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apple banana bread

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Ethel, LA
Updated on Oct 15, 2025

I love banana nut bread, but can not eat nuts too often. Today, since I had some bananas that had turned dark and a couple of apples, I decided to combine the two and make a delicious bread.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

Adding apples takes banana bread to another level. We loved the bits of chopped apples throughout the moist and tender banana bread. There's just the right amount of ground cinnamon and nutmeg for a nice hit of spice. Enjoy this for breakfast, an afternoon snack, or a light dessert. It's a nice apple twist for fall.

— The Test Kitchen
prep time 15 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake
yield 1 loaves

Ingredients

  • 2 small apples
  • 4 - ripe bananas
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

How To Make apple banana bread

Test Kitchen Tips
This is a very large loaf. After 1 hour, ours was not baked. We lowered the temperature to 325 degrees F and baked for another 25 minutes. Make sure to use a tester to bake until it comes out clean.
  • Preheat the oven and prep a loaf pan.
    Step 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a loaf pan.
  • Mash bananas and add vanilla. Chop apples.
    Step 2
    Prepare apples. I peeled and chopped my apples in a food processor. If you do not have one, just chop up small with a knife. In a separate bowl, mash bananas. Mix in milk and vanilla extract.
  • Mix butter and sugar with a mixer. Add eggs; beat until well blended.
    Step 3
    Mix butter and sugar with a mixer. Add eggs; beat until well blended.
  • In another bowl, mix flours, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg.
    Step 4
    In another bowl, mix flours, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg.
  • Add flour.
    Step 5
    Alternate adding the flour mixture to the butter mixture.
  • Add banana mixture and mix.
    Step 6
    Then the banana mixture.
  • Fold in chopped apples.
    Step 7
    Fold in chopped apple. Stirring with a spoon.
  • Pour batter into the prepared pan.
    Step 8
    Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  • Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
    Step 9
    Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove and cool.
    Step 10
    Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove and cool.
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Category: Sweet Breads
Collection: Favorite Breads
Method: Bake
Culture: American
Ingredient: Flour

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