Banana Blondies With Nuts
If you have overripe bananas sitting on your counter but are tired of making banana bread, bake up these Banana Blondies with nuts instead. They taste like banana bread in bar form and are a great on-the-go snack.
Are you on Instagram? Lately I’ve been using it more often, ranging from behind the scene photos in my kitchen to new posts to asking you very important food questions.
Last weekend I was traveling, so I included some travel photos too.
I do wish I used Instagram more back when Murray was still around. Imagine the explosion of cat photos!
In addition to uploading photos, I also browse other accounts as I love to see what’s going on. I ended up winning an Instagram giveaway of nuts by telling them I would bake Banana Blondies.
And since I’m a (wo)man of my word, I did indeed make Banana Blondies with nuts, specifically walnuts and pecans.
They are a great way to use up that 1 overripe banana you may have laying around in your kitchen if you don’t feel like baking up yet another loaf of banana bread, mini banana bread, or small batch banana muffins.
In fact, these blondies remind me of eating banana bread in bar form as the texture is a bit cakey and dense.
Bonus points for being a great on-the-go snack because I packed a few for my plane ride. Nuts are a great source of protein and energy, after all.
What makes this recipe a blondie?
For starters, there is no cocoa powder or chocolate like a brownie would.
One time I saw a recipe for peanut butter “brownies” that had no chocolate in them whatsoever. That would be a blondie.
Second, they call for brown sugar and not granulated sugar, which helps give blondies their blonde look.
You can totally customize these banana blondies to your liking.
I couldn’t decide whether I wanted walnuts or pecans, so I added a little bit of both.
Feel free to use your favorite nut or even add chocolate chips to mix. My personal preference is semisweet, but white or even peanut butter would work as well.
You can even make some white chocolate raspberry blondies from Anna Banana.
Not in the mood for banana? Check out my snickerdoodle cookie bars and gingerbread blondies.
Banana Blondies
If you have overripe bananas sitting on your counter but are tired of making banana bread, bake up these Banana Blondies with nuts instead.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (4 ounces or 8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into 8 tablespoons
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup mashed banana (roughly 1 large banana)
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped walnuts, pecans, and/or chocolate chips (can use a mixture or only one type)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line an 8x8 pan with parchment paper.
- In a large saucepan, melt the butter.
- Remove from the heat and whisk in the sugar, banana, egg, and vanilla.
- Switch to a rubber spatula and gradually stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir in the nuts/chips.
- Transfer the batter into the pan and bake 20-23 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (a few crumbs are ok). Cool completely before cutting. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Source: Adapted from Simply Recipes
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Those look wonderful! I’d love to try these instead of making banana bread with overripe bananas sometime :)
They are faster to bake than banana bread too ;) Thanks, June!
Sorry for not posting so often as Your recipies deserve. They are awesome and absolutedly foulproof. Every time they trurn out yummy. simply love to indulge :)
Thank you so muck, Wikkori! Your words really mean a lot <3
These are perfect! Yes, I’m always running out of way to use up all those bananas sitting around. Can’t wait to try this next time :)
Now you can add blondies to your list ;)
I actually wondered what made a blondie “blonde,” minus leaving out the cocoa! That brown sugar and banana combo sounds DEEEEVINE! I’ve actually never had blondie (I KNOW.) so these are totally my starting point! Pinned!
The more you know :D And never ever? Oh you need to fix that stat!
Congrats on winning the Diamond Nuts giveaway! I love your creation – I always have ripe bananas in my freezer so I’m always looking for new ways to bake with them. These look perfectly dense ‘n toothsome!
Time for some blondies with those frozen bananas ;D
Thank you. I feel like my bananas get overripe at least once a month, and while my fiance is excited about the banana bread while it’s cooking, after one piece he’s all set and the whole thing usually goes stale… Gah.
I will definitely have to mix it up using a recipe like this. Thanks!
Oh that happens to me too. I get a craving, make a loaf, then I’m stuck with half a loaf I didn’t eat. I need to look into a mini loaf pan.
Wonderful blondies. Time to make this with my bananas and peanuts which are really good source of protein. Delicious and healthy banana nut blondies!
Just made this this morning — plain but still tasted awesome. I used the same amount of olive oil instead of butter. It turned out moist and delicious. Thanks for this simple yet yummy recipe.
Happy to hear they worked for you using olive oil!