Description
A simple recipe for sweet breakfast bread with maple and walnuts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla extract.
- In a separate small bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and maple syrup.
- Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture, alternating with the buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Fold in the chopped walnuts.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Let the bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing it to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- For a glaze, mix 1/2 cup powdered sugar with 2 tablespoons of maple syrup and drizzle over the cooled bread.
- You can toast the walnuts lightly before adding them for deeper flavor.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 55 min
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 25
- Sodium: 180
- Fat: 15
- Saturated Fat: 4
- Unsaturated Fat: 11
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 34
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 45
Keywords: maple, walnut, breakfast bread, quick bread, sweet bread