Ricotta Banana Nut Bread
Ricotta Banana Nut Bread is a simple banana bread recipe that the whole family will love. A moist, sweet, cake-like quick bread that's great for breakfast.
Servings 2
Ingredients
- 1 cups extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cups granulated sugar
- 2/3 cups brown sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp sea salt
- 1-1/2 cups walnuts -roughly chopped
- 4 bananas - diced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a medium bowl whisk together oil & sugars until creamy.
- Add the vanilla, ricotta cheese & heavy cream, whisking until everything is incorporated.
- Whisk in eggs until smooth.
- Add bananas & walnuts - gently toss to coat.
- In another large bowl whisk together all the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda & sea salt.
- Make a well in the middle - pour the wet mixture inside.
- Use a spatula to fold all the ingredients together.
- Grease 2 large loaf pans
- Pour in the mixture.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour or until toothpick test comes out clean.
- (mine needed 7 extra minutes for one & 12 extra for the other)
- Transfer to a cooling rack. - Slice once cool