Best Banana Pecan Bread Recipes

ROASTED PECAN BANANA BREAD LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Spread the pecans onto a baking sheet, and toast until the nuts start to turn golden brown and become fragrant, about 45 minutes. Watch the nuts carefully as they bake, they burn quickly. Once toasted, set the nuts aside to cool to room temperature.
• Raise the oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray 2 mini loaf pans with cooking spray.
• Combine the toasted pecans, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. In a large bowl, mix the bananas, sugar, eggs, vanilla and coconut extracts, lemon juice, and butter together with a fork or an electric mixer on low speed. Stir the flour mixture into the banana mixture, and pour the batter into the prepared loaf pans, filling them about 3/4 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a loaf comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let the loaves cool in the pans for 5 minutes before turning out onto a rack to finish cooling. Wrap cooled loaves in plastic wrap.

MOIST BANANA PECAN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325. Grease a 9" x 5" loaf pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter and brown sugar until creamed. Beat in eggs, mashed bananas, and vanilla until creamy.
• In a seperate bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg. Gradually add this dry mixture into creamed mixture and mix well. Batter will get thick.
• Stir in chopped pecans.
• Pour into greased loaf pan. Bake at 325 for 70-80 minutes.
• Makes 1 loaf.

PECAN-CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9-by-5-inch metal loaf pan.
• Whisk the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together in a large bowl.
• Lightly beat the egg in a medium bowl with a fork or a whisk. Add the banana and mix to combine. Stir in the sour cream, vanilla and melted butter. Stir the sour cream-banana mixture into the flour mixture until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips and pecans until just combined but with a few lumps still in the batter. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and smooth out into an even layer.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 1 hour, 5 minutes to 1 hour, 10 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack for 20 minutes. Run a thin knife along the sides of the pan to loosen the bread and unmold it. Serve warm or at room temperature.

BANANA PECAN BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add bananas and 2 ounces of sugar and cook several minutes, stirring to cook evenly. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
• Combine the heavy cream, rum, eggs, vanilla and remaining 3 ounces of sugar in a bowl and whisk to blend. Add bananas and bread and let this mixture soak for an hour minimum.
• Preheat oven to 300ºF. Line a rectangular terrine mold with plastic wrap and pour banana pudding mixture inside. Cover and cook in a water bath until it reaches 175ºF. Remove from oven and cool completely (preferably overnight).
• Rum Sauce:.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add cream, sugar and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and stir in rum.
• To Assemble and Serve:
• Remove pudding from mold and slice into ½-inch slices. Coat each piece evenly with flour, egg wash, and pecan pieces. Fry each piece to order using equal parts oil and butter till golden on each side. Sprinkle with a bit of salt and serve with a scoop of ice cream. Drizzle with rum sauce and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

MAPLE-PECAN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Beat egg, dressing and bananas in large bowl with whisk until blended. Combine flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Add to banana mixture; stir just until moistened. Stir in 1/2 cup nuts.
• Pour into 4 greased and floured mini loaf pans, adding about 1 cup batter to each. Combine syrup and remaining nuts; spoon over batter.
• Bake 30 to 35 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool bread in pans 10 min. Remove from pans to wire racks; cool completely.

OATMEAL PECAN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F Spray one bread pan with cooking spray and set aside. Blend together eggs, sugar and butter. Add salt, baking soda & baking powder. Mix again. Add oatmeal and bananas and blend well, scraping sides if needed. Add flour then pecans. Mix well after each addition. Scrape sides of bowl and ensure all is mixed well. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted into middle of bread comes out clean. Remove from oven, allow to cool for 5 minutes. Remove from pan, slice and slather it with butter! Devour immediately.

BANANA MAPLE PECAN BREAD MUFFINS (GLUTEN-FREE)

Steps:

• Combine bananas with 1/3 cup maple syrup and 1/2 cup pecans. Mix well and set aside.
• Combine flour, xanthan gum, sugar, baking soda, salt, pumpkin pie spice, and dry buttermilk. Alternatively if you do not have premixed pumpkin pie mix, use equal parts cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.
• Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Combine eggs, oil, and water. Pour into the center of the dry ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon just until dry ingredients are incorporated.
• Use a spatula or knife to make three or four "troughs" in the dough/batter. Spoon banana mixture into troughs. Gently fold bananas into dough with knife.
• Spoon dough into muffin cups. Top with pecan-maple mixture. If using cream cheese frosting, coat tops of muffins after they are baked, not before.
• Bake at 375 for 20 minutes. Makes about 18 good sized muffins.

BANANA - OATMEAL - PECAN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F In a medium sizred bowl, cream together butter and honey till mixture is smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time. Stir in bananas, buttermilk and vanilla. When well blended, mix in bsaking powder, soda and salt. Blend in the rest of the ingredients. Turn mixture into a buttered loaf pan 9x5x3. Bake for 55 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

PECAN-BANANA BREAD SCONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
• In large bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Cut in butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Stir in 1/2 cup of the pecans. Stir in sour cream and bananas until soft dough forms.
• On lightly floured surface, knead dough lightly 5 times. On cookie sheet, press dough with floured hands to 8-inch round. Cut into 8 wedges, but do not separate.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack; carefully separate wedges.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave dulce de leche on High 30 seconds or until pourable. Drizzle over scones. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup pecans. Serve warm.

BANANA PECAN BREAD BY TYLER FLORENCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and lightly grease a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt and set aside.
• Mash 2 of the bananas with a fork in a small bowl so they still have a bit of texture and set aside.
• With an electric mixer fitted with a wire whisk, whip the remaining bananas and sugar together for 3 minutes to make a light and fluffy banana cream.
• Add the melted butter, eggs and vanilla and beat well.
• Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Mix in the dry ingredients just until incorporated - no need to overly blend.
• Fold in the nuts and the mashed bananas with a rubber spatula.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Give the pan a good rap on the counter to get any air bubbles out.
• Bake for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
• Rotate the pan periodically to ensure even browning.
• Cool the bread in the pan for 10 minutes and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.

CHOCOLATE CHIP PECAN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; butter and flour 9x5x2 1/2 inch loaf pan.
• Whisk first four ingredients in bowl to blend, add chocolate chips and pecans.
• Beat butter until fluffy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating well until blended.
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Beat in mashed bananas, lemon juice and vanilla.
• Beat in flour mixture.
• Pour into loaf pan, cook 1 hour and 5 minutes.

BANANA-PECAN ICE CREAM BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease loaf pan with nonstick spray.
• Mix bananas, ice cream, flour, and sugar in a large bowl until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake bread, rotating pan halfway through, until top is golden brown and center is set, 55-60 minutes.
• Transfer pan to a wire rack and let bread cool completely. Run a butter knife around perimeter of pan to loosen loaf, then tap pan gently on its side until loaf releases. Transfer to a cutting board and slice.
• Do Ahead
• Bread can be baked, cooled, then wrapped in plastic and left at room temperature up to 3 days, or frozen up to 3 months.

ORANGE PECAN TOPPED CREAM CHEESE BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Place 1 cup of the pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until toasted.
• Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time beating just until blended after each addition.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended.
• Stir in bananas, pecans, and vanilla.
• Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8 by 4 inch loaf pans. Sprinkle remaining 1 cup of pecans evenly over batter in the pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a long wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean and sides pull away from the pan, shielding with aluminum foil during the last 15 minutes to prevent excessive browning, if necessary.
• Meanwhile, stir together powdered sugar, orange rind, and orange juice until blended.
• Cool bread in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove bread from pans to wire racks.
• Drizzle orange icing evenly over warm bread and cool for 30 minutes on wire racks.

BANANA PECAN BREAD FOR A KITCHENAID STAND MIXER

Steps:

• 1. Place shortening and sugar in mixer bowl. Attach bowl and flat beater to mixer. Turn to speed 6 and beat about 1 minute. Stop and scrape bowl. Continuing on speed 6, beat about 1 minute longer. Add eggs and vanilla. Turn to speed 4 and beat about 30 seconds. Stop and scrape bowl. Turn to speed 6 and beat about 1 1/2 minutes.
• 2. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon if using, and salt in separate bowl; whisk. Add half of flour mixture and half of mashed banana to mixer bowl. Turn to stir speed and mix about 30 seconds. Add remaining flour and banana. Continue on stir speed and mix about 30 seconds longer. Stop and scrape bowl. Add nuts. Continuing on stir speed, mix about 15 seconds.
• 3. Pour mixture into greased 9x5 loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes. All ovens are different, so check with a knife or toothpick. Cool 5 minutes in pan. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack. (I brush with melted butter at this point.)

BANANA BREAD WITH VANILLA BEAN "PECAN BUTTER"

Steps:

• For the butter: Combine pecans and brown sugar in a food processor and pulse until coarsely chopped. Add the bourbon, if using, vanilla, butter, vanilla seeds and salt and pulse again until smooth. Scrape into a large ramekin. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours. Let soften again before using.
• For the banana bread: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and place an oven rack in the middle. Liberally spray the bottom and sides of a 9- by 5- by 3-inch light metal loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
• Mix together the flour, sugars, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Set aside. Mix together the butter, oil, vanilla, bananas and eggs in another bowl. Lightly fold the wet ingredients (banana mixture) into the dry ingredients using a rubber spatula until just combined. The batter should be thick and chunky (do not over-mix; the batter should not be smooth). If you over-mix, the bread will become rubbery!
• Scrape the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until the bread is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Let the bread cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes, and then remove the it from the pan. Serve slices warm slathered with the vanilla pecan butter.

TEXAS PECAN-BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly coat an 8x4-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Combine bananas, buttermilk, egg whites, and oil in a medium bowl. Mix well.
• Combine flour, oats, sucralose blend, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the center; add banana mixture all at once and mix well.
• Reserve 1/8 cup pecans and stir the remainder into the batter. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle reserved pecans on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.

CANDIED PECAN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Slightly grease loaf pan(s).
• Peel and puree the bananas.
• Cream together butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon and banana puree.
• In a seperate bowl sift together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• Add dry ingredients a little at a time to creamed mixture.
• Crush the pecans and the walnuts so there are no large pieces.
• Stir the nuts into the batter.
• Bake at 325 for 1 hour if using regular loaf pans and 35 minutes if using mini loaf pans.
• Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes.
• Take a toothpick and poke holes in the loaf. Mix the melted butter, cinnamon and sugar mixture and brush on loaf.
• Wait till pan cools completely and remove the banana loaf.

BANANA PECAN COCONUT MUFFINS OR BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Place muffin liners in pan, or grease pan.
• Cream butter and brown sugar.
• Add eggs to butter and sugar, combine.
• Add bananas, combine well.
• Combine flour, salt, soda and cardamom together and then add to sugar mixture, stir until barely incorporated.
• Stir in pecans and coconut.
• Spoon into muffin tins and bake for about 20 minutes, until center is just set, they won't brown very much.
• I love these spread with even *more* butter!

PECAN BANANA BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place bread cubes in medium mixing bowl. In another mixing bowl, add Eggs, Milk, Sugar, Vanilla, Cinnamon, and Salt. Using wire whip, mix the liquid ingredients until well blended. Pour over bread cubes and mix well. Let sit for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Make sure all bread is soaked with the egg and milk mixture. Add bananas and pecans. Mix until just incorporated. Pour mixture into 8" or 9" square cake pan. Bake in oven checking after 30 minutes to see if custard has set and pudding is pulling away from sides of pan. Bake for up to 15 minutes more checking doneness every 5 minutes. Remove from oven to wire rack. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving. Divide onto small plates or bowls. Top with warm Southern Comfort Sauce. You may also serve with a side of Vanilla Ice Cream. This pudding is very rich and sweet. You can't stop eating it.

BANANA-PECAN BREAD

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees (set oven rack to second-bottom position).
• Grease a 9 x 5-inch baking pan and line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl beat the butter with sugars and vanilla until light and fluffy (about 3-4 minutes).
• Add in eggs, sour cream and mashed bananas; mix well until combined.
• In a small bowl sift together the bread flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture and mix with a wooden spoon until JUST combined (do not overmix!).
• Stir in pecans.
• Transfer the mixture to prepared baking pan.
• Bake for about 55-70 minutes or until the loaf tests done (tent foil over the top of the loaf if browning too much).