The perfect start to your day: Banana Walnut Bread with a steaming cup of rich coffee!

The perfect Banana Walnut Bread for the perfect start to the day. Have you wanted to bake an easy Banana Bread in less than 2 hours-including baking time? Here's the perfect recipe for a harried stay-at-home mom rushing for time.

The ingredients for this Banana Walnut Bread is easily available in most kitchens. Give it a try...it doesnt require much preparation time and your family will love to wake up to the smell of freshly-baked Bread wafting through the house...Yummy!

This Banana Bread keeps for a couple of days in the fridge. You can substitute the Walnuts with Almonds too for a change and you'll have Banana Almond Bread!

Banana Walnut Bread Recipe

Ingredients:

130g butter

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

3/4 cup castor sugar

2 eggs

1 cup mashed banana

3/4 cup self-raising flour

3/4 cup plain flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 cup chopped walnuts

To prepare:

1. Grease 2 loaf pans.

2. Cream butter, essence and sugar in a bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy.

3. Add eggs and beat until combined.

4. Stir in half the bananas with half the sifted dry ingredients and half the walnuts.

5. After that, stir in remainder of the bananas, dry ingredients and walnuts; stir until combined.

6. Pour mixture into pans and bake in moderate oven for 50 minutes.

7. When cooked, let the bread cool for 5 minutes and turn on a rack.

6. Serve with butter and jam.