Macadamia Nut Banana Bread
Easy Macadamia Nut Banana Bread recipe. This moist lightly sweet loaf is perfect for a grab and go breakfast or snack idea.
It's a long weekend, and the first snowstorm of the year was yesterday.
All that means is that I don't want to go outside or do anything around the house. Today has been a day of naps, tea and not changing out of my bath robe.
Long weekends at its finest.
But around mid-day, I thought that my lazy day would be better spent making something for my blog.
Or at LEAST using up the 3 very ripe bananas that were on the brink of attracting fruit flies in our kitchen.
So here we go. Killing two birds with one stone. Making a Macadamia Nut Banana Bread. Now my house smells amazing, and I am wondering how hard it is to patent this smell.
Or maybe bottle it up make it into a candle. I wonder...
This Macadamia Nut Banana Bread is one of those breads that are made from ingredients that I had lying around my house that needed using.
I usually don't have ripe bananas lying around in the winter, but today was my lucky day!!
I also had some macadamia nuts left over in my fridge from a recipe I made for a white chocolate macadamia nut cookie that failed miserably.
If anyone has a good recipe for those cookies, please hit me up!
This bread is so flavourful and easy to make.
And I am a sucker for things that are easy to make on weekends, so this loaf checks off all of the boxes.
This recipe sort of resembles my regular banana bread recipe, but I think the addition of the macadamia nuts gives it such a great texture. I am starting to prefer nutty bread over plain, and that never used to be the case!
Maybe I will be more productive in the next few days of my long weekend. But one thing is for sure: this banana bread won't last the weekend.
If you try this recipe, let me know! Rate it, leave a comment and tag me with #atasteofmadness on Instagram! I always love seeing what you are creating!
Macadamia Nut Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup salted butter, melted
- 3 medium ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¾ cup macadamia nuts, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add in the bananas, vanilla and eggs, and mix until fully combined.
- In a seperate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, mixing until fully incorporated. Fold in the macadamia nuts.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for 55-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool completely in the pan before cutting into slices.
could you add chocolate chips
Yes you can!
Nutty banana bread is hard to beat! Can't think of a better weekend bake.
Right?? Thanks Emma 🙂
I love banana bread so much! I can’t wait to try out my first homemade batch!
I hope you give it a go. It is a favourite around here 🙂
How many banana bread recipes exist! I have never tried to make a banana bread with macadamia nuts! Interesting creation! LOVE your recipe!
Haha, right?? I want to make alll of the combinations 😉
Love macadamia nuts but never thought to put them into bread. What a great idea!
You must give it a go! It is so good
You got me at macadamia! I have made your recipe but used pecans it was really good! Next batch I will include macadamias. Shopping for those tomorrow.
Good idea! Next time I will try it with pecans 🙂
Mac's are my FAVORITE nut but I have *never* thought to add them to a bread! It seems so obvious to me now! This is going to be great 🙂
You must give it a go! It is so good!!
This recipe is delicious! Adding macadamia nuts is brilliant.
Thanks Erica 🙂