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Banana Bread With Maple Candied Walnuts

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 6 -8

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose unbleached white flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 3 brown spotted small bananas (12 oz / 350 g)
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup high quality maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup walnuts
  • 2 Tbsp high quality maple syrup

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 F (180 ℃).
  • Heat a small pan over medium heat.
  • Coarsely chop walnuts.
  • Once pan is hot, add chopped walnuts and 2 Tbsp maple syrup, mix well and keep stirring every once in a while. Toast walnuts for a couple of minutes. Remove from heat and let cool while you prepare the rest of the bread.
  • In a small heavy bottomed pot or pan melt butter over very low heat.
  • In one bowl mix flour and baking powder with a whisk until well combined.
  • In another bowl, mash the bananas with a fork until smooth.
  • Once butter is almost completely melted, remove from heat and whisk until last bits are melted. Add maple syrup and whisk until very well combined.
  • Add egg and maple/butter mix to mashed bananas and mix well.
  • Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and gently mix together. Do NOT overmix batter. When you still have flour bits here and there gently incorporate 3/4 of the candied walnuts crumbled into bits.
  • Butter and flour an oven-proof loaf pan, add batter, sprinkle last 1/4 of candied walnuts on top and with a very sharp knife make a long slit along the top.
  • Bake for 45-55 minutes until golden on top. If you insert a wooden pick it should come out clean.
  • Let cool down for about 10 minutes before removing from loaf pan.
  • Then let cool on a rack for as long as you can handle looking at it without taking a bite ;P