Spiced Maple Banana Bread

This banana bread is sweetened with maple syrup and spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg for the perfect fall treat.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 55 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 346 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ⅓ cup white sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
• 3 ripe bananas
• ¾ cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
• nonstick cooking spray
• ⅓ cup maple syrup

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan with nonstick spray.

Step 2

Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg in a bowl. Set aside.

Step 3

Mash bananas until mostly smooth but some chunks remain. Add eggs, oil, maple syrup, sugar, and vanilla extract; mix with a wooden spoon. Add flour mixture and walnuts. Mix just until flour is moistened. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven, rotating pan halfway through, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert bread onto the wire rack to cool completely.