Absolute Best Banana Bread
This banana bread boasts rich, moist texture with the wholesome addition of wheat germ and chopped pecans. Ripe bananas provide natural sweetness and flavor, making it perfect for breakfast, snacks, or dessert. Its hearty ingredients and warm aroma appeal to bread lovers and those seeking a healthier treat.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth.
- Add eggs to the creamed mixture and beat well.
- In a separate bowl, sift together salt, baking soda, all-purpose flour, and wheat flour.
- Stir wheat germ into the flour mixture.
- Alternately add the flour mixture and mashed bananas to the creamed mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
- Stir in chopped pecans into the batter.
- Pour batter evenly into two well-greased loaf pans.
- Sprinkle each loaf with a little brown sugar, wheat germ, and chopped pecans.
- Bake for 1 and 1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
1026
kcal
51% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).