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Instant Pot Banana Nut Bread is a fluffy and moist quick bread. The delicious aroma of bananas and warm spices will fill your home.
Instant Pot Banana Nut Bread
Banana Bread is one of those sweets that just about everyone loves. Jan Borden Freeman is a wonderful baker, as a result of her Grandma Mills teaching her to bake when she was in her 20’s.
Jan purchased an Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or Pressure Cooker last year and has been cooking up a storm. Her most favorite and prized recipe from her Grandma is her Grandma Mills’ Banana Nut Bread.She realized that baked goods were not only possible in a pressure cooker, but they come out very moist and delicious.
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Ingredients for Instant Pot Banana Nut Bread
- All Purpose Flour
- Bananas
- Butter
- Sugar
- Baking Soda
- Sea Salt
- Walnuts – totally optional
Pro Tip: Chocolate Chips can be added in addition to walnuts or in place of.
Type of Pan for Banana Nut Bread
- My recommendation is to use this Nordic Ware 6 cup Bundt Pan so that the bread cooks up light and fluffy without any dense centers.
- A round cake pan or 6 inch Fat Daddio’s Push Pan can be used as well, but you will need to add about five minutes to the cook time. The center of the banana bread may be denser with this type of pan.
Instant Pot Banana Nut Bread
If you have ever cooked a meal in your Instant Pot and then made a dessert, you will know that sometimes the dessert will pick up the flavor of what you just cooked.
How To Keep Desserts from Taking on Flavor of Savory Recipes
- If you have just cooked a savory recipe like Instant Pot Classic Pot Roastin your Instant Pot, you may notice that the silicone gasket/seal smells like beef, carrots and rosemary.
- My recommendation is to buy extra silicone seals and use one for one for sweets, one for savory and one for recipes which are very fragrant like my incredible Instant Pot Butter Chicken recipe.
Don’t Scoop from the Container or Bag of Flour
Baked goods are different than cooking. There is a science and in some cases if you don’t follow an instruction, the dessert won’t turn out as planned. For instance, my very popularInstant Pot New York Cheesecake, which is the BEST Instant Pot Cheesecake around can be easily ruined IF you over beat the eggs. One simple thing, don’t over beat the eggs. That one little instruction can cause your cheesecake to rise like a souffle while cooking and then fall while cooling. The cheesecake comes out spongy and eggy. For cakes in the Instant Pot, there are only two important instructions to follow (other than the ingredients) to make a perfect light, springy and soft cake.
Soft and Fluffy Banana Bread
- Read my article on How to Properly Measure Flour. Seriously, if you don’t read anything else in this post, read that article.
- There is a right way and a wrong way to measure your flour. If you simply scoop out flour from the bag, you may be actually packing in too much. This will lead to a very dense bread.
- When mixing up quick breads like Banana Nut Bread, it is important not to over mix.
- Toss the ingredients into your mixing bowl and gently combine them together. Stop mixing once all ingredients are incorporated
Pro Tip: Proper measurement of Flour is essential! Your bread will end up rubbery or like a brick if the batter is over mixed and/or the flour is not properly measured.
Add the rest of the dry ingredients to the Flour
So, now that you know How to Properly Measure Flour, measure out the two cups of Flour. You did read that article, right????
Okay, then, add the rest of the dry ingredients into the Medium Mixing Bowland beat just until combined. Do not over work your batter. Doing so will cause a very heavy and dense bread.
If using walnuts or your favorite nut, gently fold them in now and combine by hand. If you want to use Chocolate Chips, hand fold them in now.
Pressure Cooker Grandma Mills’ Banana Nut Bread, Bundt Style
In a Medium Mixing Bowl, add butter, sugar andeggs. Using a Hand Mixer, beat until combined. Make sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl. There should be no sugar granules left in the bowl.
Place bananas in a SmallMixing Bowl and mash well. Add the mashed bananas to the butter, eggs, sugar mixture andgently beat to combine.
Pour the Batter into a Cake Pan
Delicious Add Ins to Banana Nut Bread
- Dried Cranberries
- Chocolate Chips
- Raisins
- Coconut Flakes
Pro Tip: This Banana Nut Bread doesn’t even need any extra add ins as it is delicious as written.
Baking desserts in the Instant Pot is easy and convenient. No need to preheat an oven and the Instant Pot can be plugged in anywhere there is an outlet.
We also love thisSimply Delicious Buttermilk Banana Bread. It is an oven recipe, but can easily be cooked in the pressure cooker too!
Banana Bread will rise quite a bit
Tips and Tricks for Instant Pot Banana Nut Bread
- A 6 cup Bundt Panworks best.
- If you don’t measure the Flour properly, you WILL end up with a rubber/brick Banana Bread.Please read my article How to Properly Measure Flour.
- Over working the batter will cause a dense and heavy bread.
- Allow the pressure to release for a bit. Grandma Mill’s Banana Nut Bread will rise nicely.
- Allow it to cool, before slicing.
Pressure Cooker Grandma Mills’ Banana Nut Bread, Bundt Style
Banana Nut Bread will be nice and spongy and airy! Try a smear of cream cheese on a slice. Even peanut butter is delicious.
More Instant Pot Dessert Recipes to Make:
- Instant Pot Pumpkin Bundt Cake w/Butterscotch
- Instant Pot Bhapa Doi {Steamed Yogurt Pudding}
- Choco-Spice Layer Cake w/Mocha Buttercream Frosting
- Pressure Cooker Banana Pudding Cheesecake
Enjoy this recipe from the oven or from the Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or Pressure Cooker.
Kitchen Equipment and Essentials
- Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or Pressure Cooker
- Amco Advanced Performance 18/10 Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons
- Simply Gourmet (Dry) Stainless Steel Measuring Cups
- Anchor Hocking Glass (Liquid) Measuring Cups
- di Oro Living Silicone Spatulas Set
- LamsonSharp Chef’s Slotted Turner– I totally love this spatula!
- Porcelain & Bamboo Salt Box with Spoon
- My FANTASTIC Teak Cutting & Charcuterie Board & Compartments
- Stainless Steel Tall/Short Trivet & Egg Cooker Set
- 3.5 Quart Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl
- Small 1.5 Quart “Pot in Pot” Mixing Bowl
- Cuisinart Electric Hand Mixer
- Nordic Ware 6 cup Bundt Pan
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Here is the handy printable recipe:
Instant Pot Banana Nut Bread [Grandma Mills Recipe]
4.98 from 41 votes
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes minutes
Pressure Release: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 157kcal
Author: Jill Selkowitz
Ingredients
- ½ cup Butter room temperature
- 1 cup White Sugar
- 2 large Eggs room temperature
- 3 medium Bananas mashed
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour properly measured
- 1.5 teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Sea Salt
- 1 cup Walnuts optional (or other nut)
Optional Add Ins
- 4 oz Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
- 4 oz Toffee Chips
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Instructions
Add bananas to a small bowl and with a potato masher, mash bananas well. Set aside.
In a medium bowl add butter, sugar and eggs.
Beat at high speed until light and creamy, making sure to scrape the sides of the bowl, so that all sugar is mixed into the butter and eggs.
Add the mashed bananas and beat at high speed to combine.
Add all dry ingredients, except walnuts and beat using medium speed just combined. Do not over mix the batter.
With a spatula, gently fold in walnuts and/or chips, if using.
Conventional Oven
Pour into greased/floured 8 inch loaf pan.
Bake at 350° 60-70 minutes.
Remove from pan and cool on rack.
Pressure Cooker
Grease a 6 cup Bundt Pan. Line the bottom with a parchment round or paper, if you like.
Pour in batter and smooth it out so batter is level.
Add 1.5 cups of water into Pressure Cooker cooking pot. Place Trivet in Pressure Cooker cooking pot.
Place cake pan on Trivet. Lightly cover the pan with a piece of paper towel and then a piece of foil.
Lock on lid and close Pressure Valve. Cook at High Pressure for 55-60 minutes.
When Beep sounds, allow a 10 minute Natural Pressure Release. Allow cake to cool in pan.
Notes
How to Serve Instant Pot Banana Nut Bread
- Hot coffee
- Hot Tea
- Hot Cocoa
- Scoop of vanilla ice cream
- Toasted with a slather of butter
- Turn it into French Toast!
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Instant Pot Banana Nut Bread [Grandma Mills Recipe]
Amount Per Serving
Calories 157Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Fat 11g17%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Cholesterol 52mg17%
Sodium 371mg16%
Potassium 242mg7%
Carbohydrates 12g4%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 105IU2%
Vitamin C 4mg5%
Calcium 24mg2%
Iron 0.8mg4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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