Starbucks Banana Walnut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 1/8 cups sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil (i.e. canola oil)
2 tablespoons buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 bananas (medium large, ripe and mashed)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (for batter)
1/3 cup chopped walnuts (for topping)

Preparation

Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees F; and grease a 9X5X3 inch loaf pan and dust with flour.
Blend together the flour, baking soda and salt, set aside.
Mix together the egg, sugar and vegetable oil until well combined; add the flour mixture, blend then add the buttermilk, vanilla, mashed bananas and mix until combined.
Fold in 1/2 cup chopped walnuts and pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
Top batter with remaining 1/3 cup chopped walnuts.
Bake for 45 to 60 minutes, until a wood pick comes out clean; cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack before removing the cake from the pan.