afternoon snack or tea recipe.

There’s one thing really comforting in regards to the aroma of freshly baked banana bread filling the kitchen. This recipe is so fast and straightforward to whip up particularly if in case you have over-ripe bananas saved readily available in your freezer (see my ideas and tips beneath).

I didn’t assume the world wanted one other banana bread recipe, and since I had already discovered my two finest. The primary one is a really traditional banana bread recipe and the second which comes from my first cookbook and contains cranberries. I’ve changed these with golden sultanas which go nearly undetected on this golden brown loaf.

I completely love raisins in case you didn’t know and I discover they add a lot worth to a carrot cake as they do with this fast bread recipe.

The pecan nuts add such an unimaginable flavour and crunch however you may completely use walnuts if you happen to want. I’m going by way of a pecan part and might’t get sufficient of them. I’ve added them to the batter and to the salty-sweet streusel-like topping.

If for some cause you might be very towards the concept of including sultanas to the recipe you may completely depart them out and maintain this a banana pecan bread.

Are you able to freeze this banana bread with pecans and raisins?

• Banana bread freezes very properly. Wrap it up properly with aluminium foil or cling wrap and freeze.
• To thaw merely enable it to come back to room temperature.
• To serve you may toast it barely in a toaster or an air fryer for a couple of minutes.
• You can even freeze this banana bread in particular person slices.

Ideas and substitutions:

1. Use walnuts as an alternative of pecans.
2. Use cranberries or raisins as an alternative of sultanas (or depart them out fully).
3. Freeze bananas which might be overripe of their skins to make this simple banana bread recipe. The banana flavour one way or the other intensifies when they’re frozen and so they change into syrupy you received’t even meed to mash them. This manner you don’t have to attend till your bananas are that excellent overripe to make this recipe.
4. While I like a traditional banana bread flavour, a touch of cinnamon or different warming spices might go very well right here for a twist.

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This isn’t a very candy recipe so add an additional two-four tablespoons if you happen to want it sweeter.

NB – when baking it’s ALWAYS higher to weigh the elements vs scooping out cups.

Recipe – makes one loaf

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The perfect Banana bread with pecans and raisins

A scrumptious banana bread recipe made higher with the inclusion of pecan nuts and golden sultanas

• Creator: Sam Linsell
• Prep Time: 10
• Cook dinner Time: 60
• Whole Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
• Yield: 1 loaf
• Class: Bread
• Technique: Baking
• Delicacies: N/A

Banana bread:

55gm (1/4 cup) salted butter or unsalted butter (tender and at room temperature)
180gms (3/4 cup) sugar
2 giant free-range eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract (or essence)
4 giant ripe bananas roughly mashed
130gms (3/4 cup) golden sultanas or riains
50–60gms (1/4 cup) pecans, roughly chopped
200gms (1 3/4 cup) flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Topping:

One handful (approx. ¼ cup) of chopped pecans
2 Tbsp Coconut sugar or 1 ½ Tbs darkish brown sugar (muscovado or demerara)
¾ tsp flaky sea salt (Maldon)

 Preheat the oven to 180C or 350F.

Line a 22 x 12cm loaf tin with baking/ parchment paper.

Utilizing an electrical mixer or hand mixer or stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar till fluffy. Add the eggs separately making certain they’re absolutely combined in earlier than including the subsequent one.

Add the vanilla, bananas, pecans, and sultanas and blend briefly to mix.

Sift all of the dry elements and blend these into the moist elements briefly to mix. Don’t over-mix.

Unfold the batter into the ready loaf pan and sprinkle the topping elements over the floor of the banana bread.

Bake for 55 – 65 minutes till a knife comes out clear (if it’s a deep pan it’s possible you’ll must bake for a bit longer). For the perfect outcomes loosely cowl the banana bread with aluminium foil from about 10 minutes into the baking time to stop the highest of the bread from over browning. This can differ relying in your oven.

take away and permit to chill barely on a wire rack.

Serve this bread barely heat out of the oven, with lashings of salty butter melting in.

Notes

Retailer your overripe banans within the freezer so that you all the time have them readily available. To thaw, depart them at room temperature or thaw on the defrost setting in your microwave.

Key phrases: Banana bread, pecans, sultanas, raisins, loaf, fast bread

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