Banana Bread with Almonds
Take your banana bread to the next level deliciousness with an amazing nutty twist.
Servings: 10 slices
Calories: 332kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour 190g
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted, 1 stick 113g
- ¾ cup granulated sugar 150g
- ½ cup sour cream 120g
- 2-3 ripe bananas mashed, 1 cup mashed = 230g
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ½ -1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup slivered almonds divided 120g
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a 9x5 loaf pan with baking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In another bowl beat together melted butter, sugar, eggs, sour cream and both extracts. Fold in mashed bananas.
- Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients with a spatula until flour just disappears.
- Fold in ¾ cup almonds if using.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan sprinkle the remaining slivered almonds on top and bake in the center of our oven for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Let the bread cool for 5 minutes in the pan then invert into a cooling rack and let it come to room temperature before serving.
Notes
- Almonds in the batter gives the load a desirable crunch but you can skip it and just sprinkle some on top of the loaf.
Nutrition
Calories: 332kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 64mg | Sodium: 211mg | Potassium: 216mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 423IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 2mg
