Gluten Free Banana Nut Bread
This Gluten Free Banana Nut Bread is a long time family favorite. Make it gluten free by using gluten free flour, or use regular flour. This recipe works wonderfully either way!
Several years ago, before I was gluten free, I shared one of my favorite recipes… Banana Nut Bread. It’s always been one of my very favorites, for multiple reasons, but it wasn’t until a few months ago that I tried using the same family favorite recipe, just with gluten free flour.
I’ll be honest, I didn’t have very high hopes that it would turn out. It seems often that even though gluten free flour says it can be used cup for cup, there’s something that doesn’t quite translate the same. Be it a taste issue or a change in texture, cup for cup normally isn’t my favorite way to convert regular recipes into a gluten free version.
But… I really missed my favorite banana nut bread recipe and was ready to see what came from a change in the flour… disappointment, or not.
The results blew me away. I was left with a delicious gluten free banana nut bread that tasted exactly like I remembered it. The texture was great and so was the flavor. I really was blown away… and suddenly frustrated with myself that I hadn’t tried to do this earlier. I’d been missing out on it for years, always wishing I could bake up a loaf of this yummy bread!
I give all the credit to my favorite gluten free flour blend, made by Namaste. I love their scone mix (I seriously haven’t found anything better) and the flour blend is fantastic too!
Since trying the blend in this banana nut bread recipe, I’ve been experimenting with other family favorite recipes as well and the results have been just as great. Happy days for sure!
Gluten Free Banana Nut Bread
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Gluten Free Banana Nut Bread
Equipment
- Electric Mixer
- Mixing Bowl
- Measuring Cups
- Measuring Spoons
- Cutting Board
- Chopping Knife
- Loaf Pan
Ingredients
- 2 cups Gluten Free Flour Blend, Namaste Brand Or, all purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup Butter Softened
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 3-4 Ripe Bananas Mashed
- 1/2 cup Chopped Walnuts
- 1/2 cup Chopped Pecans
Optional Add In's:
- 3/4 cup Chocolate Chips Semi-Sweet
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- In a separate bowl, measure and sift together the flour, baking soda and salt.
- With an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until soft and fluffy.
- Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until well combined.
- Add the mashed bananas and beat until well combined.
- Add the flour mixture and mix well.
- Add the chopped nuts and beat until well combined.
- Place in a well greased loaf pan.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 60 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick insert comes out clean.
- Allow loaf to cool slightly before transferring to a wire rack.
I love this recipe so much, I made these Gluten Free Banana Nut Scones from it. They’re fabulous too!
Happy baking!
I love banana bread Shayna & me too I bake banana bread at least twice a month! 🙂 your recipe looks delicious and your pictures are gorgeous too! I’m sure your cookbook will look great and will have great recipes as well! 🙂 there is nothing better than a ‘grandma’s’ old recipe & yes adding chocolate chips is a great idea! 🙂
thanks for sharing it with us today!
We love it too! So Yummy! 🙂
-Shayna
Looks yummy, Shayna. What a great tribute and memories to pass down from your Grandmother. Banana bread is one of my favorites, and my staff sometimes bakes that for me for my birthday. I’d much rather have that than cake! Have fun with the book.
THANK YOU so much, Mary! I’m so excited to be putting a cookbook together. 🙂
And, I could totally have banana nut bread for my birthday “cake” too!
-Shayna
Awe…what a sweet idea; the book & the banana bread! I’m SO comin over for a slice…ok, well I wish I was lol;) Looks delish, Shayna!
Blessings & <3
M
THANK YOU so very, very much! We love banana bread and I am so thrilled to be making a cookbook full of these very special recipes!
I’m sending you a virtual slice! 🙂
Hugs!
-Shayna
Recipe sounds easy and good and the pictures are wonderful. However, as I scroll down on the right side is a flashing animated ad that says to never eat bananas! Do you have control over those ads? That’s what I call irony.
THANK YOU so much, Wilda! It is such a yummy recipe!
And it’s totally ironic that there are ads against bananas on my sidebar… I don’t have control over them… But in same cases I wish I did! 🙂
-Shayna
Well, Shayna, I’ve decided to live dangerously and ignore that ad. I’m looking forward to making your Grandma’s Banana Nut Bread. I’ve been cooking and sewing for 60 years but I’m not much of a baker. When I was 7 yrs old, I would stand on a kitchen stool to reach the cooktop. My widowed Mother was an RN. I cooked up a storm every time she left the house, right after she would beg me not to cook! I’ll let you know how much I love it. . .
Shayna, that is so sweet. 🙂 I love that you are doing that cookbook!!! Hope to see more of those recipes in the next few months… and I love that you worked the plate into the cookbook. Gorgeous photography!
THANK YOU, Jen! I am so excited to be putting it together for our family. It will be cherished! 🙂
-Shayna
I just saw your post about making a family cookbook. I had the same idea the other day as a gift to put together for my daughter graduating from college this year, and then the other 5 grandkids as they get older — my mother loved to cook and my siblings and I have so many of her recipes. Do you have an online book company you were going to use for the cookbook? I have scanned and made a “scrapbook” of a vacation using the Apple photo albums, but none of them are really geared for a lot of script (i.e. the recipes).
And also, I have some of those same plates from my grandmother’s house! When she passed away my aunts asked what I wanted and as I lived many states away I asked for just a few samples of her blue plates. My aunt thought it was funny — she said she thought some of the plates came from the grocery store (where you saved stamps to get them)? I absolutely love looking at them.
Great minds think alike, Kathy! We are going to use blurb to publish the book, but my cousin is a pro with computers so he is building it with one of his programs.
And yes, I believe my grandma collected the plates from stamps at the grocery store. I know she worked really hard to grow her collection, so I cherish them! 🙂
-Shayna
Thanks for sharing this recipe! I made a loaf this week, and it is wonderful! (in fact, I may have had it for breakfast *and* lunch yesterday ….) I ended up having to bump my oven temp up to 350, and bake it a little longer, but it was sooooo delicious!
THANK YOU so much, Rachel! I am so thrilled you tried it! And you’re not alone… when it’s in our house we have it for breakfast, lunch, snack and dessert! 😉
So happy you liked it! 🙂
-Shayna
Hi Shayna- I tried your recipe and loved it. I had to cook it for about 20 mins longer than you suggested but it tastes great! Thanks so much for sharing and good luck with the cook book:)
THANK YOU so much, Tasha! I’m so happy you enjoyed the recipe! 😀
-Shayna
Hello Shayna
J’ai realisé le Banana Nut Bread avec des noisettes
c’est franchement bon
a faire et re-faire
merci
THANK YOU so much, Sabine! 😀
What about Cupcakes!